Starbeans Cafe

Starbeans Cafe
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First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
Greater location	Beanbean Castle Town
Owner	Professor E. Gadd

The Starbeans Cafe is a shop in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake owned by Professor E. Gadd. It is located in Beanbean Castle Town. The shop's Beanbean Machine utilizes a special StarB System in which customers bring various Beans to expand the menu with freshly-made Bean Juice. Each drink boosts a different stat permanently and requires a certain number of Beans.

There are seven different flavors of Bean Juice to create. Making each one for the first time is accompanied by a cutscene featuring E. Gadd. Wario, Fox McCloud, Link, Captain Olimar, Samus Aran, and an Excitebike Racer were originally planned to appear in these cutscenes as cameo appearances, whereas E. Gadd was only supposed to appear once. If all seven drinks are made at least once, E. Gadd will put up a picture of himself next to the counter for the remainder of the game. In the Japanese version of the game and all versions of its remake, icons appear next to drinks the player has already made on the drink menu.

The name of the cafe itself is based on the real-life Starbucks chain of coffee shops. The Prima Games guide for the game calls the establishment "a" Starbeans, further connecting it to the restaurant franchise. Three of the drinks served at the cafe have names based off real varieties of coffee: the Hoolumbian, Chuckoccino, and Teeheespresso are named for the Colombian, cappuccino, and espresso coffees respectively.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, the number of beans required per blend is lower, but the effect of each blend has also been reduced. In the Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser campaign, it is revealed that E. Gadd created Starbeans as secondary funding for his ghost research. E. Gadd mindlessly admitted this while rambling to Captain Goomba and his soldiers, who had already left.

Bean Juice

• Woohoo Blend – For 25 Woo Beans (10 in the remake), this drink boosts a character's HP by 4 (2 in the remake).
• Hoohoo Blend – 25 Hoo Beans (10 in the remake) result in a drink that raises a character's BP by 4 (2 in the remake).
• Chuckle Blend – By grinding 25 Chuckle Beans (10 in the remake), the Bros. can make a drink that raises Speed by 4 (2 in the remake).
• Teehee Blend – If 25 Hee Beans (10 in the remake) are put in the machine, the result is a drink that boosts Stache by 4 (2 in the remake).
• Hoolumbian – By combining 15 Woo Beans and 10 Hoo Beans (6 and 4 in the remake, respectively), this drink can raise POW by 4 (2 in the remake).
• Chuckoccino – 15 Woo Beans and 10 Chuckle Beans (6 and 4 in the remake, respectively) make a drink that raises DEF by 4 (2 in the remake).
• Teeheespresso – The most powerful drink is made with 15 Woo Beans and 10 Hee Beans (6 and 4 in the remake, respectively). It raises a random stat by 6 points (3 in the remake).

Special Items

Every time a drink that has not been made before is created, Professor E. Gadd will enter the cafe and give Mario and Luigi one of his inventions, usually coupled with a humorous scene. These items can be equipped in the extra equipment slot under Clothes and Badges. As with Clothes and Badges, each of the brothers can only equip one of these items at a time.

There are seven types of Bean Juice and thus seven items that Mario or Luigi can equip. They are given out in a set order, listed below, regardless of the order the drinks are made in. With the exception of the Excite Spring, Power Grip, and Cobalt Necktie, every Accessory affects both brothers, as long as they are together.

• Greed Wallet – "Double the coins you get from monsters!" (Double-Up Coin) / "Earn more coins in battle!" (Extra Coins)
• Bonus Ring – "Don't lose HP in battle for an EXP bonus!" (Double-Up EXP) / "Win without being hit for an EXP bonus!" (Flawless Victory EXP Bonus)
• Excite Spring – "Hold the button to float on defense!" (Floating Jump) / "Hold the button to float on defense!" (Floaty Jump)
• Great Force – "Double the damage you give AND take!" (Rough Battle) / "Double the damage you give AND take!" (Damage Up)
• Power Grip* – "Never drop the Hammerhead on defense!" (Hammer Grip)
• Secret Specs* – "Gain the ability to see hidden blocks!" (Block Hunter)
• Cobalt Necktie – "Double your Stache points!" (Shining Stache) / "Double your STACHE points!" (Double STACHE)
• Game Boy Horror SP – "Defeat foes and always get rare items!" (Rare Itemizer) / "Defeat Foes and always get rare items!" (Item Fiend)

* The Power Grip is only available in the original game, and the Secret Specs are only available in the remake. If a drink is made that has already been made before, or if the brothers have received all seven items, they can still continue to make Bean Juice, but they only obtain the drink itself.

Gallery

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  The cafe interior in the remake

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  The Beanbean Machine in the original game

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  The Beanbean Machine in the remake

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スタービーンズカフェ Sutā Bīnzu Kafe	Starbeans Cafe
German	Sternbohnen-Café	Starbeans Café
Italian	Bar del Fagiolo Stella	Beanstar's Bar
Korean	스타 빈즈 카페
Spanish (NOA)	Café Estelar	Star Café
Spanish (NOE)	Cafetería Estelar	Star coffee shop

Trivia

• The music played when the drink menu appears is a rearrangement of Mario's Pad's music from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. A remix of Professor E. Gadd's theme from Luigi's Mansion will also play during one of the conversations with him (in the remake, the theme taken from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is played instead).
• Certain level elements in Yoshi's Crafted World are made from Starbeans Iced Coffee boxes, referencing the Starbeans Cafe.