Coffee Friends

Coffee Friends (Korean: 커피프렌즈) is a South Korean reality show program on tvN starring Yoo Yeon-seok, Son Ho-jun, Choi Ji-woo and Yang Se-jong.^[1]

Coffee Friends
Promotional poster
Hangul	커피프렌즈
RR	Keopipeurenjeu
MR	K'ŏp'ip'ŭrenjŭ
Genre	Cooking show Reality show
Starring	Yoo Yeon-seok Son Ho-jun Choi Ji-woo Yang Se-jong
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Production locations	Jeju Island, South Korea
Running time	80 minutes
Production company	CJ E&M
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	January 4 (2019-01-04) – March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)

It aired on tvN on January 4 and ended on March 8, 2019,^[2] broadcast on Fridays at 19:10 (KST).

Synopsis

On a tangerine farm in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, four actors run a cafe where they serve brunch to visitors. The show was inspired by a donation project that Yoo Yeon-seok and Son Ho-jun ran each month in 2018. During the donation project, the two friends gave free cups of coffee in exchange for donations of any amount.^[3]

In this cafe, the menu does not list prices. Instead, customers are encouraged to donate what they want for their food and beverages.

The total profits earned by the project, 12,093,977₩ (roughly 10,200$), were donated in full to a charity for disabled children at the end of the show.^[4][5]

Cast

Name	Role	Episode
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Yoo Yeon-seok	Shop Owner, Main Cook
Son Ho-jun	Shop Owner, Coffee Brewer, Baker
Choi Ji-woo	Shop Manager
Yang Se-jong	All-Rounder Helper
Jo Jae-yoon	Dishwasher[6]
Yunho (TVXQ)	Dishwasher[7]
Baro (B1A4)	Part-time worker[8]
Paik Jong-won	Part-time worker[9]
Sehun (EXO)	Orange seller & Dishwasher[10]
Nam Joo-hyuk	Bread delivery man (7), Part-time worker (8-10)
Kang Daniel	Temporary part-time worker[11]

Ratings

Coffee Friends : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number										Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	1	1.162	1.281	1.328	1.107	1.242	1.489	1.549	1.233	1.218	0.908	1.252

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[12]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[13]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	January 4, 2019	4.901%	6.151%
2	January 11, 2019	4.951%	6.697%
3	January 18, 2019	5.380%	6.493%
4	January 25, 2019	4.258%	5.421%
5	February 1, 2019	5.139%	5.947%
6	February 8, 2019	5.879%	7.166%
7	February 15, 2019	6.135%	6.878%
8	February 22, 2019	5.137%	5.518%
9	March 1, 2019	4.321%	4.876%
10	March 8, 2019	3.960%	4.534%
In this table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. Ratings listed do not include commercial time, which regular ratings usually do.