
In the coffee scene in Kyoto, which is attracting a lot of attention, we focus on a recently opened store and the personality of the owner! Introducing coffee that has undergone extensive research.
Try a cup of sake that is filled with the owner's passion.
Drip or espresso type. We serve coffee in an unpretentious style, listening to your tastes and mood. The bar and eating area are seamlessly arranged without a counter so that visitors can get up close and personal. The owner, Mr. Kawai, imports beans directly from an Australian roasting plant. For lattes and flat whites, milk from Hida, Gifu, is imported.
A double shot of just the dark part of the espresso with less milk. More coffee but fruity and easy to drink. Magic 500 yen.
Tsuyoshi Kawai, owner of the restaurant. Born in Kyoto City and raised in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. He has extensive experience in café management and design in Japan and Australia.
A second pure coffee shop opened by Kaze to COFFEE, a cafe in Nishijin Kyogoku that used to be a coffee shop about 30 years ago, offering a warm welcome to visitors with delicious coffee and homemade sweets. The owner, Mr. Mori, hand-drip brews a lineup of five kinds of coffee, including three kinds of standard beans and two limited-time-only varieties.
There is a choice of five types of home-roasted coffee. The El Salvador pictured here has an aroma and taste like cacao nibs. Drip coffee El Salvador 550 yen. Matcha green tea raw chocolate tart 500 yen.
The owner, Morikaze Wataru, 25 years old, was born in 1996 and opened his first café in 2020 after leaving his job as a salaried worker. He loves coffee so much that he used to go on coffee tours instead of lunch when he was an office worker.
Located on the third floor of a building adjacent to Ichijyoji Station on the Eizan Electric Railway line, the cafe is co-owned by Aoki, a roaster who has worked at events and online, and Sugawara, who used to run a cafe-bar serving home-roasted coffee in Tokyo. The minimalist space is filled with the aroma of coffee and beautiful sounds coming down from 14 speakers.
Deep roasted Brazilian roasted for Cafe au Lait. Cafe au lait 600 yen. A blend of medium and deep roasts for 500 yen is a taste you can drink every day.
Mr. Aoki and Mr. Sugawara. They met in a university music club and hit it off. After gaining experience in the working world, they started managing a café together.
The owner, Mr. Kume, says that he has come into contact with coffee culture in many countries and has noticed that there is a certain way of doing things and tasting good coffee that does not blur under any circumstances. [Using coffee beans from Kurasu and COYOTE, he offers hand-drip and espresso coffee. There is no end to the number of coffee lovers who enjoy both the talk and the taste.
Enjoy the depth of flavor created by the combination of Ethiopia's gorgeous acidity and milk. Latte 500 yen. Maple syrup, which goes well with it, is an additional 100 yen.
Kei Kume, manager. He first became interested in coffee in Australia, and spent four years as a barista in New Zealand. After returning to Japan, he worked at Kurasu before opening his own store.
We handle unique coffee beans grown around the world. We are conscious of bringing out their full potential in roasting and brewing," says owner Mr. Yoshida. When roasting, we check the aroma of the beans throughout the roasting process to determine the roast condition and adjust the heat to the best level. When roasting the beans shallow, the owner emphasizes sweetness and balances it with acidity, and when roasting them deep, he tries not to make them too heavy so that they are not too tiring to drink.
Monte Alegre 510 yen. A single origin with a gentle orangey citrus flavor and milk chocolate sweetness. Accompanied by Shizuka's handmade Australian baked goods, Lamingtons, 470 yen.
Daisuke Yoshida (left photo) is the owner of the store. After training at a home-roasted coffee shop in Tokyo, he started his own business in a renovated machiya (townhouse) owned by his wife Shizuka's grandparents. He and his wife run the store while raising their children.
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