Tokyo’s espresso scene is the stuff of legend, to not point out dozens of Sprudge options throughout the final 15 years and counting. At this time we’re checking a brand new espresso bar within the coronary heart of Tokyo, delivering eye-catching design and severe espresso chops. That is PostCoffee in Shimokitazawa.
The 2024 Construct-Outs of Espresso is offered by Ceado and Dona. The 2024 Construct-outs of Espresso is sponsored by Pacific Barista Collection, La Marzocco, and Ghirardelli.
As advised to Sprudge by Pauline Daïd-Poisot.
For individuals who aren’t acquainted, will you inform us about your organization?
We’re an enormous specialty espresso start-up in Japan, providing a subscription-based nationwide service, with additionally an internet platform to purchase authentic merchandise, our personal roasted espresso beans, and of a collection of over 31 companions (25 roaster companions from Japan and about six worldwide associate roasters).
Are you able to inform us a bit concerning the new house?
We’ve determined to divide our HQ workplace in half and open an idea retailer/cafe within the eclectic and enjoyable district of Tokyo known as Shimokitazawa. This can be a place of tradition the place younger folks love to satisfy (lot of conventional coffeehouses, thrifts retailers, day market, and music occasions). The imaginative and prescient for our cafe/concept-store is reflecting the imaginative and prescient of the corporate; a spot to relax and expertise all kinds of coffees, regardless the place you’re at present at in your espresso journey. We provide solely specialty grade espresso and decaf. Employees speaks each Japanese and English. Since that is a part of our workplace, you possibly can spot uncommon issues comparable to our CEO’s pull-up bar on the ceiling (comes early for iced espresso and train), gear that appealed to employees (Weber grinder, Kees van der Westen Speedster espresso machine, Supreme Moccamaster, our authentic neon dripper V60SP….). We opened formally on the Worldwide Espresso Day on October 1st, 2023 however had a renewal in March, so we now have outdoors bench, desk, enormous sticker on window, and new merch. It’s an area the place you possibly can come freely to talk espresso with employees, odor some to take a look at, work utilizing our wifi ,or simply take a latte to-go in the midst of your buying day.
What’s your strategy to espresso?
We provide our in-house roasted coffees with Loring; since we’re additionally a subscription service, we make certain our lineup covers from mild~medium~darkish roasts, in addition to have seasonal blends, specialty decaf, and number of processes. We additionally show the coffees we purchase from our 25 Japanese associate roasters. Since we’re eager on maintaining it scrumptious and adapt to native expectations, all coffees displayed had been roasted not less than lower than three weeks in the past. We would like folks with a newbie stage in specialty espresso simply as professionals to search out one thing enjoyable for them to check out/odor/focus on about when getting into our offline retailer.
Any machines, coffees, particular gear lined up?
Sure! The one I like probably the most personally could be our neon dripper V60SP, an unique PostCoffee (made by Hario Japan), in seven colours. Employees use the colour they like greatest on the day relying on their temper. For espresso, we have now the Speedster; for the background story, our CEO (Ryo Shimomura) beforehand purchased and imported it for his own residence use earlier than realizing it was uncommon in Japan and lots of espresso folks requested him to see it, so he opened his first cafe after which later based the start-up “PostCoffee”. We nonetheless use it to at the present time, particularly for iced americanos fairly standard in Asia. For scales, we have now Hario and Acaia. For grinders, we have now a Weber, Mahlkönig… We have now additionally AeroPress in fact, a Supreme Moccamaster we use extra for workers. We’re espresso geeks, so at any time when we discover one thing engaging we get it.
How is your mission contemplating sustainability?
We have now at coronary heart on engaged on this level and we began doing direct commerce from final 12 months with El Salvador. We’re working with Royal Espresso on a direct commerce mission in Ethiopia. We additionally work with companions who’ve at coronary heart to work on sustainability. For our in-house roasted espresso, we roast every day and ship immediately, to ensure to haven’t any loss and never over roast.
What’s your hopeful goal opening date/month?
We simply opened again in March 2024 🙂
Are you working with craftspeople, architects, and/or creatives that you simply’d like to say?
Our CEO and his brother who’s COO additionally of the corporate from a really artistic background and did research in design. They’re extraordinarily motivated and artistic folks, in order that they construct all the pieces from scratch and crafted each factor they probably may (our sales space final 12 months at SCAJ, our benches and tables on the cafe, the window stickers and menu cart and so forth…).
Thanks!
Cheers!
The 2024 Construct-Outs of Espresso is offered by Ceado and Dona. The 2024 Construct-outs of Espresso is sponsored by Pacific Barista Collection, La Marzocco, and Ghirardelli.
