Make no mistake: A Kyoto cold-brew maker remains the ultimate thrill ride of the coffee-maker world, with its open-air drops and corkscrew turns. But it's a slow-going process that obeys the rules of ...

Nostalgia features strongly in the DNA of kissatens, most of which feature retro designs For centuries Kyoto has been a tea town, its dominance reaching an apex in the austere and highly ritualized ...

Kyoto, Japan, a cup at a time (and it’s not green tea) In his Otafuku Cafe in Kyoto, Noda-san makes pour-over coffee into a one-cup pot. Coffee came to Japan with European traders in the 16th and 17th ...

For centuries Kyoto has been a tea town, its dominance reaching an apex in the austere and highly ritualized tea ceremony. But, for the past century at least, Kyoto has also been a coffee town.