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The World’s 100 Best Coffee Houses

Koffee Mameya

Tokyo, Japan

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST COFFEE HOUSES WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 44 2026
Koffee Mameya

A standing-only coffee bean shop in a quiet Omotesando side street, where baristas serve cups at a small counter and sell beans to take home. Each customer gets a one-on-one consultation on taste preferences before staff recommend and hand-brew a bean.

Highlights

  • One-on-one bean consultations
  • Hand-brewed pour overs
  • Wall of packaged beans

Good to know

  • Standing counter only, no seating
  • Long queues, only three groups served
  • Beans sold with written brewing recipes

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