Cafe¥¥yakuin10:00-19:00 dailyWork-friendlyWifi
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin hand-drip filter
Tip: Five-minute walk from Yakuin Station. The second floor has sofas; the ground floor sells beans.
Cafe¥¥yakuin08:00-22:00Work-friendlyWifi
REC Coffee was founded in 2008 by Yoshikazu Iwasa, a former World Barista Championship competitor. The Shirogane flagship roasts and pulls espresso.
Signature drink: Espresso, World Barista Championship blend
Tip: Closest to Yakuin Station. The Hakata Station outlet is the convenient sibling.
Cafe¥¥tenjin10:00-21:00Work-friendlyWifi
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.
Signature drink: Multi-roaster pour-over
Tip: A few minutes from Yakuin metro. Music shortlisted by co-owner Yusuke Watanabe.
Cafe¥¥hakata08:00-19:00Work-friendlyWifi
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin hand-drip
Tip: Twenty minutes from Hakata Station by bus. Worth the diversion for a single hand-drip.
Cafe¥¥hakata10:00-19:00Work-friendlyWifi
Tokado opened 2008. Naoki Goto won the World Coffee Roasting Championship in 2013 from this counter. The Hakata Riverain branch sits below the museum.
Signature drink: Roasting championship blend
Tip: Five minutes from Nakasu-Kawabata Station. Beans by the bag plus a small espresso bar.
Cafe¥¥yakuin10:00-20:00Work-friendlyWifi
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.
Signature drink: Hand-drip single-origin
Tip: Ten minutes from Yakuin Station. Counter seats fill from late morning.