Boutique Coffee Culture Coffee and Japanese Cultural Story

Coffee was brought to Asia by the Dutch at the end of the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century, and coffee was soon introduced to Japan. Around the Meiji Restoration, Japan advocated total Westernization, and the coffee culture with Dutch flavor had taken root in Japan. During the Taisho period (1879 - 1926), coffee houses flourished because of the liberal democratic atmosphere and the fresh and flourishing culture.

However, with the rise of Japanese militarism, it began to fight against foreign countries, and because of World War II, Japan once banned the import of coffee, which was not banned until 1950, and coffee culture was revived again. Japan is now the third largest coffee consumer in the world, after the United States and Germany. Japan is followed by France, Italy and other European countries, so Japan is the most prosperous place for Asian coffee culture. In the Asia-Pacific region, coffee consumption accounts for only 10% of the global total, but 60% of it is consumed by Japanese.

Japanese coffee culture has an outstanding contribution to the whole, instant coffee and coffee cans are invented by the Japanese. As early as 1899, Japanese scientist Dr. Kato invented instant coffee in the United States. He made instant coffee by vacuum drying. Unfortunately, Dr. Kato forgot to patent his experiment, and someone else got there first. Later, in 1969, the founder of Ueshima Coffee, Mr. Tadao Ueshima, accidentally invented coffee in cans while catching a train.

Thanks to continuous improvement and innovation, coffee has become a convenient and popular beverage, which is largely due to the Japanese.