Why are there so many cafes in Korea? | 5-minute Korea

[@talktomeinkorean]

여러분, 안녕하세요! 김예지입니다 😆 Thanks for watching today's video! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the topic. Feel free to share your opinions and any additional insights in the comments section below. Also, don't miss the opportunity to test your knowledge of cafe-related expressions with our mini vocabulary quiz: bit.ly/3PwyWc6

[@talktomeinkorean]

여러분, 안녕하세요! 김예지입니다 😆 Thanks for watching today's video! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the topic. Feel free to share your opinions and any additional insights in the comments section below. Also, don't miss the opportunity to test your knowledge of cafe-related expressions with our mini vocabulary quiz: bit.ly/3PwyWc6

[@Oviraptor10]

This is super interesting! I've been living in Korea for almost 6 months now and I still struggle to keep up with the cafe culture sometimes. Coming from Mexico, our "sobremesa" (the time you spend talking at the table after the meal) can go on FOR HOURS AND HOURS so it was (and still is) a huge cultural shock to me when I go to a restaurant and I have to eat quickly and leave immediately after. To be honest, to me it feels like I'm being rushed and at first it was so uncomfortable to me it almost made me angry. I'm getting more and more used to it now but I actually have to make an effort to remember I'm gonna have to leave as soon as I finish eating, hahahah. When we go to a different country, we sometimes think cultural shocks will only come from BIG, well-known differences but sometimes it's smaller things like the topic of this video that we may not pay that much attention to at first that usually end up having a greater impact on the long run. Thanks for the video!

[@MWodenberg]

I like the direct translations with Korean word order intact. More of this please.

[@Easy_korean24.7]

Please subscribe

[@lauraswoboda6265]

That was one of the most useful cultural episodes!❤

[@wollfinger]

I wish we had as much variety in cafétypes here too. I‘d love a cozy DIY Café or a quiet study Café or even a pet café ❤ but all we have are the regular old boring and mostly loud Cafés were everyone just sips coffee and talks plus in some there‘s background music. It‘s kinda cool and I love them too but more variety would be highly appreciated. Might be different in bigger cities though.

[@Easy_korean24.7]

Welcome

[@2oqp577]

Cafés were the place where organizers of the revolution would meet. Back then, most cafés had books and their activities could be disguised as studies. And this is why it's in large part the craft of the young that lead to the revolution, because it's the young that study and had the most to lose. The adults were taking care of their family and home. Thank the lord for cafés!

[@norhanzeyad7623]

The video was amazing ❤❤ thank you 💕

[@noemiea.2652]

I've been wondering about this for a while from watching k-dramas. Every other scene is in a cafe. I wondered how that many coffee shops could stay in business! Now it makes sense. 😌

[@Verbalaesthet]

They built so many cafes in Korea so that the caffeine makes Koreans all 빨리빨리

[@pavelmartinez4617]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chiarab3758]

😂😅

[@kariokke7968]

😂😂😂

[@Easy_korean24.7]

Welcome

[@UnwashedWashi]

What does that mean?

[@ryk6335]

I love going to different cafes in Korea, because there are so many that are so beautiful and with great quality of coffee and pastries. I always thought koreans might drink a lot of coffee, but I was surprised to know that my country (Spain) drinks a lot more😅

[@jkang7265]

What a great, entertaining, and well-made video! Thank you

[@Petra44YT]

Oh, that little white truck lucks so cute. 🙂

[@hellenamuhirwe1467]

i would love to try everything , it seems amazing😍

[@solitarelee6200]

The way I explained it to my friend was simply that "cafe" covered about 30 different kinds of businesses in the US, including many that don't even exist here, or are only in big cities. We have places that are functionally art cafes here, we simply don't call them that, they're called art studios. Pet cafes are rare due to health regulations, so most that exist don't sell food or drink. Quiet study cafes exist, but they are inside of bookstores and libraries for the most part! Etc etc.

[@AyakoSapphirePhoenix]

art cafes are so fun!

[@zxmjhm]

not to mention some establishments don't even serve drinks but are still called cafes in korea! like i went to a samoyed "cafe" with some friends but it was literally just a place for playing with samoyeds, no drinks lol

[@kavikasingh1]

Love this 🙌🏻

[@JesusTruth62]

Sounds like a great idea for America where more and more adult children are living with their parents.❤

[@Easy_korean24.7]

Welcome😊

[@multilingualjourney4576]

This café culture will be perfect for me when I visit Korea ❤

[@artkincell]

Great video! Also future video topics: "What are there so many CU stores in Seoul? Why so many 7-11s?" I think there are 7-11 store within other 7-11 stores! I'm kidding of course! Being born in the United States, the more I learn about Korean culture I feel I was born a whole half an Earth from my "real home."

[@norhanzeyad7623]

I really want go to Seoul im from Egypt❤🇪🇬

[@INDIAN-xt7fu]

So u can turn korea into another war zone like france

[@iu2]

0:30 "Yeji Kim" Your name is Kim Yeji. Just because your speaking English doesn't mean you should say your Korean name in Korea backwards. If foreigners can't seem to grasp this concept of Korean names, too bad.

[@mathmajor17]

Cafes are one of my favorite parts of Korea!

[@jil8091]

DIY/ art Cafés sound so cool 😭 I want to go to one

[@shippygem]

Me and my sister visited Korea in October, and on the street where our hotel was there was at least 15 cafes and it wasn't a very big street. I've never been more caffeinated in my life.

[@heyshiruka]

thank you for a quick and interesting video! i much appreciate bite size content these days! if i see a too long video i usually dont start watching… 🥲

[@derikmendez333]

Yes I voted for this background on the thumbnail

[@ukibear17]

정말 재미있다 🐻😃👍

[@kgdskb]

예지 선생님, 정말 고마워요! 정말 유용했어요! 🧚🏻‍♀️❤️🧚🏻‍♀️

[@Tree-ni1xp]

that's interesting ✨

[@stargirl7646]

I always forget about this aspect so every time my workplace goes out to eat I fill up on all the food and then get a stomachache from drinking a cafe beverage after that! 😅

[@rensvh98]

Yeji isn't kidding when she says there's a cafe on just about every corner. I spent about 5 months in Seoul last year and there's so many cafes, that it's rare to see a street WITHOUT one. I found it much more common to see multiple cafes in a single street. And so many of them are totally unique too, both in their theme / aesthetic and their menu... I can't wait to go back some day.

[@dtsprinke]

Now I want to open an English-language cafe in Korea. lol

[@Smoses_senpai]

That was really interesting i didn't know that.

[@929Finn]

I remember finding places that sound like they exist in England or America like this chain called Hammersmith. Then you get ones like Coffee Bean Bangi that have the quote on their wall "Grounded in SoCal Steeped in Culture". 😂😂

[@iiTzMarco2211]

보드게임카페 제일 좋아해요 ㅋㅋ 다른 나라에 없을 것 같아요.

[@ukidding]

bifc mall in busan. many cafes in the mall.

[@AyakoSapphirePhoenix]

every time a business closed in korea in my neighborhood it would be replaced with a cafe haha

[@adamheaton]

Because they're all competing for the best worst burnt coffee.😂

[@birdeynamnam]

Oh interesting! I wonder how expensive cafes are there, because if I went to a cafe in Denmark often I would go broke so fast 😵‍💫

[@mai1tsy]

mostly it’s around 2/3€ (it’s really cheap, wish i lived there lmao)

[@fransmith3255]

Really cheap! And cafes have massive variety!

[@stargirl7646]

Depends on what you buy! Americanos are usually cheap, about 2-3,000 won. But other beverages and desserts can be quite expensive, more like 5-8,000 won. I can’t drink coffee so I’m always a little annoyed that I have to spend 4-5,000 won just to get a tea bag in some hot water 😂 But many of the other drinks are quite delicious, and the desserts are too! And of course the beautiful cafes are often the main reason to go, rather than the actual beverage or food haha

[@Auraureole]

Why I can't find old videos, like ordering coffee at the coffee shop...it was so details 😮😢 bring it back

[@AyakoSapphirePhoenix]

ah like the interactive situations video series from like..2009?

[@ingvarmayer8947]

Eating out must be a lot cheaper in Korea. In the US, eating out is $25 at best and then getting a cup of coffee and a desert is probably $10-20 more. That kind of socialization would be too expensive lol

[@kersanax007]

I knew there was a lot of cafe in Seoul but i didn't thought it was that many lol

[@yeahyeah._.]

예지님 옷을 넘 귀여워요❤

[@talktomeinkorean]

ㅎㅎ고마워요!

[@BBubblegum-ou5wq]

Ooo interesting

[@VIBRANT2]

Wow !!!❤

[@nickt1417]

In the US, a lot of people treat cafes like Korean do restaurants. People just go into a cafe to buy a coffee and then immediately exit and get on with their day. Of course, people hang out and chat sometimes too, but many cafes here don't even have many places to sit, you just go in and out.

[@doughglass]

American cafe's definitely pale in comparison to what you get in Korea

[@josephlawagan2281]

do you have a physical store for the books

[@shadowstorm-u3r]

in my country it's 19 starbucks :(

[@sonukashipur5584]

Wow

[@PaulinaKarolina]

Almost like pubs in England 😅

[@jani74blogspot]

Starbucks and cafés are increasing the building's price they are located. That's why there are cafés on every corner.

[@moudygracesella]

But is it mandatory to eat within half to 1 hour? I'm a slow eater. Thinking about eating fast already nerves me 😅

[@strikingdistance1590]

No. Not really.

[@aeolia80]

Other big reasons to go to a Cafe...... Koreans don't really hang out at each other's homes, it's rare, especially if your place is small or you live with your parents still. I lived for 5 years in Korea and the ONLY homes I had been in were other foreigners or my cousin's Korean in-laws, yep, only one Korean home in the 5 years I was there, I NEVER went to a Korean person's home for dinner either, they either took me to a restaurant or brought me food that they made to MY home, lol. Another reason could be that you're broke and don't have Wi-Fi, which is the case for a lot of students.

[@thiya4627]

​@@withyi2they have study cafe/space i think it would be cheaper than go to cafe

[@fjp9]

2:25 It’s mentioned in the video.

[@IzyaschnyPopakrut]

That ribbon (?) in Yeji's hair looks like a cat's ears 😻 So cute

[@quynhnguyenconan]

Do Koreans only eat sea fish and not river fish?

[@talktomeinkorean]

People eat river fish too! :)

[@rondythurlow7200]

😇😇❤❤

[@Hardyier]

& Why do they all have the same menu?

[@Oviraptor10]

Trends are a huge thing in Korea so when something becomes popular, all other businesses copy it.

[@blackbelt2000]

Sometimes animal cafes have fatm and other exotic animals that really don't belong there as its not their natural habitat. They looks so miserable.😢

[@PND-ye3hq]

Cafe-hopping is an attraction on its own in Korea. 😆

[@blu9371]

Sad. I only drink hot chocolate, not coffee. Hopefully, they have hot chocolate at cafés too.

[@doughglass]

Of course they have hot chocolate at cafes....

[@AyakoSapphirePhoenix]

and milk tea and other teas/beverages....

[@PumpkinMozie]

이런 주제는 왜 영어로 설명하는 거죠? 한국말로 해주시면 훨씬 도움이 됐을 거예요. 채널 이름은 톡투미인엥글리쉬 아니잖아요😂