96°C Café

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.^[1] 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.

96°C Café
96°C 咖啡
Genre	Romance Idol drama
Written by	Lim Gim Lan 林锦兰 Goh Chwee Chwee 吴翠翠
Starring	Desmond Tan Julie Tan Tay Ping Hui Romeo Tan Chris Tong Ian Fang
Opening theme	Webisode: 《咖啡恋》 by Teresa Tseng Episode: 《啡情歌》 by Wei En
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Chinese
No. of episodes	8 (webisode) 20 (episode)
Production
Producer	Soh Bee Lian 苏美莲
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Release
Original network	Mediacorp Channel 8
Picture format	16:9 Widescreen
Original release	29 April (2013-04-29) – 24 May 2013 (2013-05-24)

96°C Café
Traditional Chinese	96°C 咖啡
Simplified Chinese	96°C 咖啡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiŭ Shí Liù Dù C Kā Fēi

It was one of the two lowest-rated drama series at 9pm, with the other being Sudden.

Cast

Cast	Character	Description	Webisodes appeared	Episodes appeared
Desmond Tan	Xu Liqiao 徐立乔	Boss of 96 °C Café, Xi Jie's husband. Ruo Lin's younger brother. In love with Yu Chen after Xi Jie's death. (Age 28)	1-8	1-20
Julie Tan	Tang Yu Chen 唐雨晨	Staff of 96 °C Café. Wei Da's younger sister. (Age 21)	1-8	1-20
Tay Ping Hui	Lao Jing Feng 劳敬丰	Godbrother of Wei Da and Yu Chen, Pei Fen's ex-boyfriend (Age 37)		1-20
Romeo Tan	Tang Wei Da 唐伟大	Yu Chen's elder brother, in love with Ruo Lin. (Age 29)		2-20
Chris Tong	Xu Ruo Lin 徐若琳	Li Qiao's elder sister, Bill's ex-girlfriend. (Age 35)		1-20
Ian Fang	Liu Chuan Zhi 刘传之	Staff at 96 °C Café, Liu Hao Ren's son, in love with Yuchen. (Age 25)		1-20
Cynthia Koh	Ann	Mistress of Liu Hao Ren (Age 32)		1-19
Jin Yinji	Grandma Xu 徐奶奶	Ruo Lin and Li Qiao's grandmother (Age 70)		1-19
Zhu Houren	Ren Tang San 仁唐三	Wei Da and Yu Chen's father (Age 57)		1-20
Lim Peifen	Herself	YES 93.3 FM DJ, a regular customer of 96 °C Café. Jing Feng's ex-girlfriend. (Age 26)	1, 4-6	3, 5-10
Wang Yuqing	Liu Hao Ren 刘浩仁	Chuan Zhi's father (Age 53)		2-20
Adam Chen	Bill	Ex-boyfriend of Ruolin (Age 36)		1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18
Tracy Lee	Tara	Lao Jinfeng's patient, ex-singer. (Age 27)		2-20
Jayley Woo	Luo Wen Jie 洛文洁	Xi Jie's younger sister (Age 20)		11-20
Zhang Zhenhuan	Wei Da 威达	A deliveryman. (Age 24)	4, 5, 7, 8
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)	1, 3-4, 6, 8	1, 16
Chantalle Ng	Lin Shuting 林舒亭	Yuchen's friend. Suffers arrhenphobia (fear of men) (Age 21)	1-3, 6-8
James Seah	Ziwei 子维	A regular patron of 96 °C Café, Shu Ting's senior. (Age 23)	2, 3, 8

Overseas broadcast

This would be the third Singaporean drama after the Unriddle series to be telecast on ntv7's primetime slot.

Country of Broadcast	Broadcasting Network	Premiere	Finale	Preceded by	Followed by
Malaysia	ntv7	26 August 2013 at 9.30 pm, Mondays to Thursdays	26 September 2013	The Undercover	TBA
Indonesia	MediaCorp 8i	21 August 2013 at 7.00 pm, Mondays to Fridays	17 September 2013		I'm in Charge
Thailand	Thairath TV	28 April 2014 at 9.00 am, Mondays to Wednesdays	- 2014		TBA

Awards and nominations

Star Awards 2014

96 °C Café garnered 4 nominations for 3 awards in the Star Awards 2014, for Best Theme Song, Best Drama Serial and London Choco Roll Happiness Award. The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series and Best Theme Songs are The Dream Makers , C.L.I.F. 2 , Beyond (2012 TV series) & The Journey: A Voyage

The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp.

Star Awards – Acting Awards
Nominees	Accolades	Category	Result
《啡情歌》 sung by Wei En 薇恩	Star Awards 20 Show 1 红星大奖20	Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲	Nominated
96 °C Café	Star Awards 20 Show 2 红星大奖20	Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧	Nominated
96 °C Café		Top Rated Drama Serial 2013 最高收视率电视剧 2013	Nominated

See also

• List of 96°C Café episodes
• List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese Drama Series (2010s)

References

1. "Ian Fang: "Love conquers all? I don't believe in that."". Retrieved 19 February 2019.