"That is a good reason to come, both of them are. I could, maybe, not come here so often but it is difficult to not go where they make your favourite drinks just right," Mako says, enunciating her words clearly without losing her thick Japanese accent. It comes out as earnest as she is.

"Is home far from here?" she asks curiously as the line moves up, finally. Maybe she will get a chai latte. It is sounding very tasty about now. Would it be gluttonous to get both a latte and a chai? It is a difficult choice.