Romance

Chapter 103: The Two Fathers The Tuesday lessons continued through November. Five Tuesdays. Five pour-overs. Five incremental improvements in the […]

Chapter 102: The Wife’s Cup The chairman’s Tuesday mornings became a ritual. Not a Bloom ritual—not the public, community-based, everyone-participates

Chapter 101: The Chairman’s Morning The discovery of the deposit changed the Saturday cuppings. Not in content—the beans were the

Chapter 100: The Deposit The discovery was accidental. The way most important discoveries at Bloom were accidental—the Wrong Order, the

Chapter 99: The Graduates The graduates arrived without being asked. This was the thing that the articles had not predicted

Chapter 98: The Scandal The scandal started with a name. Not one of the fourth cohort’s names—a name from the

Chapter 97: The Fourth Cohort The fourth cohort of Bloom Coffee Academy enrolled in November—the month after Melbourne, the month

Chapter 96: The Chalkboard The chalkboard was rewritten on Wednesday morning—Hajin’s handwriting replacing Taemin’s, the specific, daily restoration of the

Chapter 95: Home The flight home was fourteen hours, and during those fourteen hours Hajin slept again—the same deep, practice-trusting,

Chapter 94: The World Stage Saturday. 1:30 PM. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The World Barista Championship. Sixty countries. Four