japan :: tokyo :: general

[djrajio]

Don't drink coffee concept.

[DaBestSpoona]

to be fair I havent been to bear pond in 2 years. I tried two of their single origins, I found it to be super watery, underextracted, like the 100yen coffee you get from mcdonalds but less bitter and less burnt tasting.

Saturdays serves La Colombe in Tokyo? The owner of La Colombe has a show on Travel Channel where he sneaks around drug lords and guerrillas to find rare heirloom coffees, pays the farmer in cash, and writes out a contract on napkins.

[herpsky]

to be fair I havent been to bear pond in 2 years. I tried two of their single origins, I found it to be super watery, underextracted, like the 100yen coffee you get from mcdonalds but less bitter and less burnt tasting.

Saturdays serves La Colombe in Tokyo? The owner of La Colombe has a show on Travel Channel where he sneaks around drug lords and guerrillas to find rare heirloom coffees, pays the farmer in cash, and writes out a contract on napkins.

 

Saturdays serves their original blend? I don't think it's La Colombe. La Colombe's espresso machine in the SOHO location looks pretty sick. I don't know much about the coffee scene in NYC but I really liked Abraçao in East Village.

 

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Edited May 24, 2013 by herpsky

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

coming to Tokyo from Portland has been kind weird, coffee-wise.  Obviously the general level of quality is drastically lower, but the little "3rd wave" (if you can really call them that) shops that i've been to have generally been good.

 

Bear Pond was satisfying, but definitely not some revelatory experience.  The macchiato I had at On The Corner was possibly better than the Dirty I felt compelled to get at the shimokita location.

 

It's been getting hot so my perception may be skewed since i've been drinking iced things more than normal.  I had an iced americano from Omotesando that was excellent, and a mediocre one from Streamer. 

 

Idunno, it definitely makes me appreciate Stumptown but even more so: the hundreds of much smaller roasters in pdx.

 

Oh, the espresso I had at the monocle cafe was legit.

[raddy]

Not a huge fan of bear pond; they served me espresso in a paper cup the first time.

 

Streamers in Hara also does the espresso in paper cup thing...are you fucking kidding me? Also served way too hot, charred flavor etc etc

 

Never had spro at OK, those baked custard things are awesome though. 

 

Have yet to have 'enjoyable' spro in TKO. That said, some of the other shit I've had at Streamers is quite good, even if the coffee quality is mediocre. It really doesn't matter much in lattexwtf drinks.

 

It's not like my expectations are CRAZY high, it's just kind of sad that basically every coffee chain in Korea serves stuff that demolishes the 'best' stuff in japland.

 

Lots of places have really awesome cold drip madness, sadly, that's not my jam.

[herpsky]

iced coffee / cold drip in jland is great. even chain joints like ueshima coffee serves sick iced coffee.

[1M]

 

 

It's not like my expectations are CRAZY high, it's just kind of sad that basically every coffee chain in Korea serves stuff that demolishes the 'best' stuff in japland.

 

 

 

dunno about all that

[mrip]

where can i drink this

[DaBestSpoona]

It's not like my expectations are CRAZY high, it's just kind of sad that basically every coffee chain in Korea serves stuff that demolishes the 'best' stuff in japland.

How is Think over in Korea? It seems popular with koreans in NYC, but its prob the worst coffee here.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

NB: I'm sitting at Paddlers right now and it's head and shoulders above any other coffee I've had in Tokyo thus far.

[kiya]

I think i've been to every 3rd wave cafe in Tokyo over the past year or two and i find that there's a big emphasis on experience and feel and less on the actual product.  Omotesando Koffee is a good example of that.  The only time i've had an espresso in Japan where i thought "ok, this is on par with the best in Portland/SF" is at Be A Good Neighbor, they're doing it right.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

I need to check out Be A Good Neighbor - it's on my list but I never find the time.  I'm only here for 4 months, which should be a lot of time except I've got school, etc and it's flying by.  Definitely agree on the experience and feel > product.

 

Have you been to Paddlers Kiya? I'd be interested to hear what you think.

[kiya]

I have yet to try Paddler's.

[herpsky]

One of the tightest mixtape from J-Land to come out in a long time

 

https://soundcloud.com/kudokunn/smallwaves

[boomtime8]

Nice find Herpsky

[pooMonger]

very dope indeed, mr. herps. I recently got a link to sex yamaguchi's car mix. you want it?

[herpsky]

please send it to me <3

 

sex yamaguchi just released a new mixtape.  it's pretty mellow and a little different from his usual jpop / hiphop mixture style. 

[mrip]

still mad you flaked on us going to that sex yamaguchi show

[pooMonger]

the fuck? why would you do such a thing mr. herps?

that madness is warranted.

[Warakia]

please send it to me <3

 

sex yamaguchi just released a new mixtape.  it's pretty mellow and a little different from his usual jpop / hiphop mixture style. 

Is it me or are the links not working? Think they've all been taken offline again. 

[herpsky]

the links might be dead. 

 

it came out a couple of weeks ago?

[herpsky]

the fuck? why would you do such a thing mr. herps?

that madness is warranted.

i had like walking pneumonia

or my syphilis was acting up

Edited May 30, 2013 by herpsky

[djrajio]

i had like walking pneumonia

or my syphilis was acting up

 

And you are doutei.

[herpsky]

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Edited May 31, 2013 by herpsky

[djrajio]

Oh right. They didn't let you in because you are unemployed.

 

That sucks man.

 

BTW, I met a friend of mine that lives in Austin TX.

 

He might be able to help you secure jobs in the area.

 

Are you living there now?

[mrip]

where can i drink this

this is the dude that makes that crazy latte art

 

http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2013/05/30/kazuki-yamamoto-3d-latte-art/

Edited May 31, 2013 by mrip

[herpsky]

Oh right. They didn't let you in because you are unemployed.

 

That sucks man.

 

BTW, I met a friend of mine that lives in Austin TX.

 

He might be able to help you secure jobs in the area.

 

Are you living there now?

I'm in Houston but I'll move anywhere.

[eloq]

Who's in shibuya? I'm here for work and super bored now. Pm if your free to grab a drink or 2

[SSchadenfreude]

^ are u a girl?  if so post pics 1st.

[millz]

edit: found one

Edited June 2, 2013 by millz93