96 °C Café (Chinese: 96 °C 咖啡) is MediaCorp's first transmedia project related to coffee and romance. It was broadcast from 29 April to 24 May 2013 on free-to-air channel MediaCorp Channel 8 and consists of 20 episodes. It stars Desmond Tan, Julie Tan, Tay Ping Hui, Romeo Tan, Chris Tong and Ian Fang as the main casts of the series. Prior to the drama serial, prequels of two webisodes each week were released on xinfirst's portal progressively, for a period of four weeks, Mondays from 18 February to 11 March 2013.
It was one of the two lowest-rated drama series at 9p.m., with the other being Sudden.
Episodes
Prequel webisodes
Series
Cast
Desmond Tan as Xu Liqiao 徐立乔, Boss of 96 °C Café, Xi Jie's husband Romeo Tan as Tang Wei Da 唐伟大 Julie Tan as Tang Yu Chen 唐雨晨, Staff of 96 °C Café. Wei Da's younger sister. Tay Ping Hui as Lao Jing Feng 劳敬丰, Godbrother of Wei Da and Yu Chen Chris Tong as Xu Ruo Lin 徐若琳, Li Qiao's elder sister Ian Fang as Liu Chuan Zhi 刘传之, Staff at 96 °C Café, Liu Hao Ren's son. Cynthia Koh as Ann, Liu Hao Ren's mistress
Cast Character Description Jin Yinji Grandma Xu 徐奶奶 Ruo Lin and Li Qiao's grandmother (Age 70) Zhu Houren Ren Tang San 仁唐三 Wei Da and Yu Chen's father (Age 57) Lim Peifen Herself YES 93.3 FM DJ, a regular customer of 96 °C Café. Jing Feng's ex-girlfriend. (Age 26)Wang Yuqing Liu Hao Ren 刘浩仁 Chuan Zhi's father (Age 53) Adam Chen Bill Ex-boyfriend of Ruolin (Age 36) Tracy Lee Tara Lao Jinfeng's patient, ex-singer. (Age 27) Jayley Woo Luo Wen Jie 洛文洁 Xi Jie's younger sister (Age 20) Zhang Zhenhuan Wei Da 威达 A deliveryman. (Age 24) Paige Chua Luo Xi Jie 洛曦洁 Li Qiao's wife who died in a car accident. Wen Jie's elder sister. (Age 27) Chantalle Ng Lin Shuting 林舒亭 Yuchen's friend. Suffers arrhenphobia (fear of men) (Age 21) James Seah Ziwei 子维 A regular patron of 96 °C Café, Shu Ting's senior. (Age 23)
Accoladeslades Organisation Year Category Nominees ResultStar Awards 2014 Best Theme Song "啡情歌" by Wei En 薇恩 Best Drama Serial Top Rated Drama Serial 2013 最高收视率电视剧 2013
See also List of 96°C Café episodes List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese Drama Series (2010s)
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