CHAMI - Specialty Coffee Roaster - Nara, JAPAN — Restaurant in Nara

Coffee lover's, this is for you. From walking into the store with a beautiful exprsso coffee machine at the front counter and in the back of the store is a roasting machine. Clean white edging with amazing looking pasteries on display. Japanes people make you welcome when you walk into any store and this is no different. But watching the barrister with such passion for making the perfect coffee, I knew this was going to be a different experience. When the coffee was placed in front of me with the coffee art being a love heart. But when that beautiful silky texture of the milk and crema touched my lips it took me to a different place. Being a coffee snob from Australia, it was the best coffee I have had in Japan so far. In winter at least a tip would be to take your jackets off downstairs if your having in because the heating is on overdrive....

To me this place is a bit of a wasted potential. They make very decent coffee (ordered oat milk flat white), but serving it in a disposable plastic/paper cup also when dining in, just ruins the experience and the taste itself. Ordering was a bit messy, the staff asking customers to use some website in Japanese - it was a bit tricky, because you can't seem to be even able to pay with Google Pay (or maybe that's just my foreign card causing issues...). At the end the staff helped me, and they were even nice enough to do some customizations of our coffee. They have very beautiful deserts - they must be delicious but we haven't tried any. Also one thing that ruined the atmosphere for us was the super cold air-conditioning. Another thing I'd suggest, which many good specialty coffee places already implement - is being able to pour a...

A stunning, contemporary cafe set just off streets leading from Nara Station. I visited around 10am.

I had a charming interaction with the staff & purchased a 200g bag of the ‘afternoon blend’ as all purchases come with a choice drink - I ordered ‘Today’s Drip’ & was tempted by the ‘Le flan’ pastry

The ‘le flan’ was delicious (5 stars) and if not for the line of people waiting, I would’ve purchased another.

The coffee was well balanced; not particularly exciting but there was no bitterness. Though as I approached the end of the cup, savouring one final sip……I was greeted by a mouthful of coarse ground coffee. A pleasant coffee ruined by pretty inexcusable means. Had I not been walking to catch a train I would’ve turned around and asked for my money back…over ¥2,000 spent and what may have been a 5 star...