Mermaid Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster in Odori, Sapporo.
One of Sapporo's third-wave specialists. Mermaid roasts in-house and runs five to seven single origins on a rotating pour-over menu through the year.
Tip: Ask the barista for a side-by-side comparison of two single origins on V60.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0062, Japan
A 2015 Odori cafe-and-roaster built on Hokkaido milk. The barista travels to dairies and lists the day's milk on a chalkboard map; Tokachi is the star.
Tip: Order the latte with Tokachi milk; the chalkboard shows the day's milk origin.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil, Indonesia
How they serve: Espresso, Latte, Whole bean retail
NODE opened late 2022 near Odori and has become Sapporo's meeting ground for creatives, with espresso and pour-over rotating single origins weekly.
Tip: Pour-over rotation changes weekly; ask for the Ethiopia natural when it's on the board.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail
Morihico's Bus Center branch is a brighter shop with the same hand-drip programme as the Maruyama honten. Easier to land a seat without the weekend wait.
Tip: Quietest weekday afternoon between 14:00 and 16:00; same Forest Drops menu as honten.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Indonesia
How they serve: Flannel drip, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Sapporo Coffee Kan keeps to the city's dark-roast tradition. Roaster Manabu Narita pulls a deep but balanced cup that defined Sapporo coffee for decades.
Tip: The house dark roast is the starting point; whole-bean retail at the counter for travel.
Sources from: Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil
How they serve: Dark roast drip, Whole bean retail
A 2015 Odori cafe-and-roaster built on Hokkaido milk. The barista travels to dairies and lists the day's milk on a chalkboard map; Tokachi is the star.
Tip: Order the latte with Tokachi milk; the chalkboard shows the day's milk origin.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil, Indonesia
How they serve: Espresso, Latte, Whole bean retail
NODE opened late 2022 near Odori and has become Sapporo's meeting ground for creatives, with espresso and pour-over rotating single origins weekly.
Tip: Pour-over rotation changes weekly; ask for the Ethiopia natural when it's on the board.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail
Hokkaido chain Miyakoshiya's Sapporo Station outlet, working its own charcoal-roasted beans. A reliable workspace cafe at the station retail concourse.
Tip: Free WiFi and power outlets; the only mid-roast charcoal coffee right at the station.
Sources from: Hokkaido charcoal roast, Brazil, Colombia
How they serve: Filter, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Morihico's Bus Center branch is a brighter shop with the same hand-drip programme as the Maruyama honten. Easier to land a seat without the weekend wait.
Tip: Quietest weekday afternoon between 14:00 and 16:00; same Forest Drops menu as honten.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Indonesia
How they serve: Flannel drip, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Morihico has roasted in-house at Maruyama since 1996, a flannel-drip kissaten with a small roastery counter for whole-bean retail through Sapporo.
Tip: Whole-bean retail behind the counter; ask the roaster about the day's roast curve.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil
How they serve: Flannel drip, Espresso, Whole bean retail
