Coffee Talk

The game features pixel art inspired by 1990s anime. A sequel, Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly, was released in April 2023. A spin off, Coffee Talk Tokyo, was released in May 2026.

• Title — Coffee Talk • Developer — Toge Productions • Publisher — * Toge Productions • Chorus Worldwide • Designer — * Mohammad Fahmi • Kris Antoni Hadiputra • Programmer — * Fredrik Lauwrensius • Jovan Anggara • Artist — * Dio Mahesa • Hendry Roesly • Writer — * Mohammad Fahmi • Kris Antoni Hadiputra • Composer — Andrew Jeremy Sitompul • Genre — Visual novel • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — * Windows • macOS • Nintendo Switch • PlayStation 4 • PlayStation 5 • Xbox One • Android • iOS • Released — * Windows, macOS, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One • 29 January 2020 • PlayStation 5 • 24 October 2023 • Android, iOS • 20 March 2026

Coffee Talk is a visual novel as its gameplay primarily consists of reading dialogue. The player names and controls a coffee shop barista who converses with the shop's patrons. The game interrupts dialogue when the player has to brew drinks using ingredients in the shop to serve orders. Fulfilling patrons' orders serves as the only means of interaction with the characters available to the player. As such, the drinks made by the player can affect the game's plot. Accurately serving orders will further incline the patron to discuss about a topic, which includes themselves or their personal problems. To brew a drink, the player chooses three ingredients in order: a base, a primary layer, and a secondary layer. The player can use more ingredients as the game progresses. Certain drinks allow the option to draw latte art. The player can dispose a finished drink up to five time per in-game day. The game's plot is set over the course of fourteen days. Each day acts as a vignette in which various characters visit the coffee shop and discuss their concerns with the barista and one another. Each in-game day is planned to take around 15 to 30 minutes to finish. They can return to a specific day if they accurately serve orders and complete a character's backstory. The player character can access their smartphone at any time to view the social media profiles of the game's characters, reference a list of known drink recipes, read short fiction published in the game's fictional newspaper, and change what song is playing. The fictional newspaper's headlines, presented at the beginning of a day, provide further context on the characters' backstories. The game also has two additional game modes. In the Challenge mode, the player has to accurately serve orders within a time limit as order descriptions become more vague. The player can indefinitely brew drinks with no restrictions in Free Brew mode. • Illustration — A screenshot showing the game's interface. A customer describes their order, and the player selects ingredients to brew a specific drink.

The game follows a barista who is the owner and sole employee of Coffee Talk, the eponymous coffee shop. It is located in Seattle, Washington, in 2020, in an urban fantasy version of the real world populated by a broad variety of fantasy races, such as elves, orcs, mermaids, and others. Various members of these races serve as the shop's patrons. Coffee Talk's characters include Freya, a journalist for the fictional newspaper The Evening Whispers, and an aspiring fiction writer; Jorji, a local cop who visits the coffee shop regularly; Rachel, a nekomimi and former member of a girl band who is trying to start a career as a solo musician; Hendry, Rachel's father and former big name in the music industry who wants to protect his daughter; Neil, an alien visiting Earth with the mission of breeding with its inhabitants; Hyde, an immortal vampire who works as a model; Gala, werewolf and veteran who worked as a body guard for Hyde and now tries to heal himself by healing others; Myrtle, a very work-oriented orc working on the fictional game "Full Metal Conflict"; Aqua, a mermaid girl who is very shy and extremely passionate about advancing technology, also an indie game developer and a fan of the "Full Metal Conflict" series; and a young couple consisting of the succubus Lua and the elf Baileys, whose families do not approve of their relationship due to their racial differences.

Coffee Talk was developed by Indonesian indie studio Toge Productions. According to Lasheli Dwitri, the person in charge of public relations at the indie studio, the goal with Coffee Talk was to create a medium where people can feel comfortable, similar to being in a cozy café with a cup of coffee. To create a "sense of belonging" with players from all over the world, the game features various real-life drinks, such as masala chai from India, teh tarik from Malaysia, and shai Adeni from Yemen. One of the reasons that Coffee Talk features a cast of fantasy creatures is to represent real-life experiences. Despite being fantasy characters, the studio tried to make the conflicts in the game as realistic as possible. Coffee Talk uses a brownish color palette to evoke a casual atmosphere. According to game artist Dio Mahesa, the game's art direction resembled PC-98 visual novels. The character designs were also inspired from 1990s anime such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. The in-game smartphone was initially planned as a notebook that only lists character information. Japanese television show Midnight Diner, which revolves around a restaurant chef that only opens at midnight and his involvement in the customers' lives. The game is set in Seattle as Starbucks first opened in the city and for its rainy atmosphere, which sets the game's mood for Fahmi. The game was first conceptualized in 2017 during an annual Game Jam by Toge Productions. Mohammad Fahmi, the game's writer and designer, titled the game Project Green Tea Latte, which features two star-crossed lovers. Fahmi, the primary creator and developer of Coffee Talk, died in March 2022. A demo was published on Steam, Itch.io, and Game Jolt in 2018. In the same year, Toge Productions announced that the game would be released in 2019. The game was released on 29 January 2020 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Toge Productions published the game on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch. Chorus Worldwide published the game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Chorus Worldwide published Coffee Talk on iOS and Android on 20 March 2026 as announced on January 2026.

A sequel, Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly, was announced on 31 August 2021. The full game was released on 20 April 2023 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

A spinoff, Coffee Talk Tokyo, was announced on 27 August 2024 in a Nintendo Indie World Showcase. The game was developed by Chorus Worldwide and was released on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows on 21 May 2026.