"I'm so sorry to bring a friend to bother you so late!"

"Hmm...... No, I was going to continue to prepare for the opening of the store!"

Originally, Lin Xiuyi also wanted to take everyone to Sakurako's shop on a whim, but later felt that Sakurako should have fallen asleep at this time. With the attitude of giving it a try, Lin Shuichi sent a message to Sakurako's LINE. Unexpectedly, I quickly got a response from Sakurako.

A group of mermaids quietly walked in through the door of the café, and almost everyone of the opposite sex who saw Sakurako showed a hint of surprise at her beauty. However, when they thought that they were introduced by Lin Xiuyi, they also misunderstood the relationship between Lin Xiuyi and Sakurako.

"Shuichi-kun, isn't that lady Sakurako, she looks so beautiful! Are you dating now?"

Shohei Kono quietly came to Lin Xiuyi's side and asked Lin Xiuyi with an envious expression.

"Ah...... No, I just helped Miss Sakurako a little after she was released from prison! Now, Sakurako has sold her old store and home, and plans to start a new life by running a café!"

Lin Xiuyi avoided everyone and introduced to Shohei Kono in a low voice. After all, Kono-kun is also one of the witnesses to the murder of the Cassio-Baha train, and Kono Shohei is also an insider about Sakurako's details.

Because it is a newly acquired store, it has not yet been renovated according to Sakurako's wishes, so it is still a long time before it actually opens. However, this is not difficult for Sakura to entertain Lin Shuichi's friends with coffee.

"So, what do you want to drink?"

Sakurako stood behind the counter and asked the crowd politely.

"Mocha!"

"Latte!"

"Caramel Macchiato!"

……

Although it was the first time to visit this unknown café, everyone still reported their favorite drinks.

"Is it all a combination of milk and coffee? What about Mr. Lin? Is it still an espresso?"

Sakurako turned her head sideways and asked Lin Xiuyi.

"Ah...... No, I want to try something different this time, how about a cappuccino?"

"Cappuccino, well!

Sakurako stood at the back of the bar and rinsed the coffee cup in her hand with a spray gun first. The air was filled with the scent of lavender, and Sakurako removed the handle from the coffee machine and added some of the ground coffee to it.

Remove any excess ground coffee, then compact the ground coffee in the handle and place it back on the machine. After a moment's effort, two bundles of dark brown coffee liquid slowly dripped into the white coffee cup below.

The fragrant espresso is still used as the base, and the ratio to the hot milk is just right, while at the same time forming a special pattern on the surface of the coffee. This is how the coffee tastes and looks satisfying.

With two espresso cups complete, Sakurako has also made the milk froth that will be used soon. With a slight shake of the wrist, two lattes were placed in front of Mr. Kirihara and Mr. Kitamura.

"Lattes, two of you, are ready!"

Next for Sakurako is Miss Morino's caramel macchiato, as well as the Mocha of Seiichi Hasa and Kono Kohei. These two types of coffee are relatively high in sugar and require more ingredients. A caramel macchiato is an espresso topped with a thick layer of milk foam topped with caramel, while a mocha requires chocolate sauce. But none of this is as difficult as Sakurako, who used to pass the time with coffee in the Aomori Prison. She reprocessed three more cups of espresso and covered the top of the coffee with more fluffy milk foam. When all this is ready, Sakurako has left a delicate pattern on top of the coffee with caramel and chocolate sauce, respectively.

……

When Lin Xiuyi was the last to take the cappuccino handed over by Sakurako, seeing the pattern of cherry blossoms floating above the coffee, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel sincere admiration. He raised his glass and took a small sip carefully, and for a moment, the aroma of lavender, the smell of milk, the sweet aroma of the fruit in the coffee itself, the orange-like sourness, and the bitterness of the coffee itself made the taste of the cup of coffee extremely rich.

"Huh, this ...... The taste, really!"

"I've never tasted such a good coffee!"

"The lavender smell in it was left over from the process of rinsing the cup with a spray gun just now?"

"I feel like I've tasted a faint orange flavor!"

……

Almost everyone who tastes Sakurako's craftsmanship raises about their coffee. Lin Xiuyi looked at Sakurako curiously, but found that everyone's reaction seemed to have been expected by Sakurako.

"What kind of coffee is this, and why is it different from what I usually drink?"

Lin Xiuyi asked Sakurako with some curiosity.

"It seems that everyone has found out that I just invited you to taste the Geisha from the Emeralda Estate, which I bought from my previous supplier with great difficulty, and the most eye-catching premium coffee in this year's Esmeralda Special Auction is the Geisha ...... from Emeralda Estate."

Sakurako had a faint smile on her face, after all, everyone's reaction just now had made Sakurako have enough confidence, and she was satisfied to tell everyone the secret of this cup of coffee.

"That...... Can you please ask me, the Geisha you just mentioned should be very expensive, right?"

Hasa Seiichi was a little curious like Sakurako asked.

"Hmm...... It's really expensive, the price of a pound of green beans is about 601 US dollars, and if you convert it into kilograms, it is about 150,000 yen per kilogram!

"150,000 yen, this cup, this cup ......"

Hearing Sakurako's price, Hasa Seiichi couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Although all of you are civil servants with a lot of annual income, Seiichi Hasa is not a police officer after all, and his annual income is about 6 million yen, which is probably a little better than most office workers. So it's natural for him to be sensitive to the price of coffee.

"Since the restaurant is not open yet, please try this cup just now, and if you think it's good, please take care of it when it officially opens in the future!"

Sakurako explained to everyone with a smile on her face, after all, these are all friends brought by Lin Xiuyi, and of course she has to give her best to entertain everyone, but if it causes any unnecessary misunderstandings, it will be self-defeating.