Coffee Prince: Sixteenth Cup
I’ve read the comments on whether Coffee Prince is or isn’t “realistic.” Here’s my take: Coffee Prince isn’t realistic, and it doesn’t tout itself as realism. From reading about writer Lee Sun Mi, I highly doubt that’s a claim she aspires to anyway. Coffee Prince isn’t even purely original. What it IS, then, is a wonderfully rendered telling of a story that has elements of the familiar — and it reworks those familiar points in a refreshing, clever, and entertaining way.
Rather than the story being (or not being) realistic, I find that the series displays flashes of realism in the little moments it captures, which I think is a quality many overwrought, emotional, and/or melodramatic series forget. Coffee Prince has those large-scale dramatic moments too (i.e., every cliffhanger episode ending), but balances those out with lovely little touches here and there, and that’s where it shines through for me. Like Yu Ju waiting for Han Sung to come home, whiling away her day in Episode 7, or how Han Gyul tries to figure out ways to get Eun Chan to return to the cafe after she quits. Or the way Han Gyul intertwines his fingers through Eun Chan’s while on the beach in Episode 9, or how he cups his hand around hers later while Eun Chan sleeps. There’s the great moment when Han Gyul shaves, and smears the shaving cream over the mirror in self-loathing, having a hard time accepting that he might be gay. Or how he pours water over his head in front of the open refrigerator in Episode 11 after finding out Eun Chan lied to him.
Coffee Prince isn’t reinventing television. Who would want to see something that claimed to do that? (If I wanted pretentious experimenting, I’d watch Soderbergh, thanks.) But rather than merely regurgitating stale cliches in well-worn genre, Coffee Prince manages to add fresh insights to the landscape. And that’s why I’m watching.
(Random) SONG OF THE DAY
재주소년 (Jeju Boy) - “새로운 세계” (”New World”)
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EPISODE 16 SUMMARY
Yanni - “Reflections of Passion” ::
Yu Ju and Han Sung get married, while Han Gyul’s grandmother is taken to the hospital quietly. When Han Gyul and his mother visit her later that night, he asks his mother if he should take the idea of marriage more slowly, but his mother can tell that isn’t what he wants.
Eun Chan’s mother tells her to go ahead and marry Han Gyul soon — she’ll cash in their house deposit and live in a one-room apartment with Eun Sae, so Eun Chan doesn’t have to worry about them.
Things remain awkward between Han Gyul and Eun Chan the next day. Eun Chan had sent him multiple text messages saying she missed him and asking him to call when he had time, but he hadn’t called back. He takes her aside to talk.
She acknowledges that she was thinking too much of herself — but even though she’s sorry, she can’t marry him right away. Han Gyul acknowledges that he took her financial situation too lightly as well, and wants to help her. Eun Chan says it’s not just about money:
Eun Chan: “I don’t want to become a burden.”
Han Gyul: “Why is that a burden? When I was going through rough times, I shared my worries with you, and you consoled me, don’t you remember? Was I a burden to you while you were with me, comforting me?”
Eun Chan: “That’s different from this.”
Han Gyul: “What’s different about it? Because it’s like you’re giving your heart, and I’m giving you money?”
Eun Chan answers that she wants to stand on her own: “When my father was alive, I lived dependent on him. Now I’d live being dependent on my boyfriend. I don’t want to live the rest of my life being unable to do anything properly on my own.” Han Gyul asks impatiently if she’d marry him if he didn’t give her any money, then — she can send Eun Sae to college and support herself with her own money.
Eun Chan asks why he can’t wait — why does he always decide everything on his own, making one-sided decisions? Han Gyul chafes at the phrase “one-sided” — is he the only one wanting to get married?
Their argument is interrupted, so Han Gyul revisits their discussion later. Calmer now, he asks her, “It’s because you don’t like me enough to marry, isn’t it? It’s okay, so tell me honestly.”
Han Gyul: “I want to live with you. For the rest of my life, I want to eat together, talk together, sleep together, be together. Do I need any other reason?”
Eun Chan’s point isn’t that she doesn’t want to marry him. She just wants to wait. Han Gyul reminds her that he’d given up his dream job and faced his parents’ opposition for her — can’t she give up that little bit of pride for him? Getting more worked up, he asks if she’d still refuse to marry him if that meant they’d break up. Does she dislike the idea that much?
Eun Sae hears about the latest developments with sisterly indignation: How could he be so selfish? How can he threaten to break up with Eun Chan over that? He thinks money solves everything. Psh. She grumbles about how Han Gyul treats her family lightly, then sneaks in a phone call to the offender himself.
Han Gyul answers the call with some surprise, and makes plans to talk to Eun Sae the next day. He wonders about the cause with some anxiety.
As for the Princes: Min Yub blames Ha Rim for pushing him along and causing him to lose Eun Sae. Sun Ki makes the astute observation that Min Yub listened to the wrong guy. Everyone else has somebody, but Min Yub took love advice from Ha Rim, the playboy who has nobody. But Sun Ki also finds himself alone when he arrives at Yuko’s place to find her gone, just as she’d warned him she’d do if he wouldn’t leave.
Han Gyul’s grandmother senses things aren’t going smoothly for Han Gyul and Eun Chan. He admits that he’d rushed with the marriage talk — and as he explains Eun Chan’s position to his grandmother, it seems that he understands it better. He describes Eun Chan’s need to be independent and to support her household, and asks his grandmother to consider Eun Chan’s attitude as something good, admirable.
Eun Sae meets Han Gyul and asks him plainly: “Are you really going to break up with my sister?” She tells him of her mother’s intent to cash in their home deposit to marry Eun Chan off, but neither she nor her mother can afford a monthly rent — therefore, she asks Han Gyul if he could please consider pushing the marriage off a year. She’s not planning to go to college, so she’ll get a job right after she graduates from high school, at which point they’ll be able to afford a monthly rent. Worried he might really break up with Eun Chan, she assures him that her sister is a good person.
Han Gyul listens to Eun Sae’s speech with a mix of confusion and amusement, and tells her, “But I have no intention of splitting up with Eun Chan.” Eun Sae mentions how he told her sister he’d break up with her if they didn’t marry, sees Han Gyul’s smile, and realizes, “I knew it. You were just saying that to get to her, weren’t you? Aish, what an idiot. How could she not tell that from the truth?” Eun Sae calls Han Gyul “brother-in-law,” and a wide smile spreads on his face, liking the sound of that.
Min Yub begs for Eun Sae’s forgiveness, saying earnestly: “No matter how meanly you treat me, you’re still pretty to me. Even if you get mad and yell, you’re cute. I really like you a lot. But if you truly hate me, I won’t call you anymore and I’ll give up. So tell me, do you really hate me?”
Stony-faced, Eun Sae tells him yes. Min Yub accepts her answer contritely, saying he understands. He tells her to take care, and turns to go. Eun Sae calls him back, upset, asking when he got so “cool” that he’d accept one answer right away and leave so quickly. She seems genuinely hurt as she lays out his offense — he’d said he only liked her, then saw other girls. He acted so innocent, then went behind her back — that’s worse than anything a player could do.
Eun Sae: “If you have the confidence to only love me from now on, follow me. If you don’t, leave.”
Eun Sae turns to walk away slowly, and Min Yub takes a few hesitant steps. He tentatively calls out: “Eun Sae. I’m following you right now… Just saying that to let you know. In case you don’t.” Eun Sae looks back a few times to confirm that he’s still there, and crooks a finger to beckon him close. Ecstatic, Min Yub grabs her and runs around the playground in excitement.
Despite finding Eun Sae annoying half the time, I can’t be too upset with her (is it little sister syndrome?), because her logic makes some sense. True, she treated Min Yub poorly, and he took a lot of abuse. But on the other hand, she never pretended she was anything different. He knew what she was like and still pursued her. He, on the other hand, was disingenuous (albeit stupidly, at Ha Rim’s prodding).
Han Sung and Yu Ju have their first marital argument when Han Sung goes to Yu Ju’s studio to find it strewn with tired co-workers (new project) and empty wine bottles. Even though he knew she’s used to staying up all night working and drinking, and that she puts work above him, he’s still disappointed. Yu Ju’s sorry, and explains that she doesn’t rank work above him — both are important. She asks for his understanding, but he asks, upset, if he’s just supposed to stand by and watch from the sidelines.
Eun Chan is summoned to Han Gyul’s grandmother’s office, and Han Gyul listens in astonishment (and panic) to find that his grandmother is offering to send Eun Chan to Italy to study to become a barista, as she did for Mr. Hong. Bursting with agitation, Han Gyul jumps into the conversation, insisting to his grandmother that Eun Chan will never take her support, that she’ll insist on staying to provide for her family.
Eun Chan voices her concerns about accepting the offer, but it seems she’d like to consider it. If she goes abroad, she’ll be earning a salary, which she can send home to her family. Han Gyul recognizes the danger of this development, and asks if his grandmother’s doing this to tear them apart (Granny: “So does that mean your relationship is something I can tear apart so easily? All the better for me, then”).
Han Gyul hounds Eun Chan repeatedly, asking if she’s really considering going. At his persistence, Eun Chan frustratedly says no, she’s in no position to go abroad. Han Gyul mutters in worry, “It’s hard enough as it is not seeing her every day. How am I supposed to last two years?”
Eun Chan’s mother asks her to be honest: “You want to study abroad, don’t you?” Eun Chan admits she found the offer very tempting, but thinking of how she’d have to leave her family changed her mind. Her mother asks, “Am I holding you back? Don’t decide that if it’s because of me.” She assures Eun Chan she’ll be fine — if Han Gyul agrees, she should go. Eun Chan tells her mother she’s not going, and that she’ll have to marry her mother off first — to Mr. Gu. (Eun Chan’s mother denies it, blushing in embarrassment.)
Eun Chan’s mother: “It’s time for you to live your own life. Don’t worry about me or Eun Sae anymore. Even if it’s just this once, live as you want, freely… That’s what I really want to see.”
(Song: “Star” by 어른아이 [Adult Child], posted under Episode 14.)
The Choi cousins again commiserate together. Han Sung understands Eun Chan’s situation: “Eun Chan’s still young. There’s a lot she must want to do. There are a lot of things she probably gave up in choosing you.” Han Gyul says he gave up things too, but Han Sung points out he’s placing the reason for giving up the New York job entirely on Eun Chan. If he’s honest, he’d admit he’d found his work here fulfilling too.
Han Sung brings up his problems with Yu Ju. He’d married her knowing all about her habits and her work, but now he finds himself just barely holding back from insisting she quit working: “Is this why women don’t want to get married?”
Han Sung: “The moment a man makes a woman his, the man wants that woman to live according to his wishes. But just because he’s won her over, can he force her to do as he wants?”
Han Gyul sees Han Sung’s point, laughing in agreement:
Han Gyul: “I wish she would.”
Han Sung: “You too? I do, too.”
Han Gyul: “Why can’t things just go the way I want?”
Note: I enjoy this conversation, but it strikes me as something a woman would want to hear, rather than something a man would actually say. I don’t mean to give men too little credit, but somehow this kind of understanding of a woman’s role in contemporary society seems to be exactly the kind of thing women desperately WISH men would understand… but unfortunately, too many times, they don’t. Great, have I alienated all the men now?
Eun Chan tells Han Gyul she’s decided not to go abroad. She was about to call his grandmother to tell him so. He asks why she decided not to go, and she answers that she’s got at least a hundred reasons.
Han Gyul: “It seems to me that your hundred reasons not to go can’t hold up to the one reason for going. Am I right? I don’t want you to go, either. Thinking of this cafe without you makes me not want to come here every day. It makes me not want to work. I don’t even want to think about not being able to see you. When I was planning to leave for New York, there were times I thought I couldn’t because I’d be haunted by your memory. Do you think I want to send you away? But I want to show you a bigger world.”
Eun Chan says she doesn’t want to be apart from him, but he tells her he can go to visit: “I hate the idea of you giving something up because you love me. I want to be your support, so you can grow, and advance.” When she asks if he really wants her to go, he can’t answer yes, but he does say:
“I’ve realized I can’t be responsible for your life. But I can be by your side, watching over you. I’ll take that instead. We may be separated now, but later, much later… when you hold the hand of your first child… when they go off to school… when you marry your children off… Ah, proposing is so embarrassing.”
(Song: “이별전의 발렌타인” ["A Valentine Before Farewell"] by Pineapple)
Meanwhile, Yu Ju makes the first step in reconciling by calling Han Sung home early to make dinner (and her first batch of kimchi, which both note as lacking something in the taste department, although her efforts are duly appreciated). I don’t think their problems are completely over, but it’s a nice first show of compromise.
Han Gyul makes his official greeting to Eun Chan’s family, who accept him gladly. Though it’s merely a formality, he asks for her mother’s approval to marry Eun Chan.
Eun Chan shows Han Gyul her room, and the toys he’d made for her. He warns her away from smooth-talking Italian men (”They say ‘you’re beautiful’ to everyone, so don’t pay them any attention!”) and sighs that he misses her already. While they kiss, his hand makes his way under her shirt, but at the first contact of his hand on her skin, Eun Chan jumps and pushes him back, skittish.
Flustered and embarrassed, Han Gyul realizes she’s not comfortable with going further. Frustrated, he keeps her at a distance and tells her not to touch him from now on.
That sexual frustration continues the next day — Han Gyul is serious about not letting her touch him anymore. She finds his reaction cute, and he does his best to keep away, with limited success.
Ha Rim, going through girl problems of his own, tells Eun Chan not to torture Han Gyul — if she’s limited their contact to mere kisses, Han Gyul is probably feeling all churned up inside.
Misty Blue - “위로” (comfort) ::
Eun Chan looks wistfully around her as she thinks about how she’ll be leaving soon. She writes on a leaf, “Let’s meet again in two years,” and affixes her name tag on the branch.
That night, Han Gyul and Eun Chan text back and forth.
Han Gyul: “Are you sleeping?”
Eun Chan: “Nope.”
Han Gyul: “What are you doing?”
Eun Chan: “I miss you.”
Han Gyul: “Let’s meet in our dreams.”
Donawhale - “Running” ::
After reading the last message, Eun Chan makes a swift decision, and gets up. She makes a lame excuse to Eun Sae, then sneaks past her mother out of the house. She runs through the streets and arrives, out of breath, at Han Gyul’s apartment.
He’s shocked to see her there (Eun Chan: “I missed you, so I ran over”), but he can’t trust himself to be near her this late at night, and won’t let her inside. She pushes past him, and he keeps his distance, agitated at her every movement as she drinks wine, looks around his apartment, and wanders from room to room.
He insists repeatedly that she leave, and tries to occupy himself reading a book. (Eun Chan: “Do you hate me being here so much?” Han Gyul: “Not you, me. “) He tries to push her outside, but can’t bring himself to touch her, so he resorts to dragging her toward the door by her foot.
He manages to shove her outside, shutting the door and forbidding her from coming inside anymore (only in the daytime, and accompanied by Ha Rim).
Unfortunately, he’s forgotten her shoes. She pounds on the door, and taunts him, saying she’ll go off to Italy and be sure to have an affair with a handsome Italian man. Finally, Han Gyul cracks the door open and tells her he’ll drive her home. She shoves her foot through the opening.
Han Gyul: “Don’t come in! Take your foot out. If you come in, I’m not sending you home. I’m warning you.”
Looking him straight in the eyes, Eun Chan squeezes herself across the threshold, and firmly plants both feet indoors.
The Melody - “Paradise” ::
Han Gyul stares at her intensely, understanding the choice she’s made, then sweeps her up in a kiss.
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I was the same as you jellybeans….i’ve been refreshing all day!Have you watched the whole episode 16 yet. It made me crazy watching it without javabeans helping me to understand it. But at least now i can watch it again for the nth time.
i used to wait for ur summary patiently. never thought that i would refresh the page every now and then. hahaha… thank you!
It’s here!! Time to read!! Whoohhhh!
god, i couldn’t wait to see ur summary… thanks!!!! off to the last part again… lol, ultimate spoiler=) hehehe. thanks a bunch!
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I’m probably late for class but I loooooove your translation of what Han Gyul told Eun Chan at the cafe, about her decision whether to go or not to go. In a word (sound?): awwwwwwwwwww. Thank you so much for this! Refreshed just before the bell and look what I got
you put exactly to words all of the thoughts in my head. it saddens me to think that people arent enjoying the way coffee prince is going because im just falling more in love with it. but their criticisms bring light to different perspectives, which are needed and interesting.
thanks so much, coffee prince wouldn’t be the same w/o your work.
ahhh!!! i watched this earlier and i was like OMG! sooo great. such a fantastic build-up to this point. two things…
1.) ok….so why would she have to go to italy for TWO YEARS to study coffee? is there actually some kind of program like that cause it seems a bit….um…excessive!!! i’m all for ignoring minor conflicts with reality, but this just annoyed me as being sort of unrealistically, and inappropriately, dramatic. like, up to this point, even if the show isnt completely realistic, at least all the characters have logical personas, they don’t overreact, they don’t hold absurd grudges, they explain their feelings clearly and misunderstandings aren’t overly exaggerated…why then this weird two year thing with studying…COFFEE!!! i mean, come on…i’m not trying to belittle baristas (i own an espresso machine, can appreciate the field completely)…but seriously now. coffee??? two years?? what?
2.) am i mistaken or was he reading a book on baseball strategy at the end when he was trying to ignore her? cause if so, that’s freaking hilarious.
Lisa, there is a program for Dong Yi corporation employees. It’s something Han Gyul’s grandmother does for people working under her, and it’s a specific course. Sorry for leaving that out; didn’t think it would be a sticking point! Lol.
I WILL MISS UR COMMENT AFTER THIS (FOR COFFEE PRINCE)
this is the sweetest thing ever! ahhh!! XD i love this. thanks so much! i’m spoiling it for myself by reading the episode summaries ahead, but ahhh wth!
o-k. but i tot she would want to save it until later? hahaha love it anyway!
OMG. Like a BIG BIG OMG at the last part. I’m speechless… I have nothing else to say. Uhm… first and foremost, thank you Javabeans for the hard work once again. Uhmm… gah I’m speechless!! haha MAN, I gotta watch this episode–subs OR no subs!!!
So, is this the original ending? If it is, it’s quite satisfactory because it isn’t the usual “happily ever after” dumb stuff. Both couples will face challenges and hurdles. But, that’s part of life’s journey. And, they have progress on their journey to adulthood by making mistakes, admitting to their mistakes and then, moving forward.
This show has been a wonderful experience and this blog has been so rewarding.
Thank you so much.
1 more episode to go.. darn, im going to miss coffee prince!
what an episode-ender!
thanks again for another great post
omo omo!
this episode is soo cute.
is she really going to go to Italy?
aw. man i hate the 2 years later things. i hope she doesnt.
thanks again.
oh haha, i totally missed that. i think why it stuck out so much is that i’ve watched too many dramas in which there is that unavoidable separation while someone “studies abroad” in some obviously poor excuse for dramatic separation, you know?….still…two years for coffee!!! i just think that’s really funny! haha. LOL. thanks so much for responding to my vent!
thank u thank u thank u!!!!
i saw this last night (ended up not sleeping!) and has been grinning like an idiot eversince and now your recap just made me so much more like a floating balloon
while i love all the giddiness and skinship in this ep, i also got teary eyed on ES conversation with HK (about her saying she will work after high school so they can pay house rent and that HK shouldn’t break up with her sister) and also when the mom was releasing EC from family obligations.. that was really sweet
i’ve been rereading your summaries and the comments from ep 1 already! can’t believe it’s the last ep next week!
thank u javabeans, for everything
thank you very much for the summary…been parking here since 6pm and refreshing every few mins.
Awww, is this the last episode?
thanks again!
I was hoping you would write more on the last scene. LOL!
Han Gyul is such a sweet talker, isn’t he? I would melt in an instant if a man proposed to me the way he did. What is more, you can tell that he’s absolutely sincere about every single word coming out from his mouth. Eun Chan must have had a strong wall of pride to be able to hold herself like that. Maybe for a while, at least.
So this is it. One more step to the end. The moment I’ve always been dreading for. I don’t even d-a-r-e to speculate what’s coming next. Although with this episode’s ending, we can all be rest assured that everything will be alright. It’s just a matter of how strong your saccharin tolerance level is.
Wish Monday will come faster? This time, not for me.
What an awesome episode, thanks so much for the summary!! Personally, though, I really hope she doesn’t go to Italy… or at least, that Han Gyul decides to go along.
OMG
isn’t this the last epsiode?!
wHAT WILL HAPPEN!!1?
thanks again
OMG, I mean OMG!!!! What an ending to the episode!! o_O; *keke* So kyaaaa! LOL!
Wow, last episode next week! *sobs* What am I going to do? I love reading your amazing summaries and comments (most of which I thoroughly agree with), they make sense of each episode for me as I can’t speak/understand Korean for (coffee) beans! ^-^
Ta very, VERY muchly yet again for your stirling work! *chu* ^-^d
ha!ha!ha!…. so sweet… *^^*
Thank you ….javabeans!
Thanks javabeans.. really appreciate your job
what’s with the 2 years of being apart thing in every korean drama?
WOW, i would like to say, thank you so much for everything. I love going to your page and reading your comments. Thank you so much. Oh my god, episode 16 is soooo freaking hot.
thanks so much ^^
*jaw drop* o____o oh my god YES.
but i feel it’s going in the cliched 2 years later route e_e; considering next episode is the last then they have the special.
Thank you for your time and work.
I have a quick question, I know you didn’t mention it in your summary, but when HG goes to formaly met EC’s mom, why does he give EC’s sister money?
thank you!
nice episode… nice review…. good job, javabeans…
Thank you Dear javabeans
This episode is really realy amusing and so so beautiful.
and thank you again dear javabeans for your hard work, thank you dear.
Thanks for putting this together Javabeans. I hope she doesn’t go to Italy… I mean, can’t someone in Korea teach her?!? ^_^ Hehehe… Just my 2 cents
Thanks for putting this together Javabeans. I hope she doesn’t go to Italy… I mean, can’t someone in Korea teach her?!? ^_^ Hehehe… Just my 2 cents
woo hoo! sexy! love how EC get HG ! haha! thanks as always!
i’ve been refreshing the page for so long since 8 am in the morning in malaysia..I’m so excited to read this episode because my friend have told me that this episode is very nice!!!Thanks javabeans, you’re the best…i’m so curious to know what is going to happen in the next episode..i’m guessing eun chand and han gul will be more attched because they had finally take their relationship to the next level..So it will be more harder for han gyul to let eun chan go to Itally…Thanks again javabeans!!!i just wonder are you korean? where do you live actually? and thanks again for subbing for d adicts too…you’re the truly the best!!!!
I love this show so much. I can’t believe the next episode doesn’t come on till next week. You are doing a great service here. I love watching this show so much and was very happy to find your blog. This way I can find out what happens and patiently wait for the next subbed epi. When you decide on the next show I will be reading that blog also.
MNIIG: He says “yonk-don” (wow, sorry romanization). It means like spending money. I think he’s showing his “brotherly” concern and affection.
Beans: Thanks for another great summary!
I’m sooo inlove with the characters here!!
The whole cast is great!!!!
Aaaahhhh
Thank you KT!
Thank you javabeans for the great summaries you’ve been giving us……OMG next week is already the last episode…..I very much want to see how CP ends but for some reason I don’t want it to end toooooo…….I will surely miss CP and everybody here…..
OMG…can’t believe that it would end next week already…i juz don’t want it to end…
I really hope she does not go to Italy and not use the “2years later” thing..but if ever they did do it, I would gladly accept it…i really love this drama that all i can say is all praises…
I was slightly annoyed when I read the part about studying in Italy for 2 years. Seriously, why must k-dramas always have one of the leads going away for 2 years? Why must it always be two years, and why do they have to leave anyway? Pardon my rants, but it’s one kdrama pet peeve I have. Sometimes I feel that it’s a ridiculous way to somehow extend a drama ending and keep viewers guessing how the story will really end. It doesn’t work all the time.
Anyway I am still looking forward to how Coffee Prince will end. It’s really been a fun ride.
Regarding how realistic (or not) this drama is, I’ve to say it’s not, but like you said, it has flashes of realism. For me, even if the premise is not 100% realistic or original what makes this drama good for me is how the characters react to the situations they are in. I feel the characters’ joy, and pain; honest and raw emotions all over, not just through their words but the little things they do.
wow! thats the only word that will come out of my mind! i cant wait for the last episode to come out!!!! thanks so much!!!
Is it just me but when he picks her up, EC still looks sort of like a boy to me……thank you for this summary i have been anticipating it all day. It took forever to read it since the site seemed so busy.
wow!
i really loved this episode. i was or actually i still am a bit iffy on the whole 2 years later thing…which we will probably see if EC goes to Italy, but im pretty sure Coffee Prince will be able to pull it off pretty good.
cant wait for next week!
thank you once more
Thank you ive camping here for 2days. You rocks javabeans!
whoaaa… sexy ending LOLX.
thanks for the updates!! ^^
I’ve been grinning since last night, and i’m thankfu to javabeans for the summary
I’m really hooked one more episode to go and we’ll be able to buy the complete
DVD for collection and rewind hehehe!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
omgomgomg fINALLY SOME hot k-drama action, I hate when dramas stay away from this oh so real aspect of relationships!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I am at work and cannot stop smiling after reading it. The against the door kiss is making me drool
Han Gyul: “Let’s meet in our dreams.”…………….please let’s meet in my dreams tonight!!!!!!
Javabeans, you’re getting faster everyday!
And I have to refresh this site like..million times, because I always got error messages! But, no problem, I believe this happens because too many of your fans ( and CP fans also ) visit the site, rite?
I wish I have better, faster internet connection..T__T I really want to see this episode!!!
So, what’s next? I hope you’ll keep writing about other dramas. Because one day without your wonderful summary is..suck! hehehe.. Thanks!
thanks for the summary!
the first scene of this episode reminds me of the 2nd movie of the pirates of carribean where they first show the bride waiting to get married. Anyway, i like this episode it could pass as a good ending for me actually, it’s unique in it’s own way but still I’m not satisfied until they get married, they did it so they should marry. I also want to see Eun Chan dresses more feminine for once, she looks old on her outfit on YJ and HS’s marriage. The reaction of Han Gyul whenever Eun Chan tried to touch him is just hillarious, he’s trying to control himself and his expression is really funny.
By the way, what’s the realtionship between Mr. Hong and Grandma? are they relatives or something or it’s just employee and employer? coz they talk casually or informal whenever they have a scene together. Maybe Mr. Hong will teach Eun Chan instead of going to italy so the 2 yrs thing won’t be necessary and they’ll just show Eun Chan and YuJu’s babies grow up together…hehe
Well, all in all i like coffee prince bcoz it’s unique and every episode is interesting and will always leave me the question of ‘what will happen next?’
IS sHE GOING TO ITALY??? HOPE NOT! SO DANG GOODDDDD THE LAST SCENE & NOT JUST LIKE IMAGINATION OF HG! IT Seems to me like a farewell or goodbye thing b.coz she is going to italy thats why she seduced him most likely. hope they dont do the 2 years thing again like what happend to Goong S, Dal Ja spring! it would be very very dissapointing. i was so perfect, beyond my expectation! THANKS SO MUCH JAVABEANS YOUR THE BEST>>>>…………………………………
thanks for the summary…
i too! was waiting for your summary since 6 this afternoon.
thanks again. can’t wait for the next episode.
i love how HG is so in love with EC and vice versa.
oh gosh, I dunno how am i going to make it till the subs for this eps come out, am totally adicted, as everyone else here I was checking your page during all day, thanks a lot for doing this for us and SOOOOO FAST, thanks lots. I can hardly wait.
Yay, bravo and thank you Coffee Prince for fast-forwarding K-dramas into the 21st century. Physical intimacy is an integral part of any loving relationship. Talk about being real, at last!
Although Coffee Prince may not be ground-breaking (consider its genre!), it still is applaudable in many aspects. The storyline may not be realistic but we can admit that the emotions never felt forced, acting rarely below par and the execution/direction at no time veered off course. After all is said and done, i truly appreciate the honesty and thoughtfulness of the dialogues, the beauty of camera works and the unwavering commitment to be different. Its charm lies in the details. This is perhaps where the sum of all parts is definitely greater than the whole. If you take Coffee Prince apart, its great achievements really lie in all those little cinematic moments.
Symbolically, it was nice to finally see Eun Chan taking the initiative to advance the relationship. Many viewers have considered EC self-absorbed for not taking in consideration HG’s feelings and placing her needs above their relationship. I am glad that she is matured enough to realize the extent of HG’s devotion and love to take the first compromising step. She came to him, in contrast to the many times he compromised (or sacrificed) for her. And for once, she follows her heart; this is like the most impulsive thing that i have seen EC do. I just love how thoughtful and considerate Han Gyul is toward Eun Chan’s feelings. As long as the communication channel remains opened, their future’s happiness is still intact. The last few minutes of this episode really underlined the give and take aspects of their relationship (what the heck, of any adult relationship). You can feel the trepidation, uncertainty, hope, frustration, love, and ultimately pure explosive happiness between them. It’s like the chestnut scene all over again for me. And is there any better way for EC to be initiated into womanhood than this? It’s on her own term and with the love of her life.
Thank you again javabeans. Your synopsis is like no other. Can’t wait to see how this series is going to end! No doubt, i will miss visiting twice weekly to read your blogs and all the insightful comments here. It has been a blast, everyone! See ya all next week.
Arg, first off, the site was down for about twenty minutes because it overloaded (again?!) and I was out, so I didn’t see that it was offline. This is getting problematic. I don’t want to keep upgrading because it’s only crazy on Coffee Prince night… well, maybe I can stick it out and after CP ends next week, things’ll be more manageable here.
As for Eun Chan learning from Mr. Hong, somehow I doubt it because Mr. Hong was the one to suggest to Grandma that they send Eun Chan away to learn properly.
I don’t mind the “two years later” issue in kdramas because that’s just a function of the form. You don’t get that in non-kdramas because in long-running TV series (like American ones, for instance), you only wrap up things in the series finale. But with kdramas, there are so many that the “epilogue” format is sometimes needed to tie things up in a satisfying way. Think of it as a book’s epilogue — you can have good ones and bad ones, but I don’t hate epilogues for the sake of epilogues, and having one doesn’t necessarily make the rest of the book awful because so many other books employ an epilogue.
And Han Gyul gives Eun Sae money to shut her up. When Han Gyul asks Eun Chan’s mother for permission to marry Eun Chan, Eun Sae asks why they need permission when it seems like they’ve already made the decision themselves. She says “It seems like they’ve already done everything” which is an uncomfortable implication (whether it means sex or something else), so he nervously grabs his wallet and shoves money at Eun Sae.
…still totally stunned at last night’s episode….
last night was totally a blast! i still can’t get over it as i’m still giggling and laughing… oh my god really — it is driving me nuts! i’m both feeling happy and sad right now… happy of the drama’s progress and if my prediction is correct EC will leave and go to Italy then they’ll fast forward it to “after two years”… really really love it!
As for next week’s last episode — i’m feeling sad now coz it means that the “coffee prince fever” here in dramabeans will end as well — and i’m used to monday and tuesday sched already — waking up and waiting for your summary… reading your opinions and comments from other people… i will surely miss all of this…
well, till the final episode again — thanks again javabeans for all your effort!
have a great week ahead!
many thanks ms. javabeans for your lovely and informative recaps. you kept me sane thru the series. (i was ecstatic that i found your site just right after coffee prince started and save me the hair-tearing frustration of not understanding a word.)
good luck on your next endeavor.
Wow.. this is too great!!!! thank you so much again!!
thanks sarah!! i love how HG in this ep aww.. its a mix of a hot, adorable guy, who blunders, trying to control himself, while being sweet and boyish at the same time. really, i feel like Cp is a good cup of coffee that when you get to drink it you savor it even more with time. you enjoy it more with each episode. that’s how i felt. like the dev’t of the relationship here as well. im sad to say maybe not for SK and HR as much. but you see how both HS and HG grow, how YJ and EC see more in their lives. ahhh… ill miss CP a unforgettable thing.
sarah, side question do u burn ur kdramas onto a dvd after dling? or only the good ones? as a collection? or buy the original ones? ^^
I’m in havenly cloud nine over Coffee Prince and cup sixteenth is over flow with love. Many, many thanks Javabeans for all the beautiful written summaries, additional thoughts, music etc, etc….and to you guys who have written your two cents worth of comments, I truely enjoyed it too. Komapsumnida!!!
ahhh….Would be happy if this had been the last episode…but honestly don’t think i would be satisfied if it just ends this way….what a contradiction….and so it always is where relationships are concern. I guess it’s not about how much one has sacrificed for the other party rather i would think it would be a question of are we willing to sacrifice for the one we love….anyhow……can’t wait till monday. Thanks Javabeans!
Oh WOW! WOW! WOW! I love that behind the door scene! WOW!!! Once a woman makes her choice…that’s final!
On the boy and girl’s different views and thoughts, Yes, indeed that is soooo true!
Tks!
OH MY GOSHHHHHHH…OOhhh the choice that she has made hahahahaha
Sometimes I find this drama a little unreal because men like Han Gyul who are dying to go into commitment don’t exist! hahahahaha
Han Gyul: “It seems to me that your hundred reasons not to go can’t hold up to the one reason for going. Am I right? I don’t want you to go, either. Thinking of this cafe without you makes me not want to come here every day. It makes me not want to work. I don’t even want to think about not being able to see you. When I was planning to leave for New York, there were times I thought I couldn’t because I’d be haunted by your memory. Do you think I want to send you away? But I want to show you a bigger world.”
“I’ve realized I can’t be responsible for your life. But I can be by your side, watching over you. I’ll take that instead. We may be separated now, but later, much later… when you hold the hand of your first child… when they go off to school… when you marry your children off… Ah, proposing is so embarrassing.”
I think these are the words any woman would wanna hear..it sure melted me..I like the way they touch on bits of reality in the priorities issue despite the unbelievable heartwarming sweetness that seemed to be flooding the last few episodes.
I often find myself reminded of QSS when I watch it…modern, not all too sweet but yet had enough touches of modern love, sweetness and angst.
I have not been able to watch recently…what would I do without you, javabeans?? Thank you!!
WOW!
This episode left me speechless for a while. Finally a korean drama that is not afraid to show that physical intimacy is also a bog part of a SERIOUS relationship. I really admired HK in this episode. The way he handled EC initial reaction to his moves. He respected EC’s decision and really tried his hardest not to give in. Just love it!
Also a big applause for EC, for finally following what her heart desires. Probably one of the most impulsive decision EC has ever made, and I gotta say it’s for the best. This is probably the best for her to enter “womanhood.”
A big part of me is so devastated that coffee prince would end already. I can watch this drama everyday. It has been a habit to me to check your summaries javabeans, before watching the raw vids. I will really miss your amazing summaries and insights. Also, part of me is happy that my unhealthy addiction to this series will end soon and the normalcy of life is going to be back.lol
Thanks so much for the efforts you’ve put in javabeans!
I like the cuteness of this story… and the non-stereotype way of twisting the story. Like YuJu’s proposal. and Eun Chan’s refusal to get married.
I would not mind Eun Chan taking the oppurtunity to go to ITaly for school…
so great…
dont care whether it’s realistic or not, it’s very very very sweet and sweet…
luv luv this drama…
but i want to ask… did they really ‘do’ it????
n_n
Good gracious…. i wonder what will happen next. I can’t wait!
hahaha…I was like that all the time I watch this episode, so cute, so sweet, so romantic they are!!
Thanks Sarah!
I have been chafing at the bit (Until 10 minutes ago, I was stuck at work and too busy to read your summary–it seemed like an eternity)
I had seen the raw episode (and the two oh-so-yummy-looking kisses), but of course, I had no idea Italy was suddenly on the table. I was really hoping CP would be the exception to the 1-2 year separation rule of Korean dramas.
Don’t get me wrong, I want EC and HK to fulfill all their dreams, and I realize that that can’t always happen with both people in the same place…however, HK opted not to go to NY to be with her, so it seems cruel of fate to have EC then opt to leave for Italy (of course, she may change her mind. HK was in the eleventh hour when he changed his mind).
I am glad that EC bumped their intimacy up a few notches, and I am not surprised after hearing about Italy. The prospect of separation seems to make lovers hold on a little tighter (until the actual departure).
HK sounds painfully sweet in this episode (not painful in that it’s difficult to stomach, but painful knowing that, for the moment, he seems to be giving and giving up more to be with EC and make her happy. I hope this changes in the next episode. (sorry in advance for the many disclaimers) I love EC to pieces, but she has been pushing HK away a lot lately…and I know that he pushed her away a great deal not too long ago…I hated that too. I just wish they’d stop pushing each other away period…
PS–I forgot to say thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
ooooh… so they’re taking it to the next level, huh! I can;t wait for the next episode! thanks for the summary!
finally they made out hehehe.
thnx javabean!!! luv ur website… thnx!
I think ….
I think the stairs sense, when EC finally decided to go to HK house , has an amphibology or a sophistry, I mean this is correct that was stairs but actually it is the EC track to be a woman. A journey from childhood level to adulthood level. “Maturity Stairs”
Finally she decides to be with HK and runs from her house ( Eun Chan’s childhood) to HK house ( her destination ), … and, um…, I think this series specially about destination because that stairs is the same stairs that EC for the first time delivered Jjang myun over there (for HK, at First episode) and now she goes, or she runs up stairs to make a huge decision and share her destination with her partner and gives his destination.
Who knows what is destination?
Oh, … Such a beautiful one …
this ending was so subtle yet sweet and romantic. quite lovely. great summary!
thanks sooooooooooo much! im resisting the urge to watch the episodes until my uni semester break but i couldn’t bring myself not to check ur summaries!!! so will there be 1 or 2 more episodes left?
“I enjoy this conversation, but it strikes me as something a woman would want to hear, rather than something a man would actually say.”
As so often, you hit a rich vein here. As an unalienated male reader, I’d say two things from my own perspective about the slight oddity of this exchange (and some of the earlier ones between the cousins too).
First off, on the whole men don’t talk to other men about such things in this way. They are more likely to exchange tactical tips for capturing their quarries (the Princes of course do a whole lot of that). Which doesn’t mean men they can’t see these sort of concerns and articulate them. But when they do, it’s more likely to be through talking with a big sister, or sometimes a Mom or even a granny.
Secondly, if men (”new” and old) don’t always recognise a woman’s right to, and capacity for, shaping and owning her independent life, within or outside a relationship with a man, that’s is partly down to the way femaleness is packaged - and consumed, by women just as much as by men - in contemporary cultures. I don’t know nearly enough about Korean culture first hand, but in the mass media as visible to a Westerner there is still much more of the old Angel/Whore dichotomy than in Europe and the UK (I think the US situation is too complex and mixed to categorise briefly). Or maybe Pippie Langstrumpf versus Femme Fatale would catch it better, because there is a strong obsession with cuteness as a female ideal, even down to the level of grammar and speech patterns. Between these poles, the person gets lost. Look at the way those masterly manipulators at SM Media package their female commodities for the pan-Asian market, e.g. in the contrast between two equally phoney and exploitative, though impressively slick images in the first and second music videos by CSJH (for Too Good — now there’s a giveaway title, especially since it has precious little to do with the Korean lyrics — and 한번 더, OK?). The problem being that these images are not merely, or even principally, meant to entice men: they are aimed at the imaginations of women all over East Asia. And as long a women think, even in their dreams, that that’s the way to go, they will have a hard time getting men to recognise them as anything more than appendages to male existences. That’s one reason why I think recent developments in KDrama are very important, because they are beginning to break down these patterns and encourage women to imagine themselves differently. I think QSS did a lot in that direction, and CP takes it a whole lot further. Maybe because here to the long-standing tradition of female writing teams is added a female PD. And your blog, by helping what are, let’s face it, predominantly female viewers to understand what is going on and develop their own critical reactions to it, is part of a very significant piece of cultural progress. More power to you and your sisters!
Eun Chan made the right choices, going to Italy (the mind’s decision) and sleeping with him (her heart’s decision). I don’t know though how they will end this drama after that last scene because of Han Kyul’s lovemaking ability based on his previous experiences and his sincere love for Eun Chan, Eun Chan will find it very hard to leave. She jumped from the frying pan into the fire by choosing to sleep with him! So which one will win, the mind or the heart? Personally, I was in similar situation 30+ years ago. I chose to stay but have sometimes been bothered by the thought, what if I decided to go, where would my love be now?
i flied back home after class juz to read ur summary java beans , u r COOL ! thx u , 2 =)
I’ve been a great fan to your site and really looking forward and enjoy reading your summary….thank you all the good job done…..I really….reallly….really appreciates your effort..you just make my day a beautiful one…..
tq javabeans!!=) muakhssss!!you are the best!!
hey… thanks for the translation!!!!
no more speculations… just waiting… waiting… waiting… waiting… …. …. …. ….
I wish it’s monday again!!!
thanks again javabeans!!! you rock!!! ^_^
All I can say is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh…..!!!!!!!!
I AM SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY…..!!!!
I’m speechless too by the way……hahahahahahaha…I don’t know how to describe my feelings about this drama…it’s just OUTSTANDING..!!!!Every episode is full of excitement…
Excellent choice of music, amazing actors, exceptional acting skills, great producer and a brilliant writer of courrrzzeeee…!!!
My three favorite scenes (in this episode):
1. When Han Kyul & Han Sung meet @ the cafe…although it’s a short scene but it’s very thoughtful the way they put it together..I really enjoy it…amazinggg!!
2. When Han Kyul tells Eun Chan that he will let Eun Chan go to Italy and says that he wants to be by her side and watching over her…..aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….so sweettttt and you can tell that he’s very sincereeeee about it…..loveee himmm!!!!!
3. The last scene of courseeee……(need I say more??)..hehheeheheheh….
Why does it have to end next weekkkkkkkkkk??….I’m going to miss this drama a lottt!!!!!
I loveee this drama so much until the little tiny bity of ittttt………..
oh god!!! I don’t what or how to feel. I’m thinking if I should feel happy because this is a really great episode or should I feel sad because it’s ending or should I feel excited to know what’s going to happen next? urgh! lol
btw..this episode had a great way to end it..finally..she decided to have sex with him! lol XD
just been thinking again… (i really can’t seem to hold it!!!)
in episode 15, (as we all got anxiously waiting - coz of those prviews) Han Kyul imagined that he and Eun Chan were “only” playing in his bed, but ——> in Episode 16, he got more of what he was daydreaming about!!! hahaha. ^_^
I’m really surprised with Eun Chan, I never thought she would really get to a scene like that.. well, it’s what the scriptwriters want.. hehe.
—-> but i’m sure all of you don’t want to see on the next episode that everything that happened will all just be another “DAY-DREAMING” of Han Kyul!!! watching episode 15’s daydreaming and episode 16’s last scenes is already enough to get me crazy… –> please no day-dreaming anymore!!!
—> I think this episode just made all of us be perverted for a while.. hehe. (no offense.. kidding here… ^_^)
As a sort of coffee geek, “two years in Italy to study coffee” may see a trifle ridiculous — actually, it’s not, if you seriously want to become a professional barista. The length of study might be a trifle exaggerated, but coffee, particularly espresso, and baristi, those who pull espresso, are regarded more and more highly nowadays as well more in demand internationally. Illy (a famous coffee brand professing to be “the world’s finest”) in Italy actually has a University of Coffee (not a hoax, or a joke; baristi from around the world train there) training program located in Trieste.
Pulling espresso and making coffee are highly complex processes involving not only mere skill, but also intuition, experience, knowledge, taste, and creativity, merging fields of chemistry, technology, art, and cuisine. Highly trained baristi and coffee cognoscenti know not only how to pull a shot, but also how to pick and roast beans (origins of beans, their taste, blending them, roasting them to the right degree, knowing how a blend will taste), to grind beans (espresso requires a fine grind, using a good machine), and to steam milk. They should know what equipment to use and to know the equipment they use very well (two-three degrees of difference in temperature in an espresso machine means the difference between a bad espresso and a good one) and there are a lot of parts to maintain in an espresso machine.
It may seem ridiculous that she’s going to study coffee for two years in Italy since coffee is so much taken for granted for the most part (it’s a beverage!) and it seems like they’re doing this in order to pull the “study abroad/enforced separation” card for maximum drama. However, once you take into consideration the extensive knowledge, training, experience, and skills of good baristi, then it mightn’t seem so. Her becoming a professional barista is actually a pretty viable career choice now that they’re earning more and aren’t considered part-time wage workers as much.
I love this episode so much. The conflict between work and love is actually a very real one that I’m glad they address. People in relationships do get pulled apart rather sadly through factors outside their control as well as deciding between work and love. Thank you for all these summaries with the keen insights (and music!); your hard work is very much appreciated!
i cant wait to see how they’ll wrap this up and end it. i really have no clue!!!!!!1
Love reading the comments here. Nyx, thanks for that information!
my love for this drama turned into an obsession…. I’m not ready to let go yet…. Javabeans, what are we going to do??? … fellow commenters how are we gonna hold up?…hein? HEIN?!?! :p…psh, just waiting for the last cup … and may it be deliciouss.
I agree with Lolo, I am not yet ready to part with Coffee Prince and I like the way the episodes are written. I like it that in most episodes whether they are quarelling or just being sweet that both the main characters are both in it. I just love this. I hope that the two leads can do another drama together.
To Javabeans, thank you for your hard work and looking forward to reading more of yours. Cheers!
lolo - this is why i have downloaded all the episodes so far, which I fully intend to burn to a DVD and then put them on my ipod so i can watch CP ALL THE TIME
I must say that I started to watch korean stuff because of xman and especially the beautiful realtionship of YEH and KJK - slowly I discovered korean drama and movies - My name is Kim Sam Soon, Goong, Full House, Wonderful Life, My Little Wife, She’s a Spy, and even though I’ve loved every single one of those, nothing has made me smile more than CP.
Not sure what it is - maybe it’s the characters that I am able to relate to, maybe it is the romantic in me that believes that whatever hardships people face, true love will overcome them in the end. I love the naivety of MY and his unwavering attachment to EC’s sister, Sun Ki’s everylasting quest to find the woman that he loves, Ha Rim’s indingant speeches and his ‘My Chan, My Chan’. Of course I applaud HK’s ability to overcome people’s expectations and follow his heart regeardless of what prejudices he may face. And of course, being a girl, I applaud any girl who has the guts and the determination to provide for her family and still go after whatever she wants. And of course there is Manager Hong (???) who overlooks the whole process like a guardian angel.
here here - lift my glass to the last episode - may it be sparkling just like the champagne
Wow… thanks for doing this!
Coffee Prince is indeed addicting. This episode ending just left me grinning the whole day.
It also left me raising my expectations for the last episode.
Thanks dramabeans for your efforts.
thank you for both episode summaries, they were both great.
So satisfying to my lomantic soul….thanks Javabeans…..
omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i soooo love the ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i so love their pace of relationship!!!!!!!!!!!!!! regarding the matter whether this drama is rather realistic or not, i’d rather look at the maturity thinking of the characters. I love eun chan’s character; she’s a real thing– i love the way she thinks about Han Gyul’s family’s reaction towards their relationship. She accepts it and understands the way they feel, and not annoyed or insulted; for just because her family is poor, they disagree to their relationship, immediately jumping into conclusion that she is not good enough for HG. That’s what I call being matured hehe. EC is a GREAT lady.
I dont like the two year separation idea. She can marry him and then go to Italy. When he gave up everything for her thinking she is a boy, how can she not consider his love and affection for her and marry him. She can go to Italy or wherever after marriage which many people do. She can go with family later and learn the course. They have plenty of money. She can pay back later after earning if she really wants to pay back.
javabeans, thank you for the great summary! =)
Hmmm…Interesting twist with Italy. But I wonder whether she takes the trip or not? You can still do what you want in life even when your married. For some reason this show treats marrieg like its some type of life shackle. LOL! But seriousely, theres always solutions between couples it depends on finding that middle ground.
Waarrggghhh! only one more episode to go. I’m going to seriously miss this series. Love HK and EC. Thanks so much Javabeans.
Goodness!!! can’t help myself grinning like an idiot! thanks javabeans!!!!!
Who cares if it is real or not? It answers something in all of US. That is why we are all addicted. What this drama does with the cliches is innovative, not necessarily creative, but very innovative. Now, there will be other dramas trying to do the same thing but it will not be as fresh and new as Coffee Prince has been for us. Now that we all have a certain standard of reference (CP) we are going to be even harder to convince to suspend our realism in order to be sucked into other stories.
Coffee Prince is a nice fairytale and we must not forget it is a fairytale. Like someone said earlier, some times we, as women, don’t know in what direction we should go to attract men. Then we change ourselves to attract others while lying to ourselves. I like how EC never really changes herself to fit the mold of her society alway being EC. We should compromise but to be hunted then told we must change when what attracted the men was our unique selves is ridiculous.
Anyway, Javabeans A BIG THANK YOU!!!!
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flash two years and she a manager of her own coffee shop and on more equal standing with Han Gyul….and go on from there perhap.
You know how addicting this CP series is? I caused a plague in the office and everyone caught the bug, watching and checking your site for their daily cuppa ‘java’. It’s a fix that we can’t resist.
Coffee Prince is generally a chick-flick. (hmm, must be because both PD and the writer are women? I don’t really need to point that out huh?) I’ve got a whole bunch of male friends, brothers and relatives and they don’t talk to each other like the Choi cousins do. Those parts are merely women’s wishful thinking. It’s so true that anything related to emotions, they’d rather discuss it with someone from the opposite sex. Because I do get that a lot. And sometimes it’s disconcerting to hear how they see relationships, work ethics and even politics (no wonder I remained single…but that’s another story).
I’d like the idea of both EC and HG pursuing their respective carreers abroad. My God, they’re still young to get tied down, you know? and with the advent of advance communications that we have now (c’mon, Koreans even invent them!), having a long-distance relationship isn’t as bad as it seems.
Thanks for the recap Javabeans! Until next week…
(sidenote: I heard another Donawhale song called “Running”(?) This time they sound a bit like Coldplay, while the “Echo” one was more Ivy-like. I say that Indie-group sounds pretty good.)
I really love these songs by 어른아이/Adult Child, but I was only able to find a Japan version of their album on Yesasia… anyone have an idea where else I could look?
Wow. You’re so great. I really enjoyed your summary!! Thanks for your fast work!!
Eun Chan and Han Gyul, they are so cute!!! Especially, Han Gyul.
I cannot believe this seriese is going to be ended.
I miss this couple already, but I am happy that I can read your post and meet this couple.
They are very very cute. Can’t wait the next, last episode!!!
Watching the ending, I just hope that the script writer won’t fast forward 10 years into the future to show us how happy they are in ep 17. I would prefer a open ending, so maybe…just maybe… they will do a sequel. Call me a day dreamer but I want to see more of HK and EC. The previous weeks, my life is so upside down, I feel the time is too long when I have to wait another week ’til the next ep, then when that day comes, I laugh and cry ‘hysterically’ (that the word my housemates refer to me) and when it’s over, I find 1 hour is too short. God save me.
Thanks Javabeans, I love the fact that you make it available to us coffee-hungry-fans as soon as you can. Is it me or the excitement of watching CP is too much that you feel the need to share it with others as quick as you can?
Haha, I can’t help but grinning all day after watching CP.
# 113 invisibelle
It’s listed for sale at
http://www.annyoung.com/
Paste 어른아이 into the search box on their home page if you don’t have a Hangul IME.
I have never bought from them myself, but they are a US company (Orange County CA) so should be OK to deal with.
Really enjoy watching Cp but more than that really enjoy reading everyone’s thoughts. That has been part and parcel of the whole CP experience for me. It’s really fantastic and amazing as well when a piece of work can provoke so much after thought from it’s audience. So much of what is out there is just mindless entertainment so when something gets us to slow down and truly reflect, then I’d say the creator of the piece has really succeeded in the endeavor. Thank you javabeans for providing this gathering place.
Javabeans, thank you for the great summary!
Please, could anybody tell me what is the melody that is playing during the last scene (when HG is carrying EC to the bed…)
I wonder, do they have any condoms?
# 119Anonymous
I wouldn’t be surprised if HG didn’t design them. After all, the specimens of his handiwork EC was playing with in between downing the red wine soju-fashion aren’t the only sort of toy…
I carefully refrain from even thinking about, let alone mentioning, the idea of coffee flavoring.
#120 Gramps
“I carefully refrain from even thinking about, let alone mentioning, the idea of coffee flavoring.”
That really cracked me up.
Another form of getting your caffeine-fix…a surefire “upper,” but let’s not go there…
if dramas were realisitic, they would be boring.
#121 Ima - pas devant les enfants!!! Especially if, as could well be the case, “Ima” is a Kapampangan “nanay”. In which case you and I both ought to be ashamed of ourselves, talking of such matters in the domain of a nice girl like javabeans.
#123 Gramps: pas devant les enfants! -lol
Désolé Javabeans, but Gramps started it.
Just can’t help commenting about it.
Will definitely have Coffee Prince withdrawal (I swear no pun intended on that!) once this series ends.
Ok, back to PG mode….
i was to hyped up yestreday … i couldn’t focus because of the last minute scene coffee prince showed yesterday
so i decided to rewatch and rewatched just to get over the scene.. and take it as it is..
i’ve read “morality issues” being discussed in forums.. esp regarding showing pre-marital sex and all… my take.. just to remind them both characters are adults already….
and what’s wrong with teenagers… watching it… it was rated PG 15…
i mean come on.. i may be liberal about it… but KIDS and teenagers are now very smart…
and the scene wasn’t really a bed scene.. if we are to compare it with movies being watched by kids.. the kiss between the leads of High School Musical 2 was much terryfyiong for me.. than this
my take for the episode.. based on javabeans summary..
1) Han Gyul is such a GOOD Person… i need to find a real Han Gyul
where could he possibly be….
2) Eun Chan finally makes her move… i’m not saying because she made a decision to sleep with him is the move.. but we all know… the moment she ran to HG’s apartment proved to me… she was ready to be with HG 100%
i’ve been complaining for all while that she’s been really always on the safe side…
but you know hard it is for somebody like EC.. an independent tomboyish woman to actually physically give herself ..
another episode of unparalled chemistry between YEH and GY..
a big applause to the writers and director for bold moves…
i agree with javabeans.. it’s not original… but is a fresh start… i always say this
but CP just raised the level for K dramas….heck soembody has to that
like what “My name is Kim sam soon” did… or else we are gonna be stuck with dramas that adds more melodrama to our already melodramatic lives…
reality wise..it’s not the story that is real.. but the emotions all the characters goes through.. whether its… happiness, sadness… pervertness… (hahahaha)
side note: tried watching “time between dog and wolf” and got irritated by the character Nam Sang Mi was playing… i said to myself… isn’t that the same girl in all other typical k-dramas…
OMG thank you soo muchh, your the BESTTT!
Go Chan barely finished High School.
Would she even have a mature and technical vocabulary along with math calculating skills to study coffee abroad.
She pinned her name tag on a tree saying “see you in 2 years”
as if it were her last day at the CP?
- can you get a Passport and Visa to go live and study in Italy overnight in Korea.
Who paid for the barrista school she was attending in Seoul. that was the 1st time i’d noticed she was actually IN school.
the storyline crashed and burned for me in ep. 16.
but that doesn’t mean i haven’t enjoyed the ride.
2 years later with different hair and more mature glances - i’d have preferred that it ended when the lights in Han Gyul’s apt. were turn off
- fade to black -
2 second blank screen
- no cards -
followed by first card
IN MEMORIAN for those S. Koreans recently killed in Afghanistan.
second card - directed by:
3rd card title
then roll.
Wahhh!!I really want to see the next chapter!!=DD!!Again, a big thank you for all the time you spent on doing the CP recap!It is really appreciated!
canyayasis, interesting points. This is actually where i feel guilty about my recaps, because on one hand, I choose to leave certain things out because my summaries are already topping out at around 3,000 words and that’s just ridiculous. But I don’t always know what omissions will trip other people up, and I guess I assume everyone will watch the drama anyway and not just accept what I say. You’re free to be disappointed in the series, of course, but I feel bad if it’s based on something that I did, rather than the drama itself.
Eun Chan is putting herself through barista academy; this isn’t the first time it’s been mentioned, but it’s the first time we’ve physically seen her there. (I think this is why she’s behind on her repayments to Han Gyul, which triggers their money argument.) She’s been going for a few episodes, I think.
I don’t think Italian visas are that hard to get for Koreans (or Americans). It was very easy when I went a few years ago.
Hm, I’m all for higher education, but somehow I don’t have trouble seeing Eun Chan as intelligent despite barely finishing high school. I don’t know much about studying coffee (on a professional level) — do you need a strong technical and math background? Because then, I’d be screwed even with my fancy-dancy education.
I do agree that I’d have been fine with the series ending at 16, and the lights flickering off would’ve been a nice way to close. But I’m still looking forward to seeing how it all ends with 17… But thanks for your thoughts — dissent always gives you more to think about!
WELL, there’s lots of math - conversions etc… calculus - i couldn’t do it with my fancy dancy education either… i loved this series - the apple farm, the romp in the stream, the CP concert, Terry-ah - everything… you’re right, it would make the perfect reel of “moments of perfection in production” reel - for all the reasons you stated.
Toward the end though, i was starting to get bothered by the ambient noise outside the perimeter of filming. I was SHOCKED when i saw the pictures on SOOMPI of people actually getting THAT close to production filming - domestically, there is a much wider and broader perimeter to control outside noise being picked up.
i’m just weary of the few years jump in the future..
as i’m sure you’ll remember - we just had that 6 year jump in BAD COUPLE.
and the year or so jump in QUE SERA SERA-
p.s. watch THANK YOU - i will not disappoint.
Well, let’s face it… the last two episodes seemed to be not on par with the previous fourteen! It was noticeable in ep 15 but more apparent in this last one that the quality of the writing has dropped down a notch or so. So, does extending the show by only one episode ended up altering its original spirit and pacing? I guess we’ll have to see the ending before we can make a decision on that.
Personally, i felt that the balance of the characters was slightly off this week. It focused more on Eun Chan and gave her arguments more weight. In turn, the character Han Gyul has been reduced to an idealized sensitive man who continued to put his love’s welfare above his own. Does this man really exist in real life, ladies? I miss the man who captivated me while he was struggling to identify his sexuality. Coffee Prince, like someone has said earlier, MAY be heading toward a “chick-flick” ending. That would be ashamed if it happens because it did such a fantastic job at tackling the homosexuality issue in addition to exploring personal growth. It SEEMS that the writer is giving us what we (female viewers) want to see/hear rather than continuing to challenge (or surprise) us with more a complex ending. It’s a little bit early for me to said this so I desperately want CP to prove me wrong next week! They have surprised us many times before. What is clear is that Coffee Prince lacks (may be due to the combo of female writer+PD) a male perspective/voice on the issue of relationship. Would the story (or ending) be any different otherwise if the writer is a man? Gramps (or anyone), your thoughts?
THanks again for this wonderful CP blog….
I’m enjoying myself emensely, listening to the music you’ve provided as I’m reading your synopsis. I’ve been downloading Ental episodes from d-addicts and before finding your blog, I was going crazy with impatience for their next uploads (ep 13 right now). BUT NOW…. I read what your blog entries and feel quite satisfied and able to wait for d-addicts episodes/.srt files.
Thank you for making my day, today. I feel so happy…
secret admirer, i think Coffee Prince has always suffered a handicap by lacking a strong male perspective, but had until very recently been able to manage that by drawing the conflicts so nicely. (And had it been written by a male, I really think we would have lacked a lot more in the other things it’s done so well. Perhaps an additional writer would have helped — not a situation of having a male instead of a female writer, but one in addition to.) Now, we’ve definitely veered into female wish-fulfillment territory, and the over-perfection of some of the Choi men’s statements struck me as very clear proof of that. Granted, at this point I’ve built up such affection and goodwill toward this show that it doesn’t faze my enjoyment terribly, but it’s not something I can ignore either.
And I think the PD was very smart, and prescient, in resisting extension of the series so strenuously. I have a feeling she was strong-armed into agreement. That said, it’s not like i think it’s ruining the show or anything that severe.
# 131 Secret Admirer “Gramps (or anyone), your thoughts?”
Heck, I don’t mind playing the role of global village idiot on this blog, indeed I’ve been auditioning quite determinedly for that part, as some people may have noticed: but token male spokesperson??? I’d prefer to leave that role to “anyone” since it appears to be a choice between him and me.
On gender-unspecific issues: for tourist or business entry to any EU country for 90 days or less, Korean (or US) nationals just turn up with at any entry port with a valid passport and a return flight coupon. No prior application needed or possible. But for two years’ study, EC will need an Italy specific long-stay visa (Italy has more types of these than anywhere else, 21 at the last count). That does require prior application in Seoul, but provided HG’s Granny’s financial support includes depositing upfront the specified minimum daily subsistence amount in Euros and in EC’s name in an Italian bank account, there are no problems. And when the consular official sees the family name on a sponsoring letter from Granny, he’ll send the visa round in an embassy car with a box of amoretti. So say 48 hours max.
Then on EC’s educational qualifications. You would certainly need calculus to design an explosion-proof expresso machine, but I’m not sure you’d need it to understand its operation, though they are indeed complicated and temperamental contraptions. Anyway, university education is vastly overrated (I know, because I used to inflict it on people for a living: people do learn a whole lot at University, but it’s often not from the courses they take) and Korean High Schools are generally excellent. Well, they aren’t always too hot at teaching English, but that’s not for lack of skill or effort: it’s more a problem of method and the huge gap between Korean and European languages.
Is 17 the last episode?!
secretadmirer - i’ve calmed down a bit - but if you can post a SCREAM, you should read my posts over on the SOOMPI thread after ep. 16 - i agree with the balance being off these last eppies.
- i mean POOR Sun KI! he barely gets an “also ran” - i felt horrible for him when he walked into that empty apt. and he had such an awesome singing voice that barely got noticed…
for me, it was the group that went to the Apple Farm that captivated me. the ancilliary characters left me “un-moved.” and that wedding event felt empty and flat - HS had better chemistry with Terry-ah the dog.
and these vignettes of new 2nd layer characters in ep. 16
- the man in the studio with a child video on his phone….
Han Rim’s lastest flame sitting at a table with 3 unknown friends…chatting up on the phone with Ha Rim…with a stuffed bear?
wha??
having said ALL of this
- i don’t regret watching this series - and dramabeans has made that possible.
in Go Chan’s character development she’s:
never had a boyfriend - never been in love - never been out of Korea
so, this 24 yr. old innocent - meets man - falls in love - suffers traumatic psychological damage with his vicious rants, tantamount to character assasination, forgives him, keeps her first steady job, kisses him, looses her V to him, accepts money from the grandmother that’s about to die, loves him and leaves him for 2 years, blah, blah….
as long as it doesn’t end like ONE FINE DAY - i’ll be happy.
P.S. to GRAMPS -
i’ve never enjoyed being PUT IN MY PLACE as much as i did by you and the reference to an exploding espresso machine! touche’ and BRAVO! It’s just in one episode, i saw Go Chan counting on her fingers - and it didn’t seem likely to me she’d make the huge leap to thresholds of temps and boiling points etc..
Thank you for another wonderful summary.. Sorry didn’t get to read them earlier.. It was a bitter sweet episode for me .. I loved the G-rated love making ending .. However this is what I didn’t like ..
- What’s up with saying yes to marriage and then expect the person to wait for 2 years .. (it’s like YJ thing all over again with a shot of Hee Jin from MNIKSS).. Not that I think choosing career over guys is a bad thing (heck I’m doing it myself.. But I won’t go say yes to someone and expect him to wait for me in the first place).. This is too selfish .. In this category I think Dal Ja’s spring did a better job ..
- I still don’t get the fuss about marriage.. Are they expecting to have a big wedding (ok my ideal spot for marriage is the city hall) or give dowry to the guy?? or even the “married EC” expected to be a stay at home wife who’s job is to popping out kids?? I mean Get REAL.. Nobody does it 21st century.. When my cousin went to study, her hubby was with her (she’s the head of the household) and when my dad had to study my mom tookover her role as the head of the household (currently our household runs by the joint force).. I really don’t get why EC can’t support her family or work even when she’s married.. I’m all up for not being married but her reasons aren’t strong enough.. Given the fact is that she’s madly in love with HG..
- I also don’t get it when the guys regard their wives as property.. (not meaning this drama).. I mean WTF.. (Ok this is my feminist side talking)..
- I don’t get YJ’s drinking habit given the fact she’s pregnant .. or is it OK in Korean society?
- Finally I’m so in love with HG now (minus the assaulting kiss) .. It’s funny how I’d prepare myself for the possibility of not liking him at the beginning of the drama and ending up loving him the most .. He’d gone through the most emotional suffering in this whole drama and still going through some..
136 canyayasis: “as long as it doesn’t end like ONE FINE DAY - i’ll be happy.”
ooh, that’s pushing too much for comparison. With only Gong Yoo as the common denominator, CP is a universe away from that incestuous insubstantial drama (apologies to those who liked it).
I reckon let us all have some faith with CP’s PD and the writer to surprise us to the very end.
isn’t it interesting how we always want more … at the beginning, all eun chan wants was just for him to pay attention to her .. then to love her .. now that she got that .. she wants more a career and love …
IMA - i didn’t care ONE FINE DAY - though i had some serious Roll on the Floor and Laugh my @#* off moments with the Team Manager’s diagrams for kissing…
I was referring to the “i’m leaving for a few years…..” (THOSE ENDINGS!!?!?!?!?!)
THAT type of ending - where we get at MOST 30 seconds of screen time on a lackluster reunion -
#138: I could understand her reason for not marrying. Once she gives in to marrying him, who can say that there won’t be a possibility that she can refuse to accept his financial help. In marriage, there’s no such thing as your money, my money (except those fancy Hollywood celebrity couples and their marriage contract). Besides, she is used to being self efficient and is a strong personality, now it’s would be hard to buy the idea of being a meek housewife. Does that make sense?
your comments are quite insightful and i wholeheartedly agree with them.
I love this drama so much, this is the first korean drama that i watched fully and enjoyed. The casts were amazing especially EC and HG. They both are great actors. Their facial expressions, all the feeling in the drama were amazing. HG is sooooooooo freaking HOT. My GOD, the drama end next week. I am really going to miss it soooooooo
I’m on the fence about EC
On the one hand…her dreams have always been about making those she loves happy (as she relates them to HK anyway)…keeping her family fed and doing her best at whatever job she has…the jump to a very individual dream that would force her to leave the people she loves, albeit temporarily, seems strange. (not that I dislike the development…it just seems sudden)
On the other hand, Dr. Hong urges her to dream bigger than simply doubling her salary.
yet another hand…
When HK was still planning to go to NY, EC told Sun Ki that holding someone back (from achieving a dream) using love was base, but her eyes and her words seemed to convey different feelings…she seemed to want to ask HK to stay even though she thought it was wrong (theoretically)…and she was SO VERY happy when he chose to stay…this EC doesn’t seem to mesh with the EC planning to go to Italy…but what do I know.
#138
I am just as baffled about Yu Ju partying while pregnant…was it just her friends drinking or was she drinking too?
javabeans… got your points! Criticizing Coffee Prince does not mean that i did not enjoy the drama (’cause i love some pieces of it to death), it’s just that i had such high hopes for it. I wished for it to be a great show, not just a very good one. I can only hope that CP bounced back with an ending that befits its amazing run. I do understand that it is unfair or unrealistic to expect the writer to maintain the same level/quality of writing for whole duration of the series (especially since the last 4 eps are add-on to the novel adaptation). Thus, come the question of whether the episode extension puts pressure and constraints on the quality of the work. Maybe having a second writer on the team (male like you’ve pointed out) would have made a positive impact on storyline in terms of easing the workload as well as furthering character developments. Side note: Soderbergh can be quite egocentric, but few can deny the social significance of his movie “Traffic”.
Gramps, ROFL, i definitely did not mean to offend or single you out as the rep for the male species. It was just a desperate call for some response (i.e.: “anyone”)! I do apologize for the misunderstanding. I will surely miss reading your witty/candid comments once CP is over.
canyayasis: Yes, I can SEE your SCREAM and your POV. However, it is only a show (albeit one that we obsessed over for the last 8 weeks). It’s pure entertainment after all. So let’s just sit back and enjoy the moment, heh? Good till the last drop, Coffee Prince!
Yess paper written and printed, back to usual programming. I think that since from the beginning not many of us were expecting much more than a light frothy concoction from Coffee Prince, it’s already exceeded our expectations in the climax. Many Korean dramas actually like ending on a climax (when major conflicts are resolved), or quickly after it, so everyone’s riding on an afterglowy high, and it’s only later you realise you still want to know how they work it out in the end. CP may have raised our expectations too high but it’s hard to live up to the peak (artificially extending it would make the series seem forced and dragged and drawn-out) so I think it’s great that even as they’re wrapping up the issues they’re showing us that life goes on (although I don’t see how I can take that lesson literally and understand that yes, exams begin when CP ends!) So although these last few episodes feel milder than previous ones, I’m not really let down, because I’ve already been spoilt (as in, gâtée, not spoiled as in spoilers) by the earlier episodes. These past episodes have been fluffy as hell butbutbut… I love CP too much to complain. Possible lack of mental rigour on my part here, but I don’t mind just sitting back and taking it in and brain-dying. xD
Now, that this drama has almost concluded, I’m even more curious to know about the writer, director, script writer, set designer, etc. I wonder about their gender, their education background and work experiences, as to whether or not it was strictly within Korea or if they matriculated or worked in from a more western-type atmosphere. Although, I am no expert on Korean dramas, this production team certainly seems to be different and more western in perspective, than from the production staff of other dramas that I have watched.
Anyway, this has been a very enjoyable ride … just like EC’s first ride in HG’s convertible mini-cooper.
Thank you for a chance to participate in this blog.
I’ve forgotten since when, but i enjoy reading ur summaries more than watching the show itself. Must be ur style of writing! U’ve got me addicted~. lol.Keep up the good work yeah?
Really appreciate the amt of hard work u have put in. THANKS!
Waaaa, so romantic…thank you dramabeans you are so fast…so fast…thank you…,
Oh yeah I totally meant to say - a lot of kdramas do a lot of female fan-service. I remember when watching Dal Ja’s Spring I thought, if Tae-bongs really exist, I want one of them? Then I watched an interview with Lee Minki who confessed to be really baffled about some of the things Tae-bong does naturally… IIRC he was like, do guys really do this? Use their breath to warm the girl’s hands when she feels cold, etc. I was like awww you crush me but he was so sweet so I forgave him. ^^
When i first watched Coffee Prince, i thought it was somewhat like Hana Kimi. i don’t know if it was the same for others.
you know what’s really sad, i’ll suddenly think of this show and just crack up. or i’ll start smiling like a maniac…i’m totally in freakin love with this show and this episode just made everything better. i don’t know but i think it’s cute how they did it. just the right time and everything was just…right. but i can’t help but wonder…what if she was really a guy and he started falling in love with “him” what would his fantasies be? ugh, he’s probably super glad that she’s a girl in this episode haha
thanks dramabeans for another wonderful summary YAI FOR DRAMABEANS!!!!
I just re-read some of the comments in the previous episode. And, I wondered if there was an unfortunate choice in using the word, “real”. In lieu of “real” or “realism”, the word, “plausible” would probably be more apt. Are the situations, in the drama, plausible? Are the solutions plausible?
And, this goes to one of my previous statements that CP does not insult my intelligence by asking me to accept situations or solutions that are outrageous or down-right impossible. After all, this genre is drama/romance/comedy. Not Sci-Fi.
episode 17 is the extended episode right? will it be scheduled as normal on the coming monday or will it be a special episode in some other programme?….can’t wait for it…so upset no previews that I can find online….:(
1 more ep 2 go..just cant wait for the last episode
btw, is it 17 eps include the extended ep?
i really like reading ur summary..
caught me off guard and i like it!
so it’s was a blissful encounter for the both of them.. i love it!
Hey javabeans and the rest of you coffee prince addicts!
Thank you so much javabeans for your summaries i am so glad i found your website made the raw videos a 100 times better for the non korean speaker that i am though now i have picked up a few words lol. I feel so sad that coffee prince is coming to an end. any one nows how long until it comes out on dvd? maybe on the yesasia.com website but i know there is an issue with mbc series copyrights issues in north america i hope they solved it already …. :S anyways episode 16 had me grinning ear to ear speacially the end that door kiss *whistles* okay i”d better stop now
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I think one thing I like about actually reading the comments here is that there are people here who would make a proper critique of the shows.
I love the arguments some of you raised here. I would have to agree the balance is a little off because truly Han Gyul seems a little to good to be true in the last few episodes. I feel the issue of differing priorities can be explored further instead of being rushed at the end (a little rushed to me).
Nonetheless, I must say the production team for shows like CP and QSS get my vote because they dare to explore into topics which are not the typical Kdrama. The character developments gives room for discussions like these. This in itself is a great step forward.
Yeah I agree with #161 those issues seemed to be too rushed at the end.. Usually such stuff comes up at the beginning of a relationship (at least mine did).. Also things are a bit off the balance and Han Gyul Is a little too good to be true (if only such guy existed.. I’d make him my princess style wife.. ok that sounds a bit weird).. None the less this is what we call “entertainment” and this drama is doing a good job on “entertaining” us..
#146 I saw in several scenes where YJ had wine glasses around her .. Like when she proposed to HS.. None the less she might not drink it or just have it just for the show..
#142 My point was that now days no woman wants to be tied up as a “housewife” with very little to say.. At least I don’t know anyone like that.. We all want careers we all want to have our own lives.. However my money, your money.. has nothing to do with how EC (the PD) is running the show.. I’ve seen several examples of how the wife can take care of her family (parents etc.) while still being married (my mom is an example and I will be another (If I decide to settle down).. and there are many others).. But I find it a bit too selfish of her to make HG wait.. As I said it’s a bit like Han Yoo Joo and Hee Jin (MNIKSS) .. If she had these stuff in her mind she shouldn’t have said yes to him and then ask him to wait around .. Instead, talking about the issues first and then asking for time to answer would’ve been a great idea.. It would’ve been nice if she said something like “i’d love to say yes to you but these are my current situation.. So please ask me this question again after 5 years .. if you are still available” because I don’t want to tie you up with empty (or not empty) promises… I mean if she’s making a big deal out of “not taking help” then why’s she considering HG’s grandma’s offer then.. and being married doesn’t mean she will stop working at the cafe .. She’s working with HG anyway.. If she supports her family with that money like she is doing now (in addition to other jobs) I don’t see the problem (Ok it’s sounding like I’m pushing for marriage.. It’s just I’m feeling that EC is being a bit too selfish and feeling bad for HG.. For the first time in my short history of drama addiction I’m taking lead male character’s side instead of the female..)
It’s probably me not understanding Korean society.. Today I just read about family registry thing and it totally freaked me out (suddenly I remember Wee Sun Joo (I just loved her) from Dal Ja’s Spring who said this system should be abolished).. I think when it comes to addressing social issues Dal Ja’s Spring did a better job..
(My Wild Guessing: from the way it looks she might not go)
PS: I forgot to mention one more thing.. Being married doesn’t mean someone can’t pursue her dreams or reach for the higher goal.. As I’ve said before my cousin went to get her masters after she was married and still managed to be one of the top 10 student.. And there are countless other examples..
Again I apologize if I’ve offended anyone.. My length of understanding might be short sighted.. But I welcome any criticism ..
i can’t believe there’s only one more episode left. I kept on thinking there are at least three more. CP has been good. We’ve had an airport scene and a back-hug scene. Please PD, let us not use “after-two-years” device. That one’s getting tedious.
although i appreciate the choi cousins heart-to-heart talks, i also thought they were leaning towards female wishes.
Are there kdramas that were written by male and female screenwriters?
sarah, are you still going to summarize/translate the special last episode? i hope there’s something on Gong Yoo’s thoughts on the thoughts/feelings/behavior of his character. Do they seem plausible? Are real men like that?
Just like Acey (Comment #152), I saw that subbed interview with Lee Min Ki, and he did seem baffled. 
Re: the last, special broadcast (18th “episode”), I’m not sure if With S2 may sub it… If not, I’ll see what I can do in putting up some of the key parts, if there’s good stuff there. A lot of these specials are just reviews of clips from the drama mixed with some NGs and little clips, and aren’t full of new material. We’ll see what they’ve got planned.
ahhhhhhh thanks so much!!!!! And I was pleasently surprised to find Yanni’s song!!!! I
javabeans,GRAMPS,canyayasis,secret admirer,acey and all you guys who put-up more insights… battling what u all think is right or not, putting some emphasis on a certain issues made this show an UNFORGETABLE one.YOur comments add up some more flavor to the delicious show already. Im BREWING a delicious COFFEE for u guys.
P/S….. Han Gyul … although I’m lovin’ how everything is turning out, all the lovey dovey scenes etc…. his reactions and what he says are just too good to be true …. I’ve NEVER heard a guy admitting that he would be happy if his girl would just follow what he wants her to do … guys just don’t think like that, THEY MOSTLY TAKE IS AS A GIVEN that girls SHOULD do what they want us to do … that’s why… arguments surfaces … before getting married, after a most baffling situation, it dawned upon me this fact, so I told my then bf and now husband is that “I can’t BE YOU and have the exact feelings and thoughts as YOU for I am a DIFFERENT person, I can’t be in Agreement of the same things as YOU ALL THE TIME….Your name is XYZ and mine is ABC HOW THE HECK CAN WE BE THE SAME!!!!!” ….I think if whatever our bf/hubs says and we go “YES” “OK” “DE” “NODS” “BOWS” would bring them to high heavens !!! *chuckles* I think you gals get the drift…. so what you gals say that the writer being a lady and the drama mostly from a lady’s fantasy of what they hope their guys would say and think…yeah I so ditto that…
Javabeans - K-Dramas have become an obssession with me and until I discovered your site, I had been left to my own devices to figure out things Korean. One of the highlights for me these past weeks had been reading all your recaps and comments. CP Addicts who have posted here have also proven to be very insightful. Now that CP is nearing its end, I just would like to thank you for all your efforts. Will still be visiting your site for recommendations on other K-dramas, though. CP is truly refreshing compared to the other dramas I have watched. Gives me a high every time and left me craving for more. Love the chemistry between EC and HK. For me, they are a match made in drama heaven. Thanks once again, javabeans.
# 152 Acey - “…Use their breath to warm the girl’s hands when she feels cold, etc”
Yes indeed. But this isn’t just about the realities of male behaviour, it’s about the realities of very cold winters. Anyone who’s lived in a place where winters are really, really cold, like in Korea, knows that breathing on someone’s hands to warm them isn’t a kindness. There’s a brief warm-up yes. But then the water vapour that accompanied the warmth evaporates, and the recipient’s hands end up even colder. That’s how refrigerators work, after all. This quite common KDrama motif seems to suggest a focus on markets with a tropical climate, or at least, like Japan, sufficiently farther East not to get the whole of the Siberian cold-air mass dumped on them every winter.
That said, I do find the white-christmassy gooeyness at the first snowfall, another familiar element in KDrama, rather surprising. Especially compared to the transport chaos and general anguish that tend to top the Korean TV news then the first heavy snowfalls occur. When did you see an inhabitant of Alaska or Finland or Labrador getting warm feelings inside when the first flakes descend? Maybe too many of these things are written in vacation homes on Jeju Island.
OMG. I cant believe the overanalysis of this show. But really I believe, everybody is just trying to prolong this great rom-com kdrama a little
Plot wise from wat kind of barista sch EC has to study to whether she is qualified…LOL, it’s a great show cos the two leads have great chemistry and a little ’sexy’ thrown in. I love it for the fact that Gong Yoo is such a manly boy (not alpha-male like Lee Byun Hyun, not SNAG like Bae Yong Jun types), no thick foundation, cut eyelids, etc…very natural and playful actor. Eun Hye for being so natural too and willing to look less feminine for the role. If you want sugary sweet Eun Hye, watch GOONG ;). Im so tired of perfectly chiselled, made up faces of many Korean actresses. Finally a big ‘kamsahamida’ to Javabeans, with your accompanying synopsis, you made this kdrama so, so, much more enjoyable 
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Oh Gramps!!!
ha hahaaaaaa
what is it?
who are you? from which planet?
Ahhhhh…I have been entertained by the series, javabeans’s wonderful insightful recaps and other comments. I, for one, will accept whatever end there is in store, and know that i have experienced and been spoiled by a different type of kwrama and look forward to the next one whichever one it is. Thanks to Sarah and all for making this site (albeit with problems) a place for me to gladly visit.
Well, it seemed all was said already about this kdrama, it’s one of a kind. It’s been a great pleasure watching this kdrama as well as reading its recaps/summary/translation. Kudos to you Javabeans, many many thanks for your time and effort for sharing us your kdrama obsession.
IS THIS REALLY THE LAST EPI???
Its such a pity that CP is coming to an end. Wonder what I’ll be doing or expecting when the show finally ends. But i know good show shouldn’t drag. And so i’m happy with the way epi 16 ended ( altho prehaps a bit too hot for the 2 innocent characters ). I must stress that CP is really very romantic and successful. Indeed, its the only Kdrama that kept me watching after Goong, so i supposed i really did like YEH’s acting
Thank you Javabeans for all these effort. I’ve been coming to this page everyday to read comments. Its so so interesting .. Keep up the excellent work ..
Will definitely watch the live streaming this coming monday thou i can’t understand korean at all … Hahahaha
First of all, THANK YOU so MUCH, for your hard work.
Its amazing the way you put the pictures, songs and (tranlate?) dont know if you also do so.
But your work is awesome; also I highly admire the way you write the synopsis.
Did you mayor in writing??? LOL, your gooood! I been following this drama, and also got my younger sister hooked on it LOL. I am from Mexico, and I have found a lot of cultural similarities with the asian culture. But, anwsering some of te responses to the drama; here are my opinions.
The girl wants to become a better person ,in other words she wants to become self sufficent and independent, she wants to aquire an education and follow her dreams.
To her, there is no need to be married and leave the man to care for her and her family. (Tradicion in asia and mexico, specially with elders) I enjoy the fact that the drama gives on this, a womans life should not start with marriage or end with it. It is true in society until this day, as a woman your expected to leave every thing behind, just for the fact that you will be married.
And isn’t true that women leave their contry, studies, family,carrers just to follow the man’s? This drama also teaches us to really reach a full potential a person can achieve regardles of sex. cause you really can’t forse the future……… Believe me I know that one!!
So……. 5 starts for the writer! And I am all for Eun in achiving her goals! After all isn’t true love the one that wistands distance and time????
this was posted in soompi by a very inciteful raahmose - thought I might share it with all of you:
Caffine withdrawl symptoms:
Regular caffeine consumption reduces sensitivity to caffeine. When caffeine intake is reduced, the body becomes oversensitive to adenosine. In response to this oversensitiveness, blood pressure drops dramatically, causing an excess of blood in the head (though not necessarily on the brain), leading to a headache.
This headache, well known among coffee drinkers, usually lasts from one to five days, and can be alleviated with analgesics such as aspirin. It is also alleviated with caffeine intake (in fact several analgesics contain caffeine dosages).
Often, people who are reducing caffeine intake report being irritable, unable to work, nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy, as well as having a headache. In extreme cases, nausea and vomiting has also been reported.
References.
Caffeine and Health. J. E. James, Academic Press, 1991. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research Volume 158. G. A. Spiller, Ed. Alan R. Liss Inc, 1984.
Coffee prince withdrawl symptoms:
When CP intake is reduced, the body becomes oversensitive to wild imagination. In response to this oversensitiveness, blood pressure drops dramatically, causing an excess of blood in the head (though not necessarily on the brain), leading to a headache.
This headache, well known among CP viewers, usually lasts upto seven days, and can be alleviated with analgesics such as dramabeans summaries. It is also alleviated with watching CP episodes over and over.
Often, people who are reducing CP intake report being irritable, unable to work, nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy, as well as having a headache. In extreme cases, nausea and vomiting has also been reported.
thAt scene reminds me the movie the NOTEBOOK so Dang cute. CP scene is way better than the NOTEBOOK scene> the lifting part!!!!!!!!!!
Ok please don’t kill me…
After reading ALL the comments I’ve realized something….THAT GRANDMA BETTER DIE. She has been dying since episode one! Is it mean of me to want that? Maybe…but it won’t complete the story. Any one has any comments about that?
As for EC not wanting to get married until she can stand on her own two feet. I can well understand that it is not necessarily pride more a sense of worth and accomplishment and not the thing that women can be equal. When you are in a relationship where someone is I guess more advanced financially it is easy for the self-esteem to suffer. Anyway I can relate to her in that case.
Now I know why my sis doesn’t leave her house on weekends anymore. Now she’s got me hooked too. Thanks for the awesome accurate summaries of our favorite k dramas. More Power to you!
woot they did IT
i love this quote by secret admirer: “Good till the last drop, Coffee Prince!”
Indeed.
No matter the twists and turns or whatever outcome. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
oh wow, 180+ comments=) good job javabeans! at first i was drawn to this drama because of Eun Hye but now, god… Gong Yoo is freakin HOT!!!.. I agree with jb… he is a manly boy. Physique wise he is manly, as well as mature acting.. but when its time to act boyish.. he takes my breath away… i’ll surely miss him … ergh, miss them both.
omg! I didnt know ep. 16 is out already…argh! but hey…better late than never they say.
^___^ cant believe they’ve done it! HAHA…hilarious!
Thanks heaps for this!
Oooohhlalalala!!! I don’t want it to end! The ending of this episode gives me butterflies in my stomach!
Thanks Javabeans! Mmmmwaahhh!
i doubt if yeh hasn’t 4get about kjk in this episode bec. of gong yoo,they look good together hope yeh will be pair up w/ lee min kee or eric moon in the future
i’m going nuts here… can’t wait for monday’s episode……………….. hope you’re doin fine now javabeans…
hey when is ep 14,15,16,17 gonna be on in eng subs
coffeep17 - whenever the lovely people at d-addicts finish translating the episodes - it usually takes them a week to do one - but don’t go asking on their website - they delay on purpose if people ask
omg..they’ve done it… they did it..omfg!!!
how many kissing scenec do they have in this drama…like 15 kissing scenes..holy f”"”" i cant believe yoon eun hye would go for this kind of scenes…. but anyways..it rockzzzz man….its da best… im not gonna watch the episode 11 yet until the episode 17 is ready..i want to watch it straight with no delay…maybe 3 weeks from now..i hope…i cant wait..
Thank you..thank you so much Javabeans, I ‘m always waiting for your summaries before watch the drama. The last episode, I hope to see EC more feminine with dress , the most beautiful girl and make HG proud of her being partner the rest of his life. I love Coffee Prince so much. I love you Javabeans…..Muah….
Oh Javabeans!
It’s INCREDIBLE how besotted I am with Coffee Prince.
I didn’t actually really start watching it until I stumbled across your blog.
And what a fortunate discovery it was.
Coffee Prince now owns my soul.
And my heart.
Gong Yoo is THE cutest thing ever.
Anyhow, you’re incredible.
Thanks for all the hard work. =]
it is so sad that the drama is coming to an end..
awww! another good script from you , I don’t see the episode unless I read your summary first. You’re a great writer , I loves to read your own comments to certain points . I’m going to miss CP and javabean when this is over . Thank you . Love you .
I don’t know what to do, i’ve been to dramabeans several times so that i can read and read over episode 14-16. I love this drama sooooo much. The staff did an incredible job. I can’t wait for monday……….. I want to see what happend to our fav couple ( Eu and HG) I hope if you have time you can translate episode 18 for us. Because when it comes out on DVD, they don’t translate the extras. Thanks in advance ^^
Thank you dramabeans for all your hard work.
With everyone’s comments, what’s life to say…nothing really. Everyone’s analysis of the episode was very interesting to read…although the one about preferring it ended at this episode, I totally disagree. I’m definitely going to miss Coffee Prince, no doubt about it. T_T I just love this series so much!
Thanks for the recap!
I know a lot had been said already and I still didn’t finish reading all the comments..
hehe.. I love these little stuff
I don’t know if this was mentioned before but I find it beyond words how HK wore black shirts 2 days in a row after EC refused his physical/sexual contact.. while telling her to stay away from him.. as if he meant, she can only go near him if she had that desire
just thought you might all like to know that the preview for the last cup has been released (both short and long) - bittersweet episode - get those tissues ready!!!!
sorry javabeans but i just want to be 200th poster hehe
i saw the short and long preview for ep 17 and it seems we will all be going through another emotional rollercoaster ride — an i’m loving it!
gosh, i’m really gonna miss CP and my fellow CP addicts and your amazing writing!
until tomorrow then..
It´s a great pleasure to red Javabeans comments…but also it was a pleasure to red all messages posted here. I´ve enjoyed a lot. I want to say thanks for letting me understand in a better way k-dramas. I´m an addicted to Cp too, as all of you.
I´ll never forget all these weeks reading your blog, Javabeans… Thanks from the button of my heart…and God bless you
can’t wait to watch the last episode of CP.I can’t beleive it will come to an end tommorow.I don’t kknow what would occupy my extra time after this. It was a pleasure reading all your comments.I hope we’ll all be satisfied with the ending.Good luck to everyone!
There is still one question that keeps popping in my mind.Is Han gyul considered bisexual?How come he liked Eun Chan even he knew he was a guy.Can anybody please help me with this.I would appreciate all your answers.Thanks.
Aw Monday is here … that’s what I do every weeks since CP started… I waited for Javabean’s summaries every Tue and started work after lunch just to catch her summaries.
CP is a fairy tales to me with a touch of realism her and there. It is 2 women, the writer and the PD point of view in telling their story about the 2 main characters. Though I agreed that men don’t share their thoughts like the 2 Choi brothers do, it is wishful thinking on the woman’s part that their men would understand them that way.
I understand HG arguement that EC still can fulfill her dreams of being independant and care for her family, thus making their “ding dong” on this seems trival but thinking on the part of EC, one who lost her father at a young age and have been taking his role since then, there is a strong sense of independant streak in her. For one who has never been in a relationship and in love, she has a lot of adjustment to do. She mentioned that she didn’t want to depend on him fearing that he will go like her father. This is fear speaking, to my opinion, and this is something she has to come to term with. To us, she maybe a little selfish and unreasonable but put yourself in her shoes, her fear is real and the last straw of defence is not to give up what is familar to her.
I find CP make sense for me. Both characters are adjusting in their relationship together. I conside HG selfish also … what he wants is for them to be together … living together, waking up together etc, very much like his old self who have to have things his ways. Here I find him adjusting slowly with EC’s. Thus making E17 very sweet.
Aw Monday is here … that’s what I do every weeks since CP started… I waited for Javabean’s summaries every Tue and started work after lunch just to catch her summaries.
CP is a fairy tales to me with a touch of realism her and there. It is 2 women, the writer and the PD point of view in telling their story about the 2 main characters. Though I agreed that men don’t share their thoughts like the 2 Choi brothers do, it is wishful thinking on the woman’s part that their men would understand them that way.
I understand HG arguement that EC still can fulfill her dreams of being independant and care for her family, thus making their “ding dong” on this seems trival but thinking on the part of EC, one who lost her father at a young age and have been taking his role since then, there is a strong sense of independant streak in her. For one who has never been in a relationship and in love, she has a lot of adjustment to do. She mentioned that she didn’t want to depend on him fearing that he will go like her father. This is fear speaking, to my opinion, and this is something she has to come to term with. To us, she maybe a little selfish and unreasonable but put yourself in her shoes, her fear is real and the last straw of defence is not to give up what is familar to her.
I find CP make sense for me. Both characters are adjusting in their relationship together. I conside HG selfish also … what he wants is for them to be together … living together, waking up together etc, very much like his old self who have to have things his ways. Here I find him adjusting slowly with EC’s. Thus making E16 very sweet.
#204-#205 This isn’t in any sense a gripe about double posting: we’ve all done that accidentally, probably more than once. But just a hint for anyone who wants to avoid one common cause of it.
When you click the Submit Comment button, the WordPress blogging software has to do quite a lot of work. It checks the incoming comment for rogue characters that might signal an attempt to hack into the server, it creates a copy of the comment and emails it to the blog owner, generates RSS notification events for users who track the blog by RSS feed rather than by camping on their refresh button, then stores the comment and some associated metadata into the backend database. Then, and theoretically only then, it sends back to the user an updated version of the page, showing the added comment. But sometimes, especially if the server is busy, the updated page gets sent out before the comment has been committed to the database. Result: the page auto-refreshes in the browser, but the comment isn’t there. Which can understandably lead the user to believe the comment has got lost, hence they resubmit it.
In fact, WordPress is pretty good about sending back error messages if there truly is a problem with a comment, so if you didn’t see a specific error message, the absence of your comment in the initial refresh needn’t be a bad sign. The best thing to do is give it five minutes or so, then refresh the page. If the comment still isn’t there after that, then it may indeed have got lost en route, but I personally have never known this to happen with a WordPress based blog.
#CG96: HK is not bisexual. He didn’t know EC’s a girl but his body did know. Pheromones which are chemicals emitted by our body are considered playing a significant part in attracting individuals of the same species. His practical mind told him that she’s a guy (so back off), however, the pheromones kept sending ‘confusing’ messages that caused his ’strange’ emotional behaviors towards her.
The Phermones theory is all well and good but there are tons of men who are attracted to pre -op transsexuals and cross dressers till they find out they are men underneath their clothing. How come pheromones do not come into play? It’s fiction but that one scene from “The Crying Game” always comes into mind when people talk about stuff like this.
Personally, I think that if you think someone is a man, and you’re straight, you shouldn’t be attracted to them.
My thing with Han Kyul is that he was so in love that he was willing to have a relationship with a man… a sexual relationship with a man. He slipped Eun Chan the tongue and told her that he wanted to see how far their relationship would go. I don’t know but any straight man who submits to this (even after a lot of internal battling) has gay tendencies. But that’s just my opinion. I am sure a lot of people disagree.
But it’s like Sunki said, it’s not about whether or not you’re male or female, it’s about liking the person no?
And when you like a person that much you’re willing to give up everything for them; even your pride, your dignity, your heterosexuality.
And I think that’s what makes this drama so great, that they showed that he was struggling through it, because he KNEW he wasn’t gay but he sacrificed all these things anyways.
What a change from those dramas where the main characters sacrifice their eyes– in a way this sacrifice means just as much, if not more to me.
Sorry everyone for the double posting. It is accidental rather than perposeful. My PC went freeze. Sorry everyone for the inconvenient.
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I think the actress that played Eun Sae has a lot more to offer and she might land herself to a leading role in the future. To be honest, I only noticed her this episode, because she had a lot more dialogues of her own - with Han Gyul and Min Yup. She’s pretty, her acting is quite good. Everybody involved in this series had done a good job.
The actor who played Han Sung, particularly, is very good. OK I have to admit, his velvety voice weakens my knee all the time, but I like him because the guy sure knows how to act! When he’s sad I can feel his pain, when he’s speechless he made me even more speechless! He’s really good. I love watching his expression.
I like this episode’s summary because you inserted a few more of your insight thoughts. (not just in the beginning/end of summary). Honestly, it’s like watching it with you as my company - although I don’t know you, I’m curious to hear your comments!
The grandma doesn’t look very old, does she? Han Gyul’s father looks older than the grandma, in my opinion. The grandma looks the same age as Mr. Hong (the barista). I like Han Gyul’s mom too, she’s very motherly and homely.
Oh, in your summary, you said “… Yu Ju makes the first step in reconciling by calling Han Sung home early to make dinner…”, but in fact it’s Han Sung who called her first, learning that she’s at home cooking for him, and Yu Ju then asked him to come home. I know it didn’t make much different, but I just want to point out that Han Sung wasn’t that stubborn (like typical k-drama main character) and decided to call first.
I laughed when Han Gyul blamed “slippery hand” for the first skin contact.. hahaha..
Can I just say one more thing out of desperation… I LOVE Han Gyul’s TOUCH SCREEN mobile phone!!! I want oneeee…!!!
YEA i just finished this episode
VERY GOOD
it’s like..the plot is so simple, nothing much changed but i love the characters’ reactions
especially when gorilla man got his angel haha
OMG!!..
i can’t take it..
woosshoo!..this k-drama inspired me a lot..
the one who played as han gyul has a sexy body!!..OMG!!..
min yub is a very inspiring man and OMG!!..my ideal man not
in a physical aspects(although he is cute and handsome) but in his being a good man!!..hahaha..
hahah..ei!..one more thing,,u did a good job 4 a summary
and i love ol the characters huh?..hehehe..
omg.. I jst can’t get over this scene! Ü
I’ll definitely miss coffee prince..
thanks javabeans & I get to sip those cups whenever I like.. Ü
..i will never miss this episode!! really the best!!
How can I get to read the First to Tenth Cup, and the last Seventeenth Cup?
Have been searching for a link on this page and others but cannot find it.
Help?
2/25/08
Coffee Prince is presently running in Philippines local network. But the timeslot is the type which kills worthy teleseries: 10:30pm! I suffered around 4 to 5 programs before it finally comes in. I was losing sleep and getting sleep on the job. Besides the romance-suspense is killing me. I didn’t know I am short fused. My solution: buy a pirated, complete dvd. In two sleepless nights, I completed the episodes. SATISFIED!
I am attracted to the Coffee Prince because of the main female and male protagonists characterizations and their obvious chemistry. Though I must admit, for a Korean, Eun Chan acted naturally and convincingly. Now, the story can be a bit untrue. Tomboyish girls are unlikely to get the guys. But if you work and had a chance to “live in” experience with them you get to see their inner beauty. Just like in the teleseries.
My first encounter with a Korean was during my grad school in the mid-1990’s. During orientation, my Korean classmate who was a nurse, told us she was in the school because of her husband’s permission and most likely she will not practice her profession because she will be concentrating in raising a family. That’s a backward view to a Manilaña. My next encounter with Koreans was most recent 2005 in Baguio City, a provincial city famous among them who study English and for whatever reasons. They were well dressed (a bit quirky for our American-tainted taste), and affluent . But once I get to talk to the ladies, their orientations were constant with my Korean classmate. My point: it is very surprising and a bit daring that the teleseries portrayed strong, independent and “contra mundo” women. MORE POWER! If this is fantasy or wishful thinking from a Korean screenwriter, I think this is the seed.
The translation from the DVD was corrupted. In fact, there were some episodes wherein I have to relay to facial and body movements and make sense out of them. Thank you for your transcripts of pertinent episodes (specifically episodes 15 and 16) for clarifying some scenes. The selection of stills was most discerning and apt. GREAT WORK! Keep it up!
If I get it right, Eun Chan was first enamored to Han Sung. Who wouldn’t? Again he is an antithesis of the universal Korean and even the universal male homo sapien. Sensitive, mild mannered, gentleman, considerate… name all your wish list for a man, he got it even fidelity. It make sense. Falling in love with Hun Gyul is more due to male beauty and even challenge to snubbery.
On speculation of another Coffee Prince, I don’t think that will work. I don’t know how they can top a good over-all product even with a sequel.
To you, Miss, you write well. Your percept is well attuned to your fellow species. You have IT. Hone it well. May luck and success be with you.
what a great story.i like it
your collections of songs is CRAZY…. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love your summary. i was able to understand something
do you have the english translation of the lyrics of a valentine before farewell?
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i like your korean drama ………….
i wish you would be having a 2nd season ………………..
goodkuck…………………
MHHHHHHHHUAAAAAAAAAAAAA……..
unknow will thank ? verry thank ^^
EEEEKKK!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!
wahh i love this episode to pieces. ^^
HK is soooooo HOT. i really didn’t expect the last part, haha. i thought they were just gonna kiss :X
Thank you for your summary..My country-Indonesia just broadcast this drama in August 2008..I’m very love this drama.At the beginning, i watched CP because Yoon Eun Hye is the female lead & then i realizes CP had the unique story line.I love both Gong Yoo & Eun Hye..I love the last scene in Eps 16.The kiss was so H0T..But,when this drama aired in Indonesia August 2008 ago,the TV channel had cut all the intimate scene like kiss scene & bed scene in eps 17.I buy the CP DVD in Yes Asia because i’m very want to watched all the scene what my country was cut, especially kiss scene in eps 16 & bed scene in eps 17.This drama is GREAT..Gong Yoo will finish his Military Service in Sept 2009 right? I MISS GONG Y00 S0 MUCH..COFFEE PRINCE WAS ALWAYS NO 1 IN MY HEART..
Hmmmmm……
I Love Coffee Prince!!!
I will always be a Coffee Prince Addict!!!
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