Manly Coffee is a cafe in Yakuin, Fukuoka.
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.
Tip: Ten minutes from Yakuin Station. Counter seats fill from late morning.
Address: Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0014, Japan
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Five-minute walk from Tenjin Station. Tables outside in spring and autumn.
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.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso
Tip: One minute from Hakata Station via KITTE. Faster turnover than the Shirogane room.
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.
Signature drink: Tofu latte, soymilk coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.
Amam Dacotan's Ropponmatsu flagship is bakery first, cafe second. The sister blue-building eating area runs coffee with the maritozzo and mentaiko baguettes.
Signature drink: Coffee with maritozzo or mentaiko baguette
Tip: Five-minute walk from Ropponmatsu Station. The seven-person inside limit means a queue most weekends.
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten near Kushida shrine, with siphon coffee, retro upholstery and a morning-set culture that runs to noon.
Signature drink: Kissaten siphon coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Gion Station. Morning set with toast and egg through 11:00.
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.
Signature drink: Nama donut and pour-over coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Tenjin Minami. Same operator as Amam Dacotan; lines start late morning.
