Rachel: Hello my beautiful people! Welcome back to ‘Unravel with Rachel’, featuring your host, Rachel Le! On this week’s episode, we’re deep diving in the drink we all know and love: coffee! So here we are, at The Coffee House, and I’m very eager to speak to its customers.

 

[Chill, upbeat introduction music plays.]

 

Rachel: For many of us, coffee is the default choice upon looking at the menu. Fun fact! For the last two years, over 166 million bags of coffee are consumed. That’s a huge number. It’s a drink to solve thirst, yes, but it also holds positive effects as well, such as physical and psychological effects as well.

 

Rachel: [Whispers] And to get through deadlines.

 

Rachel: So it’s safe to say that coffee is not only a drink, but also a culture, a lifestyle. So let’s have a chat with coffee-drinkers.

 

[Noises by vehicles going by]

 

Rachel: Okay guys, so we’re finally at the downtown coffee shop. Very bustling as you can see – oh, as you can hear. There are a lot of people today, let’s head inside.

 

[Doorbell rings.] [People conversing.]

 

Rachel: Hi, I’m Rachel, from the ‘Unravel with Rachel’ podcast. Would you like…

 

Customer 1: Oh my god! ‘Unravel with Rachel’? I listen to it every day; I eat listening to it, sleep listening to it, even breaking up with my boyfriend listening to it.

 

Rachel: Oh okay! Seems like we got a big fan here. So what…

 

Customer 1: I’m Gen, and I’m a fashion model.

 

Rachel: Woah! Great to see you. Well Gen, what are you ordering?

 

Gen: You know, I’m digging green coffee at the moment. It is the go-to drink for keeping weight in check.

 

Rachel: Really? Because there are a lot of coffee-lovers-to-be who are skeptical about its nutritional value.

 

Gen: Girl, it helps with you with blood pressure, body weight and something called abdominal obesity. To people who desire fancy but healthy beverage like me, this is the stuff to order.

 

Rachel: That’s so nice to hear! A drink that has both caffeine and healthy effects? Fantastic!

 

Gen: Not just that! I read this awesome research which has proven drinking four cups of coffee a day actually aids weight loss! How cool is that?

 

Rachel: I certainly didn’t expect that. It seems like we don’t have to be so cautious after all. Employee: Here’s your green coffee, thank you for ordering.

 

Gen: There it is! I’d love to speak to you longer, but I need to get my hair done, and my makeup on… Rachel: Okay I see…

 

Gen: …my nails, my purse, my supplementary… Oh my god! Where are my supplementary tablets?

 

Rachel: Okay. Seems like you have a busy day ahead. Have a nice day! She was lovely, wasn’t she? Okay, let’s move on to another customer!

 

[Footsteps]

 

Customer 2: Hi! I just overheard your conversations with previous customers. I’m just wondering if I can share my experience about coffee?

 

Rachel: Tell me everything. Why do you enjoy coffee?

 

Customer 2: Honestly, I didn’t like it so much before. It’s just, I got this 1st date with a girl that I really liked, in this cafe actually, and coffee just made everything much smoother for us.

 

Rachel: Interesting indeed! How come coffee is your first date location?

 

Customer 2: Well, I think nervousness is unavoidable the first time round. The coffee shop holds a comfortable atmosphere as well as an upbeat mood, so it’s the ideal place to have it in my opinion.

 

Rachel: Wow, I have to agree with you on that. More particularly, how did the drink help you?

 

Customer 2: I felt that it aided me well on the communication part that is nonverbal? There are certain times where the conversation kind of lags, and coffee’s there to offer the social crutch, if you will.

 

Rachel: That’s awesome to hear. I hope you two will develop a strong bond, all started by the drink we all love, right?

 

Customer 2: Yeah, thank you! I’ll try my best to.

 

[Whoosh sound effect.]

 

Rachel: Wow! Speaking with two consumers today makes me love coffee even more. It does not only help us with out well-being, but also acts as a guiding ritual. Yeah, like first words in a conversation, or even a punchline; ‘coffeel’, I might say [chuckles]. Without coffee, we’d feel like our life’s missing a part… [Upbeat music.]

 

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Rachel: And on that note, I think we’re done for today. We’re thankful that you’ve been enjoying the ride. Make sure to check BAEMIN out, and see you next week, where you continue to unravel with Rachel. ‘Till the next ride, bye bye!

 

[Funky outro music plays.]