"Sorry ......"

"Hey, guest, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"That...... May I ask those people sitting there what kind of coffee they drink, it looks like it tastes good!"

"Ah...... Well, that's our latest Geisha in the Forest, which uses natural green beans from Sakura-no-Sato's eco-farm in Ethiopia. It is then carefully baked by the manager of our store, but it is ...... Because the current production is still very low, it can only supply about 100 cups per day!"

"Geisha in the woods? Sounds like a poetic name, that ...... Excuse me...... Can you bring me a drink?"

"Hi...... Please wait a minute!"

When the waitress notes the customer's needs, he returns to the bar and tells the barista who is busy behind the bar about the customer's needs.

"How's it going, is business okay today?"

"Ah...... Miss Miko!"

Just when everyone was busy, Miko suddenly walked in from the door of the store, and then greeted the employees in the store. As a regular customer and neighbor of Sakura-no-Sato, almost all the employees at Sakura-no-Sato know Miko. And in the past few days, it is because the proprietress is still in charge of the affairs over there in Ethiopia, so Miko has become the temporary manager here.

"Everyone has worked hard, and when Sakurako returns, I think she will repay everyone well!

"Teacher Miko, our stock of Geisha in the forest is running out, and the baking thing has always been taken care of by the proprietress herself, if the proprietress doesn't come back, our Geisha in the forest here can only stop selling!"

"Really......? It's really not easy to run a coffee shop, I didn't expect that there are so many things that need to be taken care of by myself, okay...... I'll talk to Sakurako about it later, and then I'll make a decision!"

“……”

While Sakurako was consulting the staff about the business of the past few days, the baristas standing behind the bar were repeating the action of plucking and pressing the powder, and then placed the handle of the ground coffee on the steam coffee machine.

Since Sakurako won the All-Japan Coffee Competition, the scale of Sakura's business has not changed, but many aspiring baristas have come to Sakura-no-Sato to learn coffee from Sakurako. Considering that she might really need some helpers to take care of the things in the store, Sakurako left two female baristas with good qualifications as her apprentices, and during this time, after Sakurako began to focus on the business in Ethiopia, the business of the store could only rely on her two subordinates.

As a black trickle flows into the white coffee cups marked with the Sakura-no-Sato logo, the whole store is filled with a charming aroma of roasting.

"I'm sorry, please bring me two glasses of Geisha in the woods, I'm going to pack them and take them away!"

"Ah...... I'm really sorry, Mr. Baba, but I'm really sorry that all the Geisha in the forest in Sakura-no-Sato has been sold out today!"

"Huh...... It's so early, it's still on sale at noon two days ago!"

"I'm really sorry, but in recent days, there have been more and more customers choosing Geisha in the woods, but the supply of coffee beans here is really a bit unstable, so ......"

"Alas...... That's a pity! I thought I would be able to drink such delicious coffee more often in the future!"

"That...... Guest, if you really like Geisha in the woods, would you be interested in participating in our coffee crowdfunding campaign?"

"Crowdfunding? What does that mean? Is it about Geisha in the woods?"

"Hey, if you participate in our crowdfunding campaign, you can get the Geisha coffee beans in the forest that we harvest in Maruyama Village in the future, and you can choose to take them or store them in our store for your personal use!"

……

Hearing the introduction of the store staff, Mr. Baba, a regular customer of Sakura-no-Sakura, couldn't help but rush to a little excited, and under the guidance of the store staff, he was taken to the coffee tree that was airlifted from Ethiopia, and then received a copy of the information about crowdfunding.

When Mr. Baba left Sakura-no-Sato, he pondered about crowdfunding while holding the sun-dried Geisha from which to pack it. Before I knew it, I was in front of the NHK office building in the Yoyogi area.

"Yoshida-kun, this is the coffee you called and asked me to bring you!"

"Ah...... Baba-san, thank you so much, I stayed up all night last night, and my body was really a little unbearable......! This one...... It doesn't seem like it's the new Geisha in the woods!"

"I'm so sorry, Geisha in the Forest has sold out today, haven't you always liked this Panamanian Sun-Dried Geisha that we've been drinking before?"

"Alas...... I guess you said that because you haven't drunk Geisha in the forest in Sakura, the difference between these two kinds of coffee is too great! I heard that...... This kind of coffee bean grown in a completely natural environment in the forest is completely natural, and Sakura-no-Sato has only just launched this coffee, but because it is so popular, so far only 100 cups are sold to the outside world every day!...... It would be nice to be able to drink the summer in the forest of Sakura-no-Sato every day, but now...... It's always a lot less fun!"

Just as Yoshida, a colleague of Baba Road, was lamenting the coffee matter, Baba suddenly put the crowdfunding promotional materials he had brought back from Sakura-no-Sato in front of the other party. Yoshida couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this information and asked:

"What is this, it can't be a new project!"

"It's something that can fulfill your wishes, and Sakura-no-Sato seems to be trying to cultivate Geisha in the forest in Japan, and now it's a crowdfunding project!"

"Crowdfunding, what crowdfunding? It doesn't sound like a financial scam!"

"It's about the crowdfunding of coffee, and it is said that if you pay the money, you will be able to get the sun-dried Geisha that they cultivated in the plantation in Maruyama Village in the future, but the price is really expensive, the crowdfunding price of 900 grams of coffee beans is as high as 10,000 yen, I really don't know who will participate in such a boring event!

"I'll participate!"

Hearing his colleague's Baba account, Yoshida grabbed his coat and ran outside.

"Yoshida-san, it's about to be a morning meeting, where are you going?"

"Tell the minister's doctor, just say that I suddenly have something to do and will be back soon!"

"Yoshida-san, casually help me subscribe for 30,000 yen of Woodenaka Geisha, please!"