John Clementine

John Clementine is a barista at Gourmet Hound, and also a close friend to Brie Malik, Graham Ramos, and (later) Lucy Fuji.

Background
Clementine spent his college years working part-time at a roastery that supplied coffee to Dimanche. He spent a great deal of his time learning everything about coffee, such as coffee types, flavor profile, beverage recipes, and roasting methods. He has also traveled to Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia to do research about coffee. Clementine has fond memories of Dimanche, because he always heard the sounds of laughter amidst all the cacophonies in its kitchen whenever he delivered coffee.

When Clementine was 22 years old, Brie recruited him to become a barista at Gourmet Hound, which he immediately accepted because he expected Brie's kitchen to have similar atmosphere with Dimanche. During his first encounter with Lucy, he thought that she was a teenager, due to Lucy's youthful appearance. He later challenged Lucy to do coffee taste-test, in which he discovered Lucy's strong sense of smell when she immediately and correctly guessed each sample. Clementine also informed Lucy that Brie and Graham used to work at Dimanche, which prompted Lucy to start her quest of finding all the former Dimanche chefs.

Clementine enjoys his job at Gourmet Hound, but when Lucy, Brie, and Graham have one of them "dramatic" talks, he is often stuck in a task of receiving customers alone.

Appearance
Clementine is tall and muscular, with brown skin, dark brown hair, and brown eyes. He has a soft stubble on his chin that he keeps since college, and a tattoo of clementine fruits on his left upper arm. He had short hair as a student, but later let it grow into a short ponytail.

Personality
Clementine is friendly and hard-working. He sometimes brags about many girls (and some boys) who harbor crush on him at the roastery. However, despite his seemingly cheerful disposition, Clementine has strong workplace ethics, and refuses to date a coworker (which is why he never responded to any of his former colleagues' crush on him until he quit his job at the roastery). He also thinks that people who look down on those who do not drink black coffee are snobbish. To Clementine, the most important thing about drinking coffee is choosing the best way to appreciate it.