This coffee with これ

ココア:

「この上品(じょうひん)な香(かお)り！ これがブルーマウンテンかー」

“What a refined aroma! So this is Blue Mountain, huh?”

チノ:

「いいえコロンビアです」

“No, that's Columbian.”

Key Points

1. これ points to the coffee Cocoa is holding

   • これ means “this” because the cup of coffee is on Cocoa’s side of the conversation, close to her as the speaker.

2. この modifies 香(かお)り

   • この上品(じょうひん)な香(かお)り means “this refined aroma”; この must attach directly to a noun, here 香(かお)り.

3. これが marks the item being identified

   • In これがブルーマウンテン, が singles out this coffee as the thing Cocoa is trying to identify.

4. かー shows Cocoa’s drawn-out realization or guess

   • The ending かー gives the line a casual, drawn-out feel, like “So this is Blue Mountain, huh.”

   • Chino’s immediate いいえ shows that Cocoa sounded confident enough to be corrected.