{"product_id":"before-the-coffee-gets-cold-1","title":"Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the Coffee Gets Cold [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling international phenomenon, now wrapped up in a gorgeous, special festive gift edition - the perfect stocking filler for a loved one. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat would you do if you could go back in time?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel in time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBefore the coffee gets cold\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- confront the man who left them\u003cbr\u003e- receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's\u003cbr\u003e- see their sister one last time\u003cbr\u003e- meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, Toshikazu Kawaguchi's beautiful, moving \u003ci\u003eBefore the coffee gets cold\u003c\/i\u003e explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContinue the beautifully moving storytelling with\u003ci\u003e Tales from the Cafe,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore Your Memory Fades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore We Forget Kindness \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Before I knew I loved you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kawaguchi, Toshikazu \u0026 Trousselot, Geoffrey","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54971137720659,"sku":"9781037416095","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kawaguchi-toshikazu-trousselot-geoffrey-toshikazu-kawaguchi-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-2026-9781037416095-1259181931.jpg?v=1789700051","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/before-the-coffee-gets-cold-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}