Hario, the king of glass, runs a physical store, and there is nothing more ceremonial than making coffee by hand.

On March 20 this year, Japanese glass king "HARIO" announced the opening of its direct store "HARIO Cafe & Lampwork Factory" in Nippon Bridge, which attracted the attention of many HARIO enthusiasts and attracted many people to visit their homes every day, becoming a new pilgrimage landmark for many coffee fans.

Hario chose to open a brick-and-mortar store around the Japanese bridge, which is full of traditional Japanese flavor, to integrate old and new concepts, let people know the brand HARIO again, and will write a special chapter for their own historical story.

Combining the "HARIO CAFE" and "HARIO Lampwork Factory" of coffee and selling shops, the first floor is a handmade jewelry store, the second floor is a coffee shop, and the third floor is a HARIO merchandise selling area.

You can also spend your leisure time with hand-made desserts, such as baked doughnuts and caramel fig cakes.

After checkout, you can also pay attention to the twisted eggs at the counter and make the classic products of HARIO into small models, which makes people call it so cute! (random egg twist, 400 yen)

Apart from coffee beans, the most important way to make a cup of fine coffee is to extract it by hand, without adding anything else, but only by hot water to extract the beautiful substances from coffee beans. This simple and direct way can not only perfectly retain the aroma of coffee, but also the ceremonial brewing process is even more fascinating.

It's me! Make coffee by hand!

Since the 1950s, Japanese opponents have almost been infatuated with coffee, all kinds of coffee utensils have emerged one after another, and a complete theory and operation technology of hand-brewed coffee has been established.

In this wave, a coffee utensils brand named "Hario" began to sprout and quickly became a leading brand in the industry. The simple style of "Hario" and the individual brewing method which aims to reflect the original quality of coffee is also considered to be a perfect interpretation of the concept of rival coffee.

In 1921, Sukuda-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan, a small workshop called Shibata Hiroshi Manufacturing Institute, which mainly produces physical and chemical glassware, was established, which was the predecessor of Hario Co., Ltd. Since the establishment of the brand, Hario has devoted itself to the technical research and manufacture of heat-resistant glass equipment, and then put it into the field of consumer glass after active use, producing the first popular coffee utensils-siphon coffee pot.

In the middle of the last century, the method of using the drip filtration equipment of the Dutch velvet filter to make coffee is more common, but the process is tedious and the brewing time is very long, so there is an urgent need for a coffee utensil with simple operation and fast brewing in the market. Hario, who has many years of experience in heat-resistant glass research, keenly captured the business opportunity. After precise calculation, design and development, the prototype of Hario V60 drip filter coffee cup, a flag product in history, was born.

As soon as the Hario V60 was launched, its significant advantages over similar products quickly attracted the attention of coffee lovers, and the first products were quickly sold out. In order to meet the diversified needs of the market, V60 began to derive a number of categories-pure glass and painted ceramics, minimalist style and modernism. The ever-changing Hario V60 quickly became the darling of the handmade coffee market, making the name Hario known all over the world.

Today, Hario's product range covers tea sets, kitchen utensils, automotive lighting, laboratory utensils, spare parts and many other areas, but more than half of the company's revenue still comes from overseas sales of coffee utensils such as Hario V60. For Hario, the important thing is no longer the production and sales of coffee utensils, but how to lead the world hand coffee culture.

Soul apparatus

Just for a good cup of coffee.

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All Hario products are selected on the premise of being harmless to the human body and the environment-not using any heavy metal materials, 100% natural mineral crystals, odorless filter paper, lead-free ink, and even lead-free ink for printing on glass. And in order to achieve the best performance, we also use glass, resin, ceramics, metal and other materials to make parts.

▲ Glass, Ceramic, Metal, Resin V60

The raw material of heat-resistant glass needs ultra-high temperature to melt. Hario's original electric melting technology can maintain a smoke-free environment while the central temperature of the furnace is as high as 1600 degrees Celsius, thus avoiding impurity adhesion and ensuring the perfect purity of the material; after the glass is melted evenly, use a 16-head automatic forming machine to press the glass ball close to 1300 degrees Celsius to flat.

Then use air pressure and centrifugal force to make it gradually take shape; finally, after cooling, processing, printing, burning, assembly and many other links, an intact glass product can be made. In the highly automated and mechanized use, Hario still retains the tradition of hand-making, and the key parts such as glass handle and siphon dropper are made by hand, thus creating the most mature and high-quality coffee utensils.

Throughout the history of the development of Hario, every leap is inseparable from the attempt of bold innovation.

From professional experimental equipment to the field of consumer glass, from siphon coffee pots to V60 series and BUONO hand pots, Hario has come to this day step by step with its outstanding creativity.

Handmade glass ornaments made by Japanese staff, this is a new glass product started by Hario in 2014. Such as earrings, jewelry, necklaces and so on.

"it turns out that glass can be so fine! "the professional glass-making skills of the staff are displayed in these ornaments such as works of art.

Classic hario V60

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Most hand-brewed coffee pots on the market have linear ridges on the inner wall, and the filter paper can easily stick to the filter bowl to block the flow of water, a problem that once bothered coffee lovers. Hario adds a spiral crest to the inner wall of the filter bowl to ensure a smooth flow of water while allowing air to escape upward from all sides, maximizing the expansion of coffee powder, thus solving this problem perfectly.

In order to make the taste fuller, steaming must be done before using the HARIO V60 filter cup, which refers to soaking the coffee powder layer evenly with a small amount of hot water before the coffee is extracted.

Let the hot water seep into the hard fiber cell wall of the coffee, and let the gas out of the cell wall through the physical principle of hot expansion and cold contraction, so that the water-soluble aromatic substances can be extracted more easily by hot water, which is a preparation in advance for the next coffee extraction.

The pore diameter of V60 is large, and if it is necessary to improve the extraction rate, it can be achieved by changing water injection without changing the degree of grinding and water temperature.

For example: thin water injection, do not inject water at the edge of the filter cup, or use segmented water injection. If you are a novice and can not control the flow of water, if you want to improve the extraction rate, you can adjust the grinding degree a little bit, because of the large pore diameter of V60, you do not have to worry too much about the problem that the water will not flow down.

Light roasted coffee is ground in medium fineness, that is, between 3.5 and 4 scales (Little Fuji Ghost teeth), it is mainly aimed at sour coffee, such as Yega Sheffield, Tanzania, Guatemala, etc.

Moderately roasted coffee is moderately ground, that is, between 4 degrees (small Fuji ghost teeth), it is mainly aimed at balanced flavor, such as Panama, Costa Rica, Sidamo, etc.

Medium-to-deep roasting adjustment in rough grinding, that is, between 4.5 degrees (small Fuji ghost teeth), mainly for ascetic coffee, such as: Manning, Colombia, Honduras, etc.

Hand-made coffee

The sense of ritual that is indispensable to life

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Hario is not just doing coffee equipment, but also talking about how to build a perfect life through coffee. It is rare that the pace of life is too fast to breathe today, hand coffee can bring people focus and stillness.

Select coffee beans, grind them into powder, gently wet the filter paper during the lingering aroma, slowly pour in coffee powder, gently flatten it, slowly inject hot water, patiently wait for the cup to be filtered out, smell the faint aroma of coffee, and the tired mind is miraculously healed. This is probably the charm of hand-made coffee.

The sense of ritual that is indispensable to life

It's me! Make coffee by hand!

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