A good font is always a sign of great coffee. This applies to everything. It’s a sign of care, quality and represents the brand and feeling they evoke. If it’s good, it will speak to you, beckoning you to come inside. This I believe to be true across the world.
We were cycling by… the font spoke to me so we went back. Fabulous coffee – stop by Glitch if you are in Tokyo. They roast it themselves..as I sit next to the roaster…
Morning tea stop
Japan is fabulous….
After a very long bus ride, and equally long taxi ride (seemed like an hour) we made it to the hotel.
After all the fabulous eating of the past few days we really needed no dinner. We went for a short walk around the neighbourhood… Which is made up of moderately tall buildings, courtyards with little shops, offices, bars, and restaurants.
Inside of of these we found Colmado Coffee. As they say “time spent on reconnaissance is never wasted”. The coffee was great…. And they had great coffee menus… very reminiscent of our own favourite coffee haunts. While no food was required, we indulged with cake too! Given it is so close to our hotel, we think we will be back.
We’ve seen a few temples Okazaki, eaten lunch near Kodai-jai temple, then down through Gion where we saw a car rally finish. Bought some pickles from one of the oldest pickle shops in Kyoto. Enjoying a coffee while resting. So far we’ve walked 9.3km today!
More hand drip goodness, this time a large coffee shop in downtown Kyoto.
In Boston I had a couple of very average coffees. In both places, they appeared to have a decent machine, but the results were less than expected. Picky…. yes when it comes to coffee, because life is too short for bad coffee
One of the offenders
It’s the afternoon… It’s coffee what else would we be doing? ?
Great coffee @ Blue Bottle on Berry Street Williamsburg.
With the rain comes a change in plan… we turned to shopping.
To wake up properly, we took ourselves to Stumptown, another recommended coffee establishment, which has their own blends and roasts. Yes, the coffee a great and certainly provided the kick we needed.
The second coffee place for the day was Blue Bottle coffee. We lined up with the office workers, ordered a cappuccino. Great tasting coffee…. Certainly enjoyed the flavour.
It is interesting, that all of the coffee places we have visited they only have stand-up bars, unless you like take-away. While we are trying to keep awake, standing up is a good thing, but it is a challenge when all you really feel like doing is collapsing into a seat, relaxing and soaking up the atmosphere. Here is where I miss home.
Stumptown
Blue Bottle Coffee
Finding good coffee is important on holiday – especially in America.
When we were here last (2004), the coffee was mainly filtered, and rather unpleasant. However we are pleased to report after hunting, and recommendations from coffee experts we tracked down a couple yesterday.
On both occasions we ordered cappuccino’s, and they tasted remarkably like magic’s we have at one of our local haunts (thank-you Bar 9!). Which for the non-Adelaide coffee drinkers is two coffee shots and a small quantity of milk. We did enjoy both coffees…. and they certainly managed to keep us awake.
Joe’s coffee at Grand Central
Ninth Street Espresso @ Chelsea Market
