Cafe Day Harmony: from a hundred-year-old Tea Tube to hand-made Coffee Kaihua Hall in Kyoto

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Kaihua Hall is a century-old shop specializing in making tea canisters, the utensils used to hold tea leaves to protect them from moisture.

I heard earlier that they opened a coffee shop in Kyoto! when everyone heard that, they all had the same surprised reaction. Coffee and tea, in my eyes, seem to be the difference between modern and traditional. Although the history of coffee is not short, it is also a modern thing that came to Japan, not as long as tea was in Japan.

Tea, in the minds of many people, will be linked to Kyoto. But every time Shami comes to Kyoto, instead of looking for matcha desserts, he comes to Kyoto to find a coffee shop. June 23 is my birthday, and every year I always find a trip to comfort myself. As it happens, this year I worked in Osaka, and then I went to Kagoshima for a few days. Finally, before my birthday, I chose to go to Kyoto and take a thorough two-day holiday. The schedule for this day depends on the weather. Unfortunately, it rained on this day, so the itinerary changed to go to Kaihua Hall for a cup of coffee first. However, unfortunately, it was a public holiday, so I came to Kaihua Hall in the morning the next day, that is, the day before I left Kansai. Of course, I won't let my birthday go away. Almost every year, I find a coffee shop to sit down. Last year, I went to Taipei and drank several coffee shops at a time.

I followed the map, walked from Wutiao super hotel, about 10 minutes, walked from Kyoto Station, it should be the same time. This position is very good, and it is convenient for me to come here and have a rest before I go back.

The cafe in Kyoto always thinks of the town family. But instead of choosing a town that seems to suit their image better, Kaihua Hall is located in a concrete building that is a bit of a fu in the 1970s. The big floor-to-ceiling window looks like a coffee shop on the streets of Europe.

The decoration in the store is very simple, and very clean, there is no extra deliberate decoration, wooden furniture, bright and calm. There are no hindering pillars in the building, but the sense of space is actually very strong. There is a row of single seats facing the street outside the bar, while the one by the window is four. When I went in, the single seat was not ready and the window seat was already taken, so I chose the four-person table opposite the cashier.

I am wearing a horizontal top and dark green shorts, and then with an oversized backpack with a mac book air in it. I feel out of place here, the guests here, always emit a little air, coincidentally wearing a light coat, the whole person is more relaxed. On the other hand, I feel a little tired after work, and this is the first time I have felt this way.

Not long after I walked in, a man came in. after he ordered, he took his laptop out to work. Fortunately, there were people who didn't belong here more than I did.

Pushing the door out from the right-hand side of the cashier is the outdoor location, and if the weather is cooler, it is also a good rest space.

A single seat opposite the bar.

Come here, of course, order a cup of coffee. Coffee cups have a lot of history, this is Asahi Shao, buy one at least 11000 yen.

The coffee here is made with Nakagawa Sakuka from Tokyo, which is a well-known hand-brewed coffee bean in Japan. Drinking hand-made coffee is very different from Italian coffee. You have to wait patiently, because each cup is made slowly by the barista. Baristas want to control the water temperature, gestures are also very important, can not be impatient. The coffee beans here are also made from hand-made coffee cans produced by Kaihua Hall, as well as kettles.

If you don't drink coffee, you can order tea. The Yulu Yanjin here is highly recommended by the shop assistant.

It's open at 10:30. I'll be there at 11:00. The clerk recommended this red bean toast. She said that red bean paste is home-made and will not be too sweet. Toast is fragrant and soft in the middle. The shop assistant knew a little English. she asked me where I came from. She was curious that a Hong Kong person knew that there were usually more Taiwanese here. She also said that there was a Taiwanese shop assistant here, a working student, but it was a pity that it was a holiday today, otherwise she could talk to me.

The tea tube is right next to the cashier, said the clerk. I can pick it up and have a look at it, feel the texture, and know what a tea tube is like. In Hong Kong, I can probably only look at it from afar, as if it is the wrong door and the feeling of great disparity in identity. It was only when I came to Japan that I felt that the high-end products were actually very close to me.

About Kaihua Hall

Kyoto Kaihua Hall, founded in the eighth year of Meiji, can be said to be the oldest handmade tea tube shop in Japan. The tea tube of Kaihua Hall is not painted on the surface, and its depth is increasingly revealed with the material's unique touch similar to silk, as well as its soft luster. Kaihua Hall used the force (tinned iron) imported from Britain, and they still adhere to more than 130 delicate steps that they must go through, all of which are made by hand, so that Kaihua Tang is still standing in this rapidly changing generation.

Address: Yoshimachi 352, Machiko Kawahara

Time: 10 / 10 / 30 / 50 / 19 / 00 (L.O.18:30)

Transportation: 10 minutes walk from JR Jingdu Station

Web page: http://www.kaikado-cafe.jp/