Coffee roaster¥¥Wed-Mon 11:00-19:00, closed TuesdayPublic cafe
From Afar in Tokyo's Yanaka is the antique-furniture-selected roastery cafe near Yanaka Cemetery. Light single-origin filter and antique-buyer-stocked retail.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. Counter seats and a back-room antique gallery; weekday afternoons calmest.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Honduras
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Coffee roaster¥¥Wed-Mon 10:00-18:00, closed TuesdayPublic cafe
Raw Sugar Roast in Tokyo's Hatchobori is the boutique roastery cafe between Tsukiji and Tokyo Station. Naturally processed light roasts, four-seat counter.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. The hand-drip-focused tasting flight is the way to read the rotating bean list.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Indonesia
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Coffee roaster¥¥Daily 08:00-19:00Public cafe
Blue Bottle Coffee opened its first overseas roastery in Tokyo's Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in 2015. Converted-factory flagship roasting beans on site.
Tip: Saturdays queue out the door by 10:00; weekday mornings are the calm window. The drip flight tastes three single-origins side-by-side.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail
Coffee roaster¥¥Daily 09:00-18:00Public cafe
Onibus Coffee in Tokyo's Nakameguro roasts imported beans on-site in a renovated wooden house by the Toyoko Line. Menu: espresso, americano, latte, drip.
Tip: Order an Ethiopia hand-drip and take it to the second-floor wooden bench by the open window above the train tracks.
Sources from: Rwanda, Guatemala, Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail
Coffee roaster¥¥Daily 08:00-19:00Public cafe
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.
Tip: The light roasts read more like tea than espresso. Order a Geisha pour-over and the staff will walk you through it.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica, Panama
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Coffee roaster¥¥Mon-Wed 07:00-22:00, Thu-Sun 07:00-01:00Public cafe
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