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Q&A How do you understand

the relationship between
the city and coffee?
I believe coffee house is one
of necessary place in any city. Not just because it offers
tasty food and beverage, but the pleasure people got from
the experience and social life at coffee house. Coffee house PRECISE
as a social room, could never be replaced. Therefore, this
connection is very tight and firm.

What is Tokyo like in your own eyes? How about CONTROL
coffee culture there?
I believe the coffee market in Tokyo has been rising in past
five years. Social media and internet played crucial role in BATCH BREWING
the process. There are various coffee houses, with very
different design styles. Nowadays, interior design is very
important element for running a coffee house. You have to
take that into consideration at very beginning. It is very
important to bring nice flavor and high quality coffee for Powerful duo of a Peak Extraction
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customers. Besides, service is more and more crucial, like
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to host your customers honestly and sincerely. SmartWAVE technology for
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ultimate uniformity of extraction.
Which coffee house or brand could represent Tokyo
in your mind?
In my opinion, Koffee Mameya is one of the most popular
coffee houses, no matter product quality or service. We are Touchscreen & USB for simple
looking forward to seeing more stores from them.Recently, recipe programming.
The competition brought the championship title
in Tokyo there are more and more Indy coffee house. Nem
for him and brought him closer to the industry, which
Coffee&Espresso is one of them, which is run by a couple,
is quite helpful for his projects and programs afterward.
who are very nice people. They have a very comfy atmosphere Accommodates a variety of
“I hope by this means I can show my appreciation for
in the coffee house. Nem Coffee&Espresso is located in Hiroo,
their hard work.” server types.
it even makes Tokyo more luxurious. At least, Nem Cof-
Creating better employment environment fee&Espresso is my favorite.
As a 15-year-experienced barista, Taka wants through
his effort to create more friendly and efficient employment I was there not
environment for both cafes and baristas.
He hopes to found a barista operating system, via only for myself
which to help cafes to match right barista. In the system,
baristas would be categorized based on the levels of their but for all the
skills, professional knowledge, experience, etc. When the
customers (cafés) want baristas, the system could find people care
proper one as soon as possible. Taka adds, however, to
realize this we need to have enough qualified baristas. about me, the
Besides, he would like to bring more chances for
young baristas. In the past decade, many of his colleagues result is the LEARN MORE: bunn.com/infusion-series/platinum
who are not from coffee industry, they did not realize the
importance of barista, but now the situation has changed. feedback for
Being a barista is accepted as a career. I hope through these
companies, barista can be seen as career more broadly. their supporting.

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