Coffee in Japan

I love coffee. Its one of my favourite hot beverages, not only because it keeps me awake, but because it has a certain ritual to it and it´s taste and culinary aplication are amazing. By ritual I mean that it´s a slow drink, it should be enjoyed and not gulped down. And when you make it, try to pay attention to the details choosing your blend, like grain size and roasting, what kind of bean, arabica, robusta or a hybrid. Now how to prepare it, how to drink it. There are many questions to a cup of coffee. 

I personally don´t like coffee in Germany, good coffee shops are jewels in any citys landscape, rare to find and hard to keep. 


Coffee in japan is a whole different story. Japanese tend to pay a lot of attention to details, and they have a strong drive to achieve perfection in everything hey do. Quality is a topmost priority. I think that just by saying that even coffee from the vending machine pleases my tase you can picture how true I speak about the making of coffee in japan.

Last friday I went with my japanese friends Daisuke and Ando to a neat little coffeeshop near the university campus. And it was amazing, expensive, but worth it. You could choose everything, blend, origin and process. For 500 yen a piece of coffee haven.