Comments on: Tully’s Coffee- Roppongi Japan

By: david k

david k — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:42:38 +0000

Well spoken, JamesB! Glad to see you setting jamesclarke straight. Have just spent 30 minutes solid on the net trying to get to the bottom of how coffee shops in Japan brew their coffee, but nobody seems to want to get specific. Is drip filter (or syphon) the standard there, I wonder. Have just travelled in Japan for 2 weeks without seeing or hearing a single espresso machine – but, jamesclarke, that does NOT mean I didn’t have any good coffee. Try to let go of your espresso machine fetish when in a country that doesn’t seem to need them. Now I’m back in Sydney, I’m very aware that the espresso coffee I drink is essentially a milk-based drink, and after Japan I’m feeling a bit over the milk. One thing I like about J kissaten coffee is that the acid component comes to the fore, something most espresso processes suppress, here in Australia at any rate. If I ever make it all the way down to Miyazaki, I’ll look in on danna-san at Girl Talk …
PS to jamesclarke – so where are the follow-up reports on J coffee that you promised?

By: JamesB

JamesB — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:21:22 +0000

Hi James, I spent 3 years living in Japan with similar results. Couldn’t find a decent espresso anywhere. Though I’m sure it does exist in Japan as Japanese barista have figued quite highly in worl barista championships. I actually found it best to go into small coffee shops and see what was offer in those. My favourite was a small place with only 5 seats at a bar, where the owner was 70+ years old and made his coffee using a drip filter. Pouring hot water through a hand held filter. The coffee was excellent. He was also a very interesting character. He was in his past an accomplished Jazz musician, had some of his instruments in the tiny shop and he had spent time as a musician and bit part player on Akira Kurasaki films and had scrapbooks to prove it. So if your ever in Miyazaki (south east Kyushu) drop into ‘Girl Talk’. Though it sounds like you haven’t got time for this kind of search.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:11:34 +0000

Welcome to my world