Persona 5 fans can now pretend they're at the game's iconic Café Leblanc for real thanks to an official coffee line.
Publisher Atlus announced a collaboration with Jade City Foods to release three different coffee roasts alongside a line of hot sauce themed after the world of Persona 5.
A light roast with cherry and chocolate notes is named Shujin Academy after the main characters' school, a medium roast with fruit acidity and boldness is named Phantom Thieves of Hearts after their squad name, and a dark roast with a chocolate and caramel taste is most aptly named Café Leblanc after, well, Café Leblanc.
Persona-fy your breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the official Persona 5 Royal Hot Sauce and Coffee Bean collections from @jadecityfoods! ☕🔥
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— Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West) July 18, 2024
Protagonist Joker lives in the attic of the cafe, though it's also a regular hangout spot for him and his friends and players can even spend time brewing coffee here to grant special stat boosts in the traditional role-playing game side of Persona 5.
A 12 oz bag of the coffee will cost fans $20, or all three can be purchased for $50. As for the hot sauce line, a single bottle costs $18 while the entire collection costs $90. These two are named after aspects of Persona 5: Crow, Joker, and Violet after specific characters and Agi, Agidyne, and Agilao after three tiers of fire spells.
The Persona 5 series has sold more than 10 million units since the base game debuted in 2016. This ignores other franchise titles like Persona 3 Reload and Persona 4, instead only counting Persona 5 games such as Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Tactica, and Persona 5: Dancing in the Starlight.
Atlus last released a mainline Persona game since the base version of Persona 5 and is yet to announce Persona 6. A somewhat bizarre and incredibly subtle tease alludes to a green color theme for the next game, but that's all fans have to go off so far.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
