History Main / CoffeeShopAUFic

Coffee shops are known for a comfortable, casual and urban feel that lend themselves well to all sorts of shenanigans. The default in this AU is that it's a {{shipping}} fic where one half of the pairing is a barista and the other half is a customer; this type of AU is popular due to it being a form of MeetCute. Another popular form is for the coffee shop to be a LocalHangout where most of the cast either visit or work at. The third most common form is where both characters are baristas who work together.

Sub-trope to AlternateUniverseFic and CurtainFic. Related to ModernAUFic.

* Two ''canon'' examples in ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'' in the form of ''Café Royale'' and ''Café Noir'' events, in which writers basically go to explore and purify Coffee Shop AU Fics, the latter of which is written by Kume Masao.

* Amongst the [[RealPersonFic bandom]], Music/PanicAtTheDisco and Music/MyChemicalRomance fans are especially prone to this sort of AU. Panic! At The Disco's Jon Walker once worked as a barista prior to joining the band. My Chemical Romance fans know of Gerald Way's love of coffee, and thus he frequents coffee shops a lot in fanfics.

* And in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gd1FR4UOs this one]], the guys of Broadway Backwards took the number "A History of Wrong Guys" from ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and transplanted it into a Starbucks, in which Lauren is a barista (and also [[HoYay a guy]]) and Charlie is a regular customer.

* And in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gd1FR4UOs this one]], the guys of Broadway Backwards took the number "A History of Wrong Guys" from ''KinkyBoots'' and transplanted it into a Starbucks, in which Lauren is a barista (and also [[HoYay a guy]]) and Charlie is a regular customer.

* And in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gd1FR4UOs this one]], the guys of Broadway Backwards took the number "A History of Wrong Guys" from [[Theatre/KinkyBoots]] and transplanted it into a Starbucks, in which Lauren is a barista (and also [[HoYay a guy]]) and Charlie is a regular customer.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Played with in “The Coffee Shop,” which is not a typical example of this trope.

* ''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'' is a ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' fanfic where Jaune Arc opens a coffee shop in Vale after [[ForWantOfANail his forged transcripts are rejected by Beacon Academy]].

* Two ''canon'' examples in ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'' in the form of ''Café Royale'' and ''Café Noir'' events, with the latter being ''InUniverse'' as a Coffee Shop AU Fic written by Kume Masao.

* Two ''canon'' examples in ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'' in the form of ''Café Royale'' and ''Caf&#acute; Noir'' events, with the latter being ''InUniverse'' as a Coffee Shop AU Fic written by Kume Masao.

* Two ''canon'' examples in ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'' in the form of ''Café Royale'' and ''Caf&#eacute; Noir'' events, with the latter being ''InUniverse'' as a Coffee Shop AU Fic written by Kume Masao.

* ''Fanfic/CafeLiegeois'' is a ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' fanfic where Anna meets her girlfriend Elsa while working at Starbucks. It doesn't actually focus on the coffee shop though, with it instead working as the backdrop for the start.

Sub-trope to AlternateUniverseFic and CurtainFic.

* ''Literature/TheHomestuckeEpilogues'': In ''Candy'', which is something of a parody of a FixFic, John and Roxy find themselves falling in love at a coffee shop, even though John finds the scene incongruous and sort of awkward.

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* ''FanFic/KirbysDreamCafe'' is a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' take on this. In it, Kirby's Dream Cafe is due to be demolished by Haltmann Works Company, who wish to turn it into a mall. Kirby and his friends have to stop them.

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%%** ''Fanfic/JustANormalCoffeeShop'' is a coffee shop AU of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. - Administrivia/ZeroContextExample

The origin of this AU is uncertain but it seems to have first popped up within the Music/{{NSync}} and Music/{{Backstreet Boys}} RealPersonFic community in 2001. It spread amongst ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' fans, and ultimately other fandoms took note. The AU became especially prevalent starting in the early 2010s.

Coffee shops are known for a comfortable, casual urban feel that lend themselves well to all sorts of shenanigans. The default in this AU is that it's a {{shipping}} fic where one half of the pairing is a barista and the other half is a customer. This type of AU is popular due to it being a form of MeetCute. Another popular form is for the coffee shop to be a LocalHangout where most of the cast either visit or work at. The third most common form is where both characters are baristas who work together. If a character [[MustHaveCaffeine loves coffee]], then expect a lot of coffee shop [=AUs=] involving them.

The "Coffee Shop AU" is often seen as a counterpart to the HighSchoolAU. Due to writers [[WriteWhatYouKnow drawing from life]], teenagers will favor high school stories while young adults like coffee shop works. As a similar result, this AU often overlaps with the College AU fanwork. The characters either work at the coffee shop to help get through college or college students tend to frequent the coffee shop.

Originally known as the "Barista AU", this form of fanwork began life on Website/{{Livejournal}} but has since become popular across the board in fandoms. It is especially popular on fanwork sites such as Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/{{Tumblr}}.

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* A trend in a lot of Website/{{Wattpad}} stories c. 2013 was that the main characters would meet up at the local Starbucks. Sometimes it was because it happened to be their favourite place to be and other times, it was because one of the characters worked there, creating sexual tension.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** The show itself pokes fun of this. In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E3SameOldWorld Same Old World]]", while flying over Empire City (their world's version of New York City) with Lapis, Steven mentions that she could move there and work at a coffee shop:
-->'''Lapis:''' So what ''does'' happen in Empire City?
-->'''Steven:''' Well, if you moved here you could get a cool apartment and be a single Gem taking on the big city. You'd have a fun job at a local coffee shop and come home to a wacky roommate...
-->'''Lapis:''' I have no idea what you're talking about.

* HighFantasy webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'' had an [[OverlyLongGag Overly Long April Fools Gag]] in 2010 when it was suddenly re-tooled as a group of [[http://www.exiern.com/2010/04/01/pt1/ trendy twenty somethings hanging out at a coffeeshop]].

** ''Fanfic/JustANormalCoffeeShop'' is a coffee shop AU of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. - Administrivia/ZeroContextExample

-->'''Lapis:''' I have no idea what you're talking about.