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In 2018, the novel was adapted into the film Cafe Funiculi Funicula, starring Kasumi Arimura. [8] [9]
Kelly, Joseph P. (2020-12-29). " "Before the coffee gets cold" Explores The Interiority of Time Travel". Harvard Crimson . Retrieved 2021-11-27. What We Are Reading Today: Before the Coffee Gets Cold". Arab News. 2023-05-30 . Retrieved 2023-09-23. Before the Coffee Gets Cold' review: A chance to redo the past". CSMonitor.com . Retrieved 2021-09-08.Terry Hong of The Christian Science Monitor stated that the "narrative is occasionally uneven and tends to meander" but that the author "has a surprising, unerring ability to find lasting emotional resonance." [11] Ian J. Battaglia of the Chicago Review of Books wrote that "despite the occasional clumsiness, the narrative is deeply moving" and that the "characters are the real stars here, and their empathy for one another is powerful." [12] Courtney Rodgers of Book Riot compared the book to American comedy series Pushing Daisies, stating that the "charming short novel asks questions about time and how we choose to spend it." [13] Treat Your Shelf: Before the Coffee gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi". The Gryphon . Retrieved 2021-09-08. Working Within Limits in "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" – Chicago Review of Books". chireviewofbooks.com . Retrieved 2021-09-08. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .
The story originally began as a play, before being adapted into a novel in 2015. [7] The novel was then translated into English by Geoffrey Trousselot. In 2017, a sequel was released: Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café, and a second sequel Before Your Memory Fades was released in 2022.