An inventory of several classic coffee shops in Tokyo have their own characteristics.

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The 2015 World siphon barista Competition was held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Tokyo on October 2. Siphon coffee champions from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore gathered in Japan to compete for the world championship. In the past two years, when I went abroad to judge the World Championships, I must take the opportunity to find local coffee people to introduce some classic coffee shops and make a pilgrimage.

Speaking of siphon coffee, we have to make a pilgrimage to UCC Island. The UCC brand has a history of more than 80 years. Its baristas have won the four-year World siphon barista Competition, the two-year Japanese hand Coffee Competition and the one-year Japanese Barista Champion. UCC is headquartered in Kobe City. UCC Coffee Academy in Tokyo is a coffee shop, a showroom and a teaching center. The door is lined with photos of previous champions like an exhibition hall. There are champions stationed in the field to make coffee, as well as all kinds of newly developed machines.

Shangshima Jia

UCC Coffee

Academy Tokyo

Address: 6-1-11 Shimbashi, Minatoku, Tokyo 105-8577

Web site: www.ucc.co.jp

The town store treasure of UCC Coffee Academy is this hands-on coffee maker invented and successfully patented by Mr. Michihiro BaBa, the pioneer of Japanese boutique coffee.

With any luck, you might be able to drink the coffee that Miss Hinako Kitsugi, the champion of the 2011 World siphon barista Competition, made for you.

You can have world-class coffee.

The barista owned by Maruyama Coffee Maruyama has won the Japanese Barista championship and the 2014 World Barista Competition (WBC) for five consecutive years, and the second place in this year's world siphon competition was won by Yoshihiro Nakayama, who won the Japanese championship twice in three years. Maruyama small store is located in Nagano, Tokyo's West Mabu District has a branch, famous specializing in the purchase of high-quality boutique coffee beans.

Enter the west linen shop, there is a row of trial tables, award-winning C.O.E. Coffee is free for you. Coffee is mainly brewed in a French kettle, which the barista said can best show the natural flavor of beans. I ordered a cup of 800 yen (about 52 Hong Kong dollars) regular coffee, talked to the barista, and got two free cups of award-winning manor coffee.

Maruyama Jiaomi MARUYAMA COFFEE (West Hemp Shop)

Address: Shimabu 3-13-3, Tokyo Port area, 0031.

Business hours: 8, 00, 00, 21, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 200, 100, 200, 100, 200, 100, 000

Web site: www.maruyamacoffee.com

There are several dreamy steam Steampunk coffee machines in the store, which are quite different from the taste of the French press. I prefer the taste of French pressure to the two.

A time-honored brand for more than 40 years

If you have read the Coffee Collection, you must know Taguchi. Cafe Bach is the shop owned by the author Grandpa Taguchi. This 40-year-old Japanese coffee shop is located in a civilian residential area. The entrance is simple and friendly to the people, and it is surrounded by low old houses. It still retains its former decor and coffee flavor, and plays Bach's classical music. There are as many as 30 choices of coffee beans on the menu, all of which are home-baked coffee beans at a low price. Although they are deep-baked, they are still smooth and balanced. The waiter is very polite. The barista is very careful in every step of brewing, such as hot water cup, cleaning, grinding, filter paper, circle brewing, reheating and so on. 600 yen (about 38 Hong Kong dollars) a cup of instant grinder to make Kenyan AA coffee, the cup is still hot, its stability really impressed me.

Baja Cafe (Cafe Bach)

Address: Japan Embankment 1-23-9, Taitung District, Tokyo

Business hours: 8:30-20:00 (closed on Friday)

Web site: www.bach-kaffee.co.jp

Homemade thick toast can be served with butter or strawberry jam. The Japanese like to spread butter, sprinkle with a little pepper and salt.

Writing, photography: talk about Virginia Tam (founder of Vigi Coffee, approved trainer of American Fine Coffee Association, recognized instructor of Diploma in Coffee Studies of European boutique Coffee Association, Japanese final judge of 2014-2016 World siphon barista Competition, workshop instructor of Hong Kong siphon barista contest, president of Hong Kong Coffee Culture Promotion Association, organizer of 2011 Food Expo Coffee Street. Www.facebook.com/vigicoffee)