Cafe Paulista — Restaurant in Tokyo

• BackGround

I always wanted to visit this Cafe for a long time due to the history and legacy.

Cafe Paulista open since the year 1911 is the oldest Coffee Cafe in Tokyo . This Cafe is on the Ground and 1st floor on the main street of Ginza, a few steps away from Mont Blanc and Shiseido Ginza building. Ginza is the most famous and most prestigious district in Tokyo and the world.

They are partly responsible for the Japanese coffee that we know of today. Try to order their Japanese black coffee if you should visit the Cafe. Prices is affordable at 850 yen for a cup of coffee.

• What I Ordered (picture attached)

I ordered the Florestal black coffee. Its light, fragrant, smooth, with a tiny hint of floral acidity. The best Japanese coffee I have ever tried.

Food choices includes breakfast set, light food, sandwiches, deserts and salads. See picture of their daily selection of cakes and deserts

• Good Desert is really good Coffee is smooth and good Staff is very attentive, and super quick. I understand some customers may be overwhelmed by the "speed" of the staff, and some reviewers complain they give the impression of "trying to force you to order". I believe they are just good at doing their job.

• Bad A lot of bad tourist. The cafe need to put a big warning sign that says "you need to order something". This is understandable as this is a cafe not a tourist place where you visit, take picture, then leave. A lot of bad tourist. The said tourist will take picture of other people in Cafe, and causing a lot of disturbance A lot of bad tourist. Some tourist will order 1 cup of coffee, for like 10 people. Ya the cafe did put up a sign on this as well.

• Conclusion This is an example of "bad tourist" plaguing Japan. I respect and admire the Cafe staff to cope with this. By the way I did ask permission prior to taking picture, and please do that. This is really a nice place. I will definitely...

I pinned this cafe on my list as it’s one of the oldest cafe in Tokyo history. The cafe decor and service was upper class but the price was quite reasonable. There were two single origin specialties coffee choices Brazil and Costa Rica. Brazil was made with “direct” pouring and Costa Rica was brewed using french press. The fun part is they’ll bring a 3-mins mini hour glass along the french press to tell you when it’s time to end the steeping and pour. The Costa Rica coffee tasted medium roast which maintained a high level of acidity and fruity flavour. The cappuccino was made in traditional Italian way where the milk foam was spooned on top of the coffee (not to be confused with latte art). The cappuccino was using their Mild Blend of means from Ethiopia and Guatamala (perhaps Brazil too?) with dark chocolate flavours. The Costa Rica coffee was also offered in a set with a chiffon cake slice which had raisins and hints of rum. There were plenty of seats on the 1/F and seemed all non smoking (weekdays). It isn’t positioning itself as a coffee shop dedicated to specialty coffee as the choice of coffee beans were limited. Recommended as a cozy place with pretty good coffee and cakes on one of the most busiest streets of Ginza.

Free wifi and speed was above average, 80Mps download and 90Mbps upload.

I found an intro of the cafe...

築地にて、遅めの、母娘ランチの後。

新橋まで歩いていく間に、 ー煮付けの魚のタレが濃厚で甘かったので、苦めのコーヒー、飲みたいねぇ♪

と、娘と、意見が一致。

その場で、検索し、すぐ出てきたのが、 カフェパウリスタさん。

全然、お名前も存じあげず、 田舎者の母娘ですが。 たまたま、帰り道にある、 この著名カフェ（後で知りました！）に、ふらり入店。

昭和の良き銀座〜😚 の面影を、 今に残す1階の店内。

コレもあとで知ったんですが、 昭和どころか大正の創業⁠\⁠0⁠/⁠

なんと、大隈重信の援助を受けて、 開店したお店なのだとか。

芥川龍之介、村岡花子など、そうそうたる文人たちが、出入り。 あのジョンレノン夫妻も、 例のごとく、訪れていたお店で。

ーどうでもいいけど、ジョンレノンって、 かなりの場所に、足跡ある(⁠^⁠^⁠)

それはともかく、 それだけの、有名人文化人に、 昔から愛されてきた、 銀座の名カフェだったのですネ。

検索しての写真を見る限り、 やや照明暗め、昭和風な1階とは違い、 2階内装は、もっと現代的、 明るいようです。

2階もあるとは知らず、今回は、 1階の空いているテーブルに着席。

平日の夕方5時でしたが、 お買い物、仕事帰りの方や、 待ち合わせで、賑わっています。 年齢層は、高め。 中年より上の方、が多いという印象。

壁の、コーヒー園での収穫を描いた、 木彫りの作品が、 良い味を醸しだしています。

ウエイトレスさんが来て、 私はパプアニューギニアのホットコーヒー、 娘は森のコーヒーゼリーとアイスクリームのセットを、オーダー。

この、コーヒーゼリーがとても美味しい♡⁠(⁠⁠ ⁠ਊ⁠ ⁠