I love coffee and love specialty coffee. This is a trimmed-down collection of some of my favorite coffee shops I frequented while staying in Tokyo for a couple months last fall.
Also, apologies for the description formatting – Reddit doesn’t allow paragraphs in tables.
Note for Casual Coffee Drinkers
I write this mostly for people who love coffee and want to explore some of the specialty coffee scene in Tokyo.
Some of these places are out of the way and/or quite expensive. If you have no interest or only a passing interest in coffee, I’d say most of the things on this list aren’t really places to drop into.
But coffee I would recommend for the casual drinkers out there – either from this list or just other stuff I’ve had:
Cafe Reissue – very fun
Higuma Coffee and Doughnuts – good doughnuts and a good location
Fuglen – two good locations, good vibes
Sarutahiko – generally okay, decent chain that you’ll find all throughout Tokyo
Streamer Coffee Company – they have multiple locations around the Shibuya/Harajuku area. Not exactly my preferred style, but they have great latte art and are very Starbucks-y