22 Iguchi's courage!

As Hiruzen was having an end-life crisis…

The young man from the Smithy next door walked in. Tenshi looked over and smiled, "Iguchi, coffee today?" Iguchi walked over and put down a metal device. Tenshi picked it up and unscrewed it, looking at the Cafetiere very carefully.

He pulled out the funnel filter and looked at the bottom portion, saying "Crude. Poorly made, but the right idea." Iguchi's smile froze and he said coldly "This is a great success, okay? It's only the first one! It will get better and better!"

He turned and saw Hiruzen, who asked "What's that?" Iguchi said "Cafetiere, Hokage-sama." before turning back to Tenshi, saying "Anyway! Listen, this is only the first effort. I came to ask whether this is the correct direction." Tenshi opened the Cafetiere everywhere, saying softly "It's correct… The problem is…"

Tenshi pointed, saying gently "This is bent, this spot is dented, the holes on both filters are too small, the filter funnel itself is too flimsy, the steam duct on the water tank isn't big enough, and the pouring lip is too small. If I make coffee with this, I might as well close the cafe and move into the mountains in shame."

Iguchi's lips twitched and Tenshi was very serious. When it came to the quality of coffee, there was no time to be nice! He went on, "The coffee that comes from this thing will work but it won't be nearly as rich as it should be. What I'll get is a watery mess that only looks like coffee without tasting like it. If you want me to sell something like this, you'd honestly have to kill me, I wouldn't do it. For someone who never had coffee before, they might even think it was a strange tea. I wouldn't even gift this to someone because if they used it I would be embarrassed. If someone gifted this to me, I would smile and say thanks before never speaking to them again."

Iguchi's face fell and Kakashi coughed, a new trait emerges! When it comes to coffee, Tenshi doesn't hold back against inferior products!

Tenshi added, "I'm impressed that you came here to show me this. I wouldn't have the courage to embarrass myself like this. To call this a cafetiere is insulting every other cafetiere to ever exist. It should be thankful it's in a cafe instead of the garbage. If it could think, it would ask why it was born with defects. This is like adopting a disabled child and telling them that they won't amount to anything but you didn't want to see them starve so you took them in. Honestly, I'm disgusted a bit more every second I look at this failure, please do better." as he tossed the thing back to Iguchi like it was real garbage.

Iguchi caught it quickly, rubbing it as he said softly, "He didn't mean it… It's okay…" he glanced at Tenshi and snorted, "I'll be back with a better one!" Tenshi smiled gently, very soft and kind, like a woman, as he said "I hope so, if you bring trash to me again, I will throw you out of your home and demolish your smithy."

Iguchi looked cold but he was crying on the inside, why did you have to look so kind but say such venomous words! He ordered an Espresso for his depresso before leaving with his disabled chi- Cafetiere lookalike.

Hiruzen sipped his coffee and asked, "Tenshi-kun, what was the purpose of that thing?" Tenshi smiled gently and replied "Nothing. It's worthless. A sham and disgrace to coffee." Hiruzen was speechless, Kakashi coughed and corrected, "He means to ask, 'What do Cafetieres do'."

Hiruzen looked at Kakashi and nodded, "That's right…" Tenshi figured out why he didn't like Hiruzen, not only did he try to snatch his mother from his deceased Father the day after he died, but he reminded him of a senile old politician.

He still answered, "I will be selling Cafetieres as well as bags of beans so that customers can make coffee at their own home without coming all the way to the cafe. The Cafetiere only needs the beans, water, and a heat source to make coffee."

Everyone's eyes lit up and Tenshi sighed, "Unfortunately, the coffee will suffer. Using a cafetiere is not as good as making it by hand like this or from a machine. Soon, I'll try making the machine and then the coffee will be improved."

He drank from his Espresso and added, "The coffee should come out with a creamy layer on top of it, not too thick, not too thin, just right to enhance the flavors. It shouldn't have grinds in it either but… with limited resources, we can only make do. I have to apologize for making inferior coffee… I'll try harder."

Kakashi was the first to shout, "IT GETS BETTER?!" Aino's eyes lit up and she pulled on her husband's arm, saying angrily "Damn bastard! Look at others! You haven't given it to me good for a long time!" the man looked at her helplessly, "My hips get tired with your wildness." Aino gripped his arm and chuckled evilly, "Then tonight I'll buy a wheelchair for you. Heh heh heh…"

The female Anbu asked, "How much will it cost?" Tenshi shook his head, replying "I don't know. You know, the Cafetiere is a one time purchase but you have to get the beans from me. So maybe 3500 Ryo for the Cafetiere, first time purchase gets a 1500g bag of Hibari Blend for free. Following purchases will be 2000 Ryo each. For reference, a normal bag will contain enough beans for 10-20 coffees depending on if you like it very strong or light. On average you'll get 15 coffees, so you're actually saving money buying the bag."

He paused before adding, "These prices are subject to change but only within a 500 Ryo range up and down. It depends on the cost of Cafetiere produced by Iguchi. However, soon enough, I should have bottles on the shelves."

The female Anbu was smart enough, asking "Buy a bottle and reuse it for a cheaper price?" Tenshi smiled gently, "Mhm." Hiruzen sighed, "What a profiteer!" he normally drank tea since there was literally nothing else but now he had a coffee and figured out the specifics…

He fell in love!

This was the magic of coffee, everyone loved it! If they didn't like it, then they were subhuman animals without taste and their opinions didn't matter!