Glitch Coffee and Roasters is a coffee roaster in Tokyo.
Glitch Coffee in Tokyo's Jimbocho is Kiyokazu Suzuki's light-roast specialty room, surrounded by secondhand bookstores. Pour-over flight is the morning order.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The light roasts read more like tea than espresso. Order a Geisha pour-over and the staff will walk you through it.
Address: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan
Fuglen Tokyo in Tomigaya is the Norwegian Oslo roaster's first international outpost, opened 2012. Cafe by day, cocktail bar after 19:00, Oslo beans.
Tip: Drip coffee until evening, when the same room flips to a Scandinavian cocktail program. Weekend brunch queues from 09:00.
Sources from: Norway-roasted (Oslo), Ethiopia, Kenya
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Cocktail bar evenings
Koffee Mameya in Tokyo's Omotesando is a bean specialist counter behind a wooden door, with 15 to 25 roasts from Japanese and global roasters.
Tip: There is no menu; the barista asks what you like and matches you to a bean. Plan 15 minutes for the conversation.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, El Salvador
How they serve: Pour over, Whole bean retail, Bean consultation
Switch Coffee in Tokyo's Meguro is Masahiro Onishi's micro-roastery and standing cafe. Light single-origin roasts, eight spots and a back roastery.
Tip: Beans roasted on site Tuesday and Friday. Order an Ethiopia or Kenya hand-drip and take it to the doorway.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica, Brazil
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Streamer Coffee Shibuya in Tokyo is Hiroshi Sawada's home cafe. Latte-art champion-trained baristas; espresso-forward menu with the matcha Military latte.
Tip: Multiple Streamer branches; Shibuya is the original. Order the Military or any latte-art-trained pull.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Honduras
How they serve: Espresso, Whole bean retail, Latte art
Nozy Coffee in Tokyo's Sangenjaya is the single-origin roastery Hidetake Iuchi opened in 2010. The Roastery at Cat Street is the public-facing branch.
Tip: Calmer than the Cat Street roastery. The Ethiopia espresso and the Kenya pour-over are the canonical orders.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Kenya, Brazil
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Obscura Coffee in Tokyo's Sangenjaya is Daisuke Miyahara's pour-over-focused roastery. Hand-drip-only counter at the front, in-house bean retail at the back.
Tip: Pour-over-only menu, no espresso. Pair an Ethiopia hand-drip with a butter cookie.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
