Iolite Coffee Roasters
- ★ 4.8
- ¥¥
- Pontocho
Iolite in Nakagyo in Kyoto is Daisuke Yoshida's roaster inside his grandfather's old wagashiya, cedar beams, single-origins, light-roast V60 and espresso.
The roasters writing the coffee scene in Kyoto: who they are, where they source from, and where to drink the result.
Roasters worth knowing
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Ogawa Coffee Honten
- ★ 4.2
- ¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
The 1952 Kyoto roaster's flagship beside Nishiki Market. Wholesale supplier to half the city's kissaten, in-house cafe, espresso plus filter brew bar.
% Arabica Higashiyama Roastery
- ★ 4.5
- ¥¥
- Higashiyama
% Arabica's roastery cafe in Higashiyama, Kyoto, on the Yasaka Pagoda slope. Their global beans roasted on-site for the city's 23 sister bars.
Coffee tastings, classes and tours in Kyoto
Unir Coffee Roasters Kyoto
- ★ 4.7
- ¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Unir's downtown Kyoto cafe-roaster, the husband-and-wife founders chasing Panama Geisha lots. Long-fermented coffees, kettle brew, slow service.
Circus Coffee
- ★ 4.0
- ¥¥
- Daitokuji and Kita
A wholesale-led roaster in Murasakino, Kyoto, near Daitoku-ji. Espresso and filter retail, plus the supply chain behind many smaller Kyoto cafes.
Bongen Coffee
- ★ 4.1
- ¥¥
- Gion
A tiny stand-only roaster near Yasaka Pagoda in Higashiyama, Kyoto. Aeropress and cold brew on the menu, with a sister micro-roastery in Shirafushi.
Wife and Husband Coffee
- ★ 4.6
- ¥¥
- Kamigyo and Nishijin
A Showa-styled hand-drip roaster in north Kyoto, married-couple run with house-roasted beans. Picnic baskets to take to nearby Kamogawa banks.
Vermillion Cafe
- ★ 4.3
- ¥¥
- Fushimi
The pond-side sister to Vermillion's espresso bar at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto. Australian-style flat whites, in-house roast and the rare Kyoto bagel set.
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