Coffee map of Japan recommended to women by Chez, author of Coffee Kansai

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A man with a damp smell doesn't seem to be able to rub off the smell of Wen Qing in a cafe, but Chez Kuo, who grew up looking at daily chores and remembering a coffee-scented background, actually exchanged his love for Japan and his familiarity with coffee into part of work and travel when he grew up.

Chez's Google Map is marked with a map full of coffee. Whenever I find a store, I can't wait to experience and record it. I can't wait to use the mental strength and delicacy of collecting fetish. it's really cool to go and tick on the list. After the publication of the selection of Coffee in Tokyo in 2016, Coffee Kansai was published in just half a year. With the strength and drive of visiting more than 200 cafes a year, he selected special cafes in East and West Japan. These two books can be said to be the most popular style coffee shop guides in Tokyo and Kansai.

Now "this woman" specially invites Chez to go to the "other shelter" in Taipei, drinking coffee while tasting the style cafes and stories he recommends to women.

[Kansai]

Kyoto Lanshan |% ARABICA Kyoto Arashiyama

Chez describes it as a Kyoto version of "Blue Bottle" with a clean style. % ARABICA, located next to the Lanshan Moon Bridge, enjoys a beautiful view of Guichuan. Chez suggested that if you visit Kyoto, put Lanshan at the first stop of the itinerary and go out at 8 o'clock in the morning, when the store is the least visited and the best time to take pictures. Behind the bar is Guichuan, order a cup of take-out coffee and sit quietly next to Guichuan to start a beautiful day for the trip. The pull flower in the store is a sign, Chez suggested, "when you go, you can order a latte. The first pull flower photo is very beautiful. Although I drink black coffee, I will drink a flower latte when I go there."

Kyoto | WIFE&HUSBAND

It is a shop owned by a young couple, located near the Yachuan River, a small shop with old things to build a warm atmosphere, less than 10 locations in the store, attracting many foreigners to visit. You can also borrow small tables and chairs, bring coffee and desserts nearby, and have a picnic by the riverside. It can be said that it is the unique coffee scenery and luxury of Kyoto.

Osaka | BIOTOP CORNER STAND

Is a compound shop, combined with clothing, maintenance, home decoration and catering, the coffee shop on the first floor can take a look at the leisurely atmosphere of the street through outdoor windowsill seats, while drinking coffee and planting a lot of green. drinking coffee has both outdoor sunshine and indoor green, full of natural comfort.

Osaka | pure tea American (Showa flavor)

When you come to Kansai, you must experience the old-fashioned Showa Cafe, which is especially suitable for people who love nostalgia and the daily atmosphere of the old school. But Chez also warns that smoking is allowed in old-fashioned cafes and is not recommended for women who are afraid of the smell of smoke.

American is directly opposite Yilan Ramen. There is always a long line of tourists outside Yilan Gate. The opposite American looks like a small number of people, but in fact, it is the old shop that locals know to visit. When he made an appointment with his friend in Osaka one day, he knew that his friend's father would take him to the store since he was a child. The coffee here is a simple choice of black coffee, coffee with milk or iced coffee. Chez suggests that when you go to Akira's coffee shop, be sure to order muffins. Their muffins are very delicious.

Osaka | Marufujia Store (Showa flavor)

Our shop is located in Osaka, is a very famous 80-year-old shop, can be said to be the representative of Osaka coffee. The brown ceramic tiles and ancient copper window grilles on the outer walls are the classic memories of the people. The low sofa cafe, old furniture and warm yellow lights in the store are like getting on a time machine and entering the Showa era. The coffee in the shop is mainly deep-roasted, with a heavy charcoal taste, which is very suitable for ordering cakes or famous hot waffles in the store to ease the taste of re-roasted coffee and experience the classic taste of Osaka coffee.

Kyoto | eat tea jadeite (Showa flavor)

It has been a year since I started my business in 1951. The outer wall of a white building with a sense of history is decorated with retro blue and red stripes. There are a lot of wooden furniture and velvet sofas in the store, and the room is full of dim yellow and brown colors. As soon as the morning time comes, old customers come to the store one after another to order a cup of coffee and read the newspaper while smoking. This is the taste of the old Showa store and the familiar daily rhythm. It is also the place where the old shop slows down and feels at ease.

[Tokyo]

Qingcheng Baihe | Blue Bottle Coffee

When it comes to Tokyo coffee, the shop that girls must go to must be Blue Bottle. They make a beautiful plan for the new coffee. The white building, a large number of transparent lighting and clean industrial style, coupled with the famous blue bottle Logo, release the freshness. Chez recommends that girls always like to drink coffee with milk, and their coffee with milk, such as lattes, is more suitable for girls. At the beginning, we will make a pilgrimage to our store in Qingchengbai River, but the location is also relatively remote. Recently, we recommend Blue Bottle, which is black in the middle eye, with a single-family building, which is very beautiful.

Yoyoki | FUGLEN Tokyo

FUGLEN Tokyo, located near Daiyamu Park, from Oslo, Norway, combines coffee, wine blending and retro design, drinking coffee during the day and mixing drinks at night, the atmosphere is very good. And not far from the astringent valley, attracting many female consumers to go specially. The appearance is a single-family white house, you can sit outside the store in good weather, very comfortable, the light atmosphere is very good, if you like to take pictures, this is a good-looking shop.

Middle eye black | ONIBUS COFFEE NAKAMEGURO

Chez said that the middle eye black is also a great area, every March is the best, the whole item of Heichuan is full of cherry blossoms, there are also several small cafes, take a walk for coffee, take pictures, is a great place.

ONIBUS COFFEE NAKAMEGURO, located next to Nakamohei Station, is Chez's most recommended store in Tokyo. The two-story independent wooden cabin can be drunk or taken out on the spot, plus there is a small park next to it, and you can also take pictures. It can be said to be very cozy, Chez said with a smile. The key boss is handsome and very hospitable.

Shenbaocho | GLITCH COFFEE & ROASTERS

Near Shenbao-cho, there are Ancient Bookstore Street and Sports Street, which retain a lot of traditional Japanese cultural atmosphere. GLITCH COFFEE & ROASTERS, which is chosen to open the shop, is full of youthful vitality. Chez laughs that the most important feature of this store is that the staff are very handsome. They are very famous in the coffee industry in Tokyo. The clerks are all 30-year-old men of 20Kuk, and their appearance can be said to have idol drama grades. Like when I went to the Tokyo Coffee Carnival, they stood out.

Yoyoki | haritts coffee & donuts

Haritts coffee & donuts, hidden in Yoyagi Shangyuan Lane, is a rather low-key shop that mainly sells doughnuts, but the coffee is also quite good. The boss also came to Taichung and Taipei in Taiwan to open shops. Chez pointed out that haritts's famous doughnuts are so soft that there are often girls in the queue and I am often the only boy in the queue. Japanese actress Lesser Snow often goes to buy it because her home is nearby. Chez also met her when she visited the store.

Postscript to the interview

I asked Chez what the coffee shop brought you. Chez said, "the greatest enjoyment of a coffee shop is to enjoy a cup of coffee and take a break from life, which is the most important part of drinking coffee." Forget the boredom of life for a while, just have a good drink right now. The atmosphere of the coffee shop brings a different look and feel from life, so that you can integrate into the coffee shop and get rid of the secular world.

In addition to assembling coffee maps of Kansai and Tokyo into books, Chez, who likes to go to coffee shops and chat with his boss on weekdays, certainly has a full list of hundreds of coffee shops in Taipei. He says, "if one day there is a Taipei coffee, I hope it is not just a book for Taipei people to read. I hope that the comprehensive language in the book is a book for foreigners to know Taipei coffee shops. This is my new goal."