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Café Hopping

        Story and Photos by Asama Wichaidit








                 Japan Coffee Culture







                                                         Part
                                                         One







              Japan is known for its unique coffee culture, from café decoration and services, to coffee roasting and brewing. With these
        unique characters, we set off on a journey to find inspirations in the capital of the land of the rising sun, Tokyo.






























              The latest addition to Tokyo’s café scene is the young      Our next 3 cafes are all in Kiyosumi. Similar to Glitch
        Glitch Coffee. This small corner store in Jimbocho features a   Coffee, Arise Coffee Roasters is also a corner store café and
        Probat coffee roasting machine with tables and seats placed   coffee roaster, but you would only find drip coffee here. The
        around it. No doubt that they roast their own coffee and they   owner is a fan of Thailand, and as soon as he knew we are from
        do have variety of single origin coffee to try. We ordered an   Thailand, he showed us the “มุมกาแฟ” (Coffee corner) sign on
        Ethiopian single origin espresso and were surprised to meet a   the wall and coffee bean nags from Roots and Ceresia roasters.
        familiar face. The barista was Kenta whom we met before in   Arise Coffee Roasters roasts its own coffee with the Fuji Royal
        Chiangmai 2 years ago. Glitch Coffee doesn’t have a full-time   roasting machine, and as a fan of Thailand, the café serves Doi
        barista but they have a rotating “Guest barista” system, so   Chang coffee alongside variety of coffee bean choices. We
        customer has to follow their instagram or Facebook to check   ordered a Nicaragua Pacamara and it was extraordinary with
        who would be brewing your cup the day you want to visit. The   a hint of white flora and ripe mango sweetness. As they only
        espresso we received from Kenta was a light roasted coffee with   serve black coffee, this little café may not have a wide variety
        a thin layer of crema. It was lightly acidic, yet sweet – a very   of offering, but it was never empty.
        well-balanced cup. Although Glitch Coffee is small, there are a
        continuous stream of coffee heads coming in and out of the shop
        throughout our visit, and in addition to great coffee, there are
        pastries like Croissant Biscotti and Muffin to go along with the
        drink as well.

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