Set your story in a coffee shop that’s just introduced a new line of autumnal drinks.

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“Autumnal Delights!” by P. Jean

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(Set your story in a coffee shop that’s just introduced a new line of autumnal drinks.)I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to introduce new products, innovations or just to change up a few things to keep from getting stale but it is mostly a fifty fifty battle. You have the regular clients who know exactly what they want, they want it now and then they are off to the next thing they know for sure. Cut and dried, solid cookie cutter clients.The other half are either new to your shop and peer at the overhead menu like it is writt...

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“Autumn's Wish” by Aisa M

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It is not like I’d always wanted to break the rules of the universe. It’s just my job to grant wishes. But I tell you, I don’t just grant every wish. I also choose, alright. And it’s not easy. No, it’s never easy. I get various kinds of wishes from money to the moon and thought I wouldn’t be surprised anymore. But yesterday’s wish came as odd yet very interesting. Aki sits two tables away from me. Her hair is in a messy bun, jet-black as she wished. Her hooded eyes hide under thick eyelashes, towered by evenly thick eyebr...

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“Coffee is Worth a Thousand Words” by Kathleen March

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The leadership, o Consorcio, of the city of Santiago de Compostela, had the grand idea of organizing a coffee competition. After all, theirs was a city of a hundred thousand residents and nearly as many students. Everybody went to a café daily, sometimes more than once. The leaders also thought in terms of tourism, even though the City of the Apostle had more than enough of them. Add to this the fact that the residents didn’t mind the entertainment such a competition would provide. They were willing to pretend for that week that they lived i...

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“The Navy NASA Hoodie” by Ansley Eddy

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The Navy NASA Hoodie “Nathan! Your spiced cider is ready!” I yelled as I set the cup on the counter. A man in a business suit walked up, grabbing the cup and briskly walking away, muttering a slight “Thanks.” A young girl, probably about 15, with short brown hair walked up to the wooden counter. She wore a navy blue, NASA hoodie. She had her arms crossed tightly over her chest, quietly looking at the menu. “Good morning! Welcome to Craters of the Moon Coffee, what can I get started for you?” I asked, trying to be cheerful and s...

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“PUNCH THE COLOUR CARD” by Madhuleka Iyer

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Samantha was behind the counter, as usual, stocking the counter with coffee take-out containers and straws. The window behind her was slightly open and a sudden gust of wind that came out of nowhere, shut it with a speed that startled Samantha. “What did you drop this time?” asked her manager from the store room. “Nothing, it was the wind,” said Samantha, in a faint voice, just above a whisper. “Ok, get done fast. We open in ten.” Her boss disappeared and closed into the warm little room again. Samantha, in her mind, was in that ...

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“How I almost died in a coffee shop” by Vameerah Darren

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Today was supposed to be a normal day. I was supposed to go to "Brew-ha-ha" the best coffee shop in town. They were just releasing their autumn themed drinks, and I needed me a limited edition pumpkin spice latte.I was supposed to walk in, all cute in my Ugg's and flannel, and flirt with the cute barista that always worked on Tuesdays. I was supposed to sip on my drink and stare out the window at the leaves that were falling before leaving to head to school.I wasn't supposed to be almost blasted to pieces by a sorceress.It started as it shou...

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“Winter's Eve” by Rimi Ray

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A strong, spicy-sweet scent filled the air as she handed me the cup.“I’m thinking of calling the line, ‘Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice.’” She waved her arms theatrically as she dropped the name.I wrinkled my nose at her. “I hate to break it to you, but I don’t think you’re the first one to come up with that,” I said.Her beam fell into a scowl. “Just drink it.”I brought the cup to my lips. This was the second drink Nessa was making me try. The last one was almost purely cinnamon, or at least it tasted that way. I couldn’t fathom how anyone...

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“Pumpkin Coffee at Madame Toffee's” by Chris Buono

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New pumpkin flavors through October, the sign outside read. Next to an image of a woman in a witchy Halloween costume sipping a latte out of a tiny orange pumpkin. The little shop- decorated with autumnal squalor year-round- had a line of patrons out the door and down the sidewalk to try the new flavor while Madame Toffee tended to customers with a handful of employees. The older woman wore her usual attire of some gypsy-pagan cross with rings and necklaces displaying different old-religio...

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“How I met your father ” by S C

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I always get sick during autumn, no matter how great the effort I make to remain healthy, from eating five veggies and five fruits per day to working out vigorously six times a week. I still catch cold with a speed that can only equals that of Usain Bolt and it sticks ferociously like lice to hair shafts. And let me tell you about those famous home remedies, they are a huge waste of time and ingredients. One autumn day I got tired of staying home waiting to be cured- more by my slow immunity system than by the massive amount of medication of...

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“Candy Corn Latte” by Sam W

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“Discontinued?” What do you mean, discontinued?” She shrieks.Laura has waited all year, as she does every year, for autumn to come. She’s waited all year to come to the local coffee shop, Lus Córdoba, and drink the Candy Corn Latte every Saturday, for as long as autumn lasts.For the rest of the year, it’s too painful for eighty-year-old Laura to come to Lus Córdoba. Ever since her husband, Beckett, died of a heart attack coming out of the shop twenty years ago, Laura can’t stand the sight of it. She can’t stand entering the coffee shop that ...

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“Punjabi taste of Malaysia ” by Huma Imran

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The girl, who lived with her family in Pakistan, was living day and night in a backward area where food and hunger was considered more than education. Mehak was a lower middle class girl. Mehak ,her mother and grandfather was living with her uncle and aunt and their family (her three daughters) in a house of four marlas . No one except her grandfather loved her . She was known as a burden for her aunt and uncle and was not considered good like others. After the death of her father she had no one even her mother couldn’t do anything . But Meh...

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“Coffee Cravings” by David Brown

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I used to be a veritable coffee addict, but it wasn’t just the caffeine I craved. Each time I brought a fresh cup of java near my face, my nose needed the rich roasted aroma, my tongue treasured the bitter tang, and my throat thanked the soothing warmth when I swallowed. Regrettably, let me tell you what caused me to change my mind and quit coffee cold. I had a mid-morning interview for a job downtown, so being a punctual person I arrived over an hour early. Instead of waiting in the lobby, I took a seat in a local coffee shop down the str...

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“When the Weather Turns” by Karen McDermott

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“Harvest Mooncha? I mean, surely even you must admit that’s a bit of a stretch?” I laughed, nervously. It’s my knee-jerk response. Only involving my mouth, not my knees. Ferry and I were browsing the menu in Bean and Gone. As soon as the first leaves began to fall, they’d wheeled out the chalkboard list of seasonal drinks. The coffee shop was one of five branches the independent had grown in Brainton. People came in droves to photograph themselves and their friends sipping lattes in the reclaimed furniture or against wallpaper bearing f...

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“Coffee Magic ” by Brandy Lempfert

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Fall was in full swing by the time I had carved out some time to go exploring in the new town I had just settled down in. I made my way down the main street of the tiny town feeling a bit silly to be so bundled up as everyone I passed seemed to be decked out in shorts and tank tops, I consoled myself with the thought that I was just not used to the weather yet because as I strolled through the various stores becoming more and more chilled and finally resigned myself to returning to my cozy little house to wait out the cold I stumbled upon a...

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“An Uncommon Autumn Morning at Céleste's Café” by Annie James

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The sun is still creeping over the horizon, but life in the coffee shop on Third St. is in full swing. Muted black, brown and tan decor, dark brown and tan slate floor tiles, display a splashy pattern designed to mask spills. Black rugs in front of the door and register. Interesting prints on the walls, of people drinking coffee, serene forest scenes, many of them having small plaques underneath with a blurb about the local artists who painted the scene. Inside are people in business suits chatting across tiny round tables, or sitting al...

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Set your story in a coffee shop that’s just introduced a new line of autumnal drinks.

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✍️ 161 stories

“Autumnal Delights!” by P. Jean

“Autumn's Wish” by Aisa M

“Coffee is Worth a Thousand Words” by Kathleen March

“The Navy NASA Hoodie” by Ansley Eddy

“PUNCH THE COLOUR CARD” by Madhuleka Iyer

“How I almost died in a coffee shop” by Vameerah Darren

“Winter's Eve” by Rimi Ray

“Pumpkin Coffee at Madame Toffee's” by Chris Buono

“How I met your father ” by S C

“Candy Corn Latte” by Sam W

“Punjabi taste of Malaysia ” by Huma Imran

“Coffee Cravings” by David Brown

“When the Weather Turns” by Karen McDermott

“Coffee Magic ” by Brandy Lempfert

“An Uncommon Autumn Morning at Céleste's Café” by Annie James

🌟 Similar prompts

Start your story with the line, “By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire.” (Whether this is a literal fire is up to you.)

Write about a character making fall decorations out of construction paper.

Write a story from the perspective of a bird migrating for the winter.

Write about two characters going apple picking.

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