--- product_id: 239981223 title: "Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartfelt Novel Exploring Regret, Redemption and Closure From a Magical Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1)" price: "£14.50" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/239981223-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-a-heartfelt-novel-exploring-regret store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartfelt Novel Exploring Regret, Redemption and Closure From a Magical Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1) **Price:** £14.50 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartfelt Novel Exploring Regret, Redemption and Closure From a Magical Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1) - **How much does it cost?** £14.50 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/239981223-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-a-heartfelt-novel-exploring-regret) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description *NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER* *AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* The first book in the five million-copy bestselling magical realism series If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet? In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold. Prepare to meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe’s time-travelling offer in order to: confront the man who left them receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by Alzheimer's see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time? Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series: Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1) Tales from the Cafe (Book 2) Before Your Memory Fades (Book 3) Before We Say Goodbye (Book 4) Before We Forget Kindness (Book 5) Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Boxed Set (Books 1-3) Review: That the author made me want to keep reading - Very good book. Each chapter is a different story in relations to the setting. Review: Nice, heart warming book, but can’t understand the hype - I ordered this book after reading several reviews of how popular it was. It is a nice book with heart warming stories. It made me cry several times. Despite this, I couldn’t understand the hype about this book. It is OK and a good read, but not exceptional. The author is skillful in slowly developing the characters, but the fact that all is set within the confines of a small cafe takes away from the story for me. It is also culturally specific, which made it difficult for me to relate to it at times. The characters seem very restrained in their interactions. The reader is expected to understand a lot from the subtle cultural intricacies of the interactions between the characters, however, those cultural intricacies are from Japanese culture. Due to this, from a Western perspective some parts of the story appear odd. ## Features - Tales from the Cafe - Before Your Memory Fades ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,383 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #30 in Magical Realism #94 in Paranormal Fantasy Books #275 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 37,993 Reviews | ## Images ![Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartfelt Novel Exploring Regret, Redemption and Closure From a Magical Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XuBDUvMaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ That the author made me want to keep reading *by A***O on May 26, 2026* Very good book. Each chapter is a different story in relations to the setting. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice, heart warming book, but can’t understand the hype *by N***B on July 31, 2024* I ordered this book after reading several reviews of how popular it was. It is a nice book with heart warming stories. It made me cry several times. Despite this, I couldn’t understand the hype about this book. It is OK and a good read, but not exceptional. The author is skillful in slowly developing the characters, but the fact that all is set within the confines of a small cafe takes away from the story for me. It is also culturally specific, which made it difficult for me to relate to it at times. The characters seem very restrained in their interactions. The reader is expected to understand a lot from the subtle cultural intricacies of the interactions between the characters, however, those cultural intricacies are from Japanese culture. Due to this, from a Western perspective some parts of the story appear odd. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Interesting concept *by E***A on May 23, 2026* This book has an original plot concept which I enjoyed , very different from the books I usually read. Cute 4 stories with different life events and with a past and future action. Quick read , maybe I’ll go for the second book ( there are 6 books ) ## Frequently Bought Together - Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartwarming Novel of Time Travel, Magical Realism and the Power of Healing (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1) - Tales from the Cafe: A Heartwarming Novel of Time Travel, Magical Realism and the Power of Healing (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 2) - Before Your Memory Fades: A Heartwarming Novel of Time Travel, Magical Realism and the Power of Healing (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 3) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/239981223-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-a-heartfelt-novel-exploring-regret](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/239981223-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-a-heartfelt-novel-exploring-regret) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-06-07*