Espresso Cookie (Korean: 에스프레소맛 쿠키, esupureso-mat kuki) is an Epic Cookie available since launch. He is of the Magic type and his position is prioritized to the Middle.
Espresso Cookie is the esteemed pioneer and proponent of Coffee Magic, researching and experimenting through many sleepless nights to refine his craft. He resides wherever the best research opportunities lie, teaching at Parfaedia Institute before experimenting on Soul Jams at home in the Crème Republic and then moving to the Vanilla Kingdom to work alongside Strawberry Crepe Cookie.
Espresso Cookie exudes carefully-composed confidence while remaining understated. A no-nonsense intellectual, he loathes wasting time and harbors deep contempt for illogical ventures like White Magic and the Crème Republic's worship of the Divine.
Precise temperature, precise quantity of coffee beans, precise roasting time! Everything must be in a precise—impeccably precise—order for the plan to work. Always busy, always on the go—this is the lifestyle of Espresso Cookie. Despite being frequently mistaken for a black mage—yes, sometimes things burn, and smoke—Espresso Cookie can't afford to waste a second on meaningless explanations. Night after night, this pioneer of magic works on perfecting his grind and brew. "Isn't that too much coffee?" one might wonder. Well, at least there's always the delightful coffee fragrance in the air!
Soulstone Description[]
This stone holds a piece of Espresso Cookie's soul. Highly sought after among coffee connoisseurs.
Precise and even grinding is key for a magically delicious cup of coffee! A giant whirlwind inflicts periodic area damage to enemies and pulls them from afar to its center even if they are resistant to interrupts. The final burst of damage may interrupts skills. While Espresso Cookie is using his skill, he will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects.
Earth's Protection: Debuff Resist +3.0%, DEF +5.0% for 10.0 sec upon using skill; stacks up to x2
Gameplay Notes
Max Level ►
◄ Base Level
The skill deals damage every 0.2 sec over 1.5 seconds.
The final hit inflicts a strong Airborne effect that interrupts all enemies hit, even if they have Immunity. This does not bypass resistance to interrupting effects or incapacitation immunity.
Magic Candy Skill[]
Perfect Extraction
15 sec
Precise and even grinding is key for a magically delicious cup of coffee! A giant whirlwind inflicts serial area damage to enemies and pulls them from afar to its center even if they are resistant to interrupts. The final burst inflicts Injury and may interrupt skills. While Espresso Cookie is using his skill, he will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects. DMG proportional to Max HP is capped at 300,000
Extra DMG on Final Hit:
Single-hit DMG (Cookies): 338.3% + True DMG equal to 5.3% of Max HP
Espresso Cookie is a Cookie of average height and thin build with thickish legs. His color palette overall is very dark, moody, and brown, with even the lightest values present being warm mid-tones, and his shape language largely consists of sharp triangles with some circular complements. At his base, his dough is a rich, dark sienna color while his smug eye is outlined with thick, long lashes in a Van Dyke brown. Espresso Cookie's iris takes a dull dusty rose color and lies beneath a sharp pupil, that being indicative of his Coffee Tribe origins and rendering his inner eye to overall resemble a coffee bean. Only the mage's left eye is ever visible with the other being hidden under hair. His thin eyebrows are lifted in amusement and his black smile is slight and confident. Additionally, he wears oversized glasses of metallic white gold whose lenses each resemble a coffee cup as seen from above.
Espresso Cookie's hair is straight and colored in violet-toned ebony at its base. Its style is quite complex: most notably, a single large, curled bang swoops across the right of his face, completely enveloping his eye and coming to nearly his chin. It ends in a point away from his face and is peppered with mostly subtle highlights: from the outside to the inside, two are thick and warm tungsten, one is thin and black, and the final lines the inner edge of the hair in a creamy beige and ends in a prominent swirl at the top of his head. The rest of his hair is tightly combed back into curled tufts which radiate from the sides of his head. The back of his hair sports a large swirl similar to that on his bangs which radiates out from his scalp. Though much of its length is lofted into the hair, Espresso Cookie's hair is long enough to be styled into a ponytail.
A full view of Espresso Cookie's cape (inside and outside) and the back of his head
The researcher's clothing fittingly sources dark academia fashion with hints of gothic or fantasy stylings. Espresso Cookie's outfit exists in two layers, the outermost being an elaborate mantle lined with steel and pinstripes[3]. The collar of the cape is large, round, and dramatic with curled corners, silhouetting the entirety of his head and having a lining with colors opposite of those in the cape's main lining. The outside of the garment is obsidian and adorned with an intricate display: among its decoration is the image of a glaring eye with sharp lashes and a pink pupil, and dark aubergine swatches of color forming more stripes and teardrop shapes through negative and positive space. The second layer of Espresso Cookie's outfit is a fitted, paneled onyx smock most resembling a graduation gown. While the majority of its hem is straight, its middle tabard extends further downwards in a sharp point. On his shoulders lies a stole in the same color as the main coat, its triangular ends ending at his waist and sporting warm brown and pink diamond details resembling peering eyes. A popped collar in a risotto color sits at the top of the stole and overlaps his chin. Adjacent to this is a rouge necktie with two diamond-shaped knots. His sleeves are long and cuffed at the end with dusty brown diamond cuff links. On his legs are a pair of charcoal slacks or tights with no discernible shoes.
Espresso Cookie without his outer layers
On more casual occasions, Espresso Cookie can be seen without his gown or his cape; in this case, he wears a paneled button-down with suspenders and dark pants. The colors of this shirt and pants are very similar to but not exactly the same as the colors of his gown's collar and of his legs respectively in his standard appearance, indicating that he may always be wearing this outfit underneath his gown in his playable look.
Personality[]
Espresso Cookie is a serious, smug, and intellectual perfectionist, and does things with absolute precision. He speaks in a formal and calm accent and is often brief with his words, to the point of rudeness. His facial expression generally defaults to a composed and confident smile, but there are instances where he doesn’t bother hiding his displeasure or exhaustion (such as when faced with a preventable failure or Madeleine Cookie's running mouth). Despite this, he is capable of being polite in his conversations with other Cookies, and takes interest in their actions, such as when he asked to read a report on Alchemist Cookie's reagents.
He just can't catch a break
Due to his status as a well-respected mage, he has great pride in his expertise and Coffee Magic, though he remains open to outside suggestions as long as they are constructive. In his work, Espresso Cookie is highly meticulous and observant, refusing to allow any margin of error. According to Latte Cookie, he hates co-research projects, which may extend to all tasks requiring cooperation; in the quest for the Soul Jam, he chose to separate from Madeleine Cookie instead of working together with him. However, he is still capable of teaming up if the situation demands; him carrying Madeleine Cookie back to the kingdom after both were injured during the Couldn't Care Less... And YetStory shows his true colors as someone honorable and good at heart despite his personal distaste for his teammate.
As a perfectionist, Espresso Cookie expects much both from others and himself. His workaholic attitude, combined with the fact he is quite literally made of coffee, usually keeps him awake for days, which frequently results in eventual fatigue. He’s dedicated to perfecting Coffee Magic to the point of self-neglect, and intentionally drives students away from his class at the Parfaedia Institute so that he can spend more time on his research. Some students apply to his classes regardless, prompting Espresso Cookie to demand that they prove their dedication to the study before he will even acknowledge them. If he accepts them, he shows appreciation for their genuine efforts, commending their skills without hesitation.
Espresso Cookie is of the same race as the Coffee Tribe of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, but hails from the same culture-rich Republic as Madeleine Cookie, the Crème Republic. Currently, it is unclear how he or his predecessors traveled there from the main continent. While Espresso Cookie's physical attributes and ingredients render him incredibly similar to the Coffee people, his lifestyle, activities, fashion, and so on almost seem to directly contrast against what is known to be typical of that culture. One possibility is that he was born in the Tribe's village and left at some point, or that he was born to other Coffee Tribe members who left the Tribe's village to live in the Republic.
Espresso Cookie despises Light Magic, which fuels part of his initial annoyance towards Madeleine Cookie. The social divide in the Crème Republic between the Upper City—the affluent district which worships the light, and the Lower City, Espresso Cookie's less wealthy hometown—is likely a factor in this.
Espresso Cookie is Madeleine Cookie's begrudging co-worker, being assigned to work with him in a mission to find "a treasure of legends past". Considering Espresso Cookie's preexisting disdain for Light Magic and the Republic's religious structure, he was bound to disfavor the pious paladin Madeleine Cookie. The latter's grating arrogance, however, pushed what could have been a simple difference in ideals to a thorough fount of annoyance and acridness in the mage. Espresso Cookie is unabashedly critical of Madeleine Cookie's beliefs and actions, sometimes even losing his cool out of passion when countering the other's daily drivel. As a result, Espresso Cookie would often much rather avoid the paladin entirely. Madeleine Cookie, meanwhile, hardly understands or even acknowledges Espresso Cookie's scorn, which inevitably infuriates the spellcaster further.
In spite of Espresso Cookie's best efforts, fate dictated that the two meet again in the Couldn't Care Less... And YetStory. In this tale, Espresso Cookie expectedly avoids Madeleine Cookie for being "too conspicuous" and "spouting nonsense" while helping Kingdom Cookies construct a theater like those of the Republic. However, Madeleine Cookie's willingness to support his colleague in a related battle later on and even support his injured self on the way to safety instills Espresso Cookie with the slightest, tiniest bit of respect for his teammate. Espresso Cookie returns the favor and advocates for the paladin's wounds to be dressed before his own, indicating this newfound appreciation.
Presently, Espresso Cookie still harbors irritation towards and deep disagreement with Madeleine Cookie, but it is clear through his more amenable attitude in Cookie Odyssey that he tolerates the Knight Commander—if only just enough to not ignore him entirely anymore.
Trivia[]
According to Espresso Cookie's loading screen trivia, "Coffee Magic is difficult to master but can be an instrument of great power in skilled hands."
A previous loading screen blurb referencing him states, "If you ever get to know Espresso Cookie better, you'll see that he's very particular about his outfits!" This trivia has since been patched out of the game for reasons unknown.
Espresso Cookie's gacha background "DESPRESS" sign and stock watermarks
In Espresso Cookie's gacha background, there is a street sign that seems to say "DESPRESS 7". While it's not entirely clear what this is meant to mean, "DESPRESS 7" may be indicating a particular street address wherever the background takes place.
Espresso Cookie's gacha background features an accidental remnant of its development: a texture which holds a legible stock photo watermark, specifically that of the company 123RF.
In Episode 3 of An Oath Lit by Beacons, Eclair Cookie refers to Espresso Cookie as "Professor" and states that Espresso Cookie's office was right next to his.
Latte Cookie and Espresso Cookie once worked together as research partners. Latte Cookie regards him as an old friend, and her Care for a Latte? Skill is visibly similar to Espresso Cookie's Grinding Skill.
In spite of this, Espresso Cookie still noticeably despises the combination of milk and coffee. He is only seen drinking a latte in Chapter 2 of Cookie Odyssey when there is no other option for coffee available.
According to Almond Cookie's Case Files, Espresso Cookie dyes his hair. This information is dubious, however, as Coffee Tribe Cookies are known to have naturally multicolored hair. Additionally, another Cookie in the dyed hair case file, Dark Choco Cookie, is confirmed to have been born with his hair streaks.
In the game's first splash screen and some official artworks, Espresso Cookie is seen floating above the ground, showing his ability to use his magic to float above the ground. There are also observations that his in-game sprite slightly hovers whenever he activates his Grinding Skill.
The fact that Espresso Cookie avoids sleep is a reference to how coffee keeps one awake. This occurs when the caffeine in the coffee takes the place of the sleep-promoting receptors in the brain.
Starting August 19th, 2021, in anticipation for the release of Kingdom's Japanese dub, hashflag images depicting emoji versions of Espresso Cookie along with GingerBrave, Strawberry Cookie, Madeleine Cookie, and Purple Yam Cookie were added to Twitter alongside hashtags of their names. For Espresso Cookie, his hashflag would appear alongside these hashtags (not case sensitive):
Espresso Cookie's Hashflag
#EspressoCookie
#에스프레소맛쿠키 (esupureso-mat kuki, Espresso Cookie's Korean name)
#エスプレッソ味クッキー (esupuresso-aji kukkī, Espresso Cookie's Japanese name)
#エスプレッソ (esupuresso, Japanese transliteration of "espresso")
#コーヒー豆 (kōhīmame, a Japanese phrase meaning "coffee bean")
Espresso Cookie was the first Cookie to have a dedicated Featured Cookie Gacha.
Espresso Cookie's Korean voice actor, Park Yo-han, also provides the voice of Schwarzwälder and Ferryman Cookie.
↑Confirmed; Espresso Cookie works as a professor, overseeing students; he has stated that Seaweed Cookie is "an acquaintance from [his] early childhood" with Seaweed Cookie stating some circumstances "remind [her] of the time [they] played with Espresso Cookie as kids," affirming that his pre-adolescence is something relegated to the past.
↑While most official art of Espresso Cookie depicts the lining of his cape as only being pinstripes, assets created earlier in the timeline of Kingdom's development (such as his alternative base sprite and his beta gacha illustration) include an additional circular shape in the lining.
Magic type and his position is prioritized to the 
Middle.
Strawberry Crepe Cookie.
15 sec
Immunity. This does not bypass resistance to interrupting effects or incapacitation immunity.
Madeleine Cookie's running mouth). Despite this, he is capable of being polite in his conversations with other Cookies, and takes interest in their actions, such as when he asked to read a report on 
Alchemist Cookie's reagents.
Latte Cookie, he hates co-research projects, which may extend to all tasks requiring cooperation; in the quest for the Soul Jam, he chose to separate from Madeleine Cookie instead of working together with him. However, he is still capable of teaming up if the situation demands; him carrying Madeleine Cookie back to the kingdom after both were injured during the Couldn't Care Less... And Yet Story shows his true colors as someone honorable and good at heart despite his personal distaste for his teammate.
