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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.
BeansEthiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica, Panama
BrewsPour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
TipThe light roasts read more like tea than espresso. Order a Geisha pour-over and the staff will walk you through it.
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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.
BeansNorway-roasted (Oslo), Ethiopia, Kenya
BrewsPour over, Espresso, Cocktail bar evenings
TipDrip coffee until evening, when the same room flips to a Scandinavian cocktail program. Weekend brunch queues from 09:00.
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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.
BeansEthiopia, Kenya, Colombia, El Salvador
BrewsPour over, Whole bean retail, Bean consultation
TipThere is no menu; the barista asks what you like and matches you to a bean. Plan 15 minutes for the conversation.
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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.
BeansEthiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica, Brazil
BrewsPour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
TipBeans roasted on site Tuesday and Friday. Order an Ethiopia or Kenya hand-drip and take it to the doorway.
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Streamer Coffee Shibuya in Tokyo is Hiroshi Sawada's home cafe. Latte-art champion-trained baristas; espresso-forward menu with the matcha Military latte.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Honduras
BrewsEspresso, Whole bean retail, Latte art
TipMultiple Streamer branches; Shibuya is the original. Order the Military or any latte-art-trained pull.
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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.
BeansEthiopia, Costa Rica, Kenya, Brazil
BrewsPour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
TipCalmer than the Cat Street roastery. The Ethiopia espresso and the Kenya pour-over are the canonical orders.