Yanaka Coffee Shibadaimon — Restaurant in Tokyo

This is my favourite local coffee shop. Not only can you enjoy a lovely cup of coffee in the café, but you can also buy coffee beans from around the world.

You can order beans by the 100-gram unit, and they roast them fresh on the spot after you place your order. You can take the beans home as they are or have them ground for you.

It’s a small, cosy shop, but it’s got a really comfortable vibe.

You can place your coffee order directly with the staff. For payment, you can use cash, credit cards, and a variety of other options.

After finishing your drink, you’re expected to return your dishes to the designated return...

The shop is charming, staff are friendly, and their pick your bean to have it roasted model is interesting.

Specialty coffee and light roast enjoyed beware. Their default is a very very dark roast. Even as a milk based drink I could not stomach it. They roast even darker than a Pete's Coffee as a frame of reference for American folks. Because of the roast level I cannot judge the quality of their...

Really like the idea that you can choose a type of bean, and roast right away in 10 minute, but the owner has roasted it way too much almost up to the super dark, bitter and oily state. I actually forgot to tell him the roasting level, but it's so much more for a specialty Ethiopian coffee. You don't wanna burn your good quality...