The way of Japanese coffee

From Tokyo’s classic Café de l’Ambre, where centenarian master Sekiguchi Ichiro still roasts the beans, to sleek specialty coffee shops and retro-cool kissaten (traditional coffee houses), Japan is home to one of the world’s most exciting coffee cultures. This may come as a surprise to the uninitiated, who assume green tea is the chief caffeinated beverage, but Japan is among the world’s largest importers of coffee. The Japanese are experts in manual brewing techniques, such as siphon and pour over (a.k.a. hand drip). Here’s what available on our sunny shores. Kurasu Kurasu which means 'to live' in Japanese is a specialty coffee cafe from Japan. Having opened its first outlet in Kyoto in 2016, the coffeehouse was so well-received that it propelled an overseas branch in Singapore in 2018. The…

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epicure (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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