Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Fukuoka lingers in over a cortado.

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Where to sit and slow down

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Manu Coffee Roasters Kujira

Order Single-origin hand-drip filter

Manu Coffee Kujira in Yakuin is the brand's main roasting hub. A yellow building with a two-floor cafe and a small retail counter, founded 2017 in Shirogane.

REC Coffee Shirogane

Order Espresso, World Barista Championship blend

REC Coffee was founded in 2008 by Yoshikazu Iwasa, a former World Barista Championship competitor. The Shirogane flagship roasts and pulls espresso.

Stereo Coffee

Order Multi-roaster pour-over

Stereo Coffee opened in 2015 as a multi-roaster cafe on Watanabe-dori, arranged around two JBL4344 speakers. The second floor runs a small art space.

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Honey Coffee

Order Single-origin hand-drip

Honey Coffee's Hakata cafe is the home counter of Hidenori Izaki, the 2014 World Barista Champion. Quiet street, careful brews, beans by the bag for retail.

Tokado Coffee

Order Roasting championship blend

Tokado opened 2008. Naoki Goto won the World Coffee Roasting Championship in 2013 from this counter. The Hakata Riverain branch sits below the museum.

Manly Coffee

Order Hand-drip single-origin

Manly Coffee opened 2008 in Hirao and was an early vanguard for female-led roasting in Japan. Beans roasted in-house, hand-drip only across a small counter.

Manu Coffee Daimyo

Order Single-origin pour-over

Manu Coffee's Daimyo branch runs late: open until 1am most days, with the same single-origin roaster's coffee that anchors the brand's Yakuin Kujira flagship.

REC Coffee Hakata Marui

Order Specialty espresso

REC Coffee's Hakata Station branch sits on the 6F of Marui inside KITTE Hakata, with window seats over the station square. Order the specialty espresso.

Toffee

Order Tofu latte, soymilk coffee

Toffee combines soymilk and tofu from local Mihara Tofu-Ten with espresso. Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.

Amam Dacotan Ropponmatsu

Order Coffee with maritozzo or mentaiko baguette

Amam Dacotan's Ropponmatsu flagship is bakery first, cafe second. The sister blue-building eating area runs coffee with the maritozzo and mentaiko baguettes.

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Shirouzu Coffee

Order Kissaten siphon coffee

Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten near Kushida shrine, with siphon coffee, retro upholstery and a morning-set culture that runs to noon.

daco

Order Nama donut and pour-over coffee

daco opened in July 2024 in Imaizumi from Amam Dacotan founder Ryota Hirako. A bakery-cafe sibling running nama donuts and sandwiches across a small room.