Filter Notes Japan edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 06 · Japan
28 August 2026
Control without noise

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Local availability, prices and fresh coffee sources.

The Friday Edit

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01 / The cover story Object of the week

Control without noise

A new quiet HARIO grinder heads a domestic edit of expressive coffees, three Japanese brewing objects and two unusually affordable pieces of local roaster craft.

Electric Coffee Grinder SHIZUKA by HARIO

Gear spotlight

HARIO · Grinders

Electric Coffee Grinder SHIZUKA

A slim low-speed electric grinder with hardened stainless burrs, 90 adjustment steps and a grind-inspection lens.

SHIZUKA puts low-speed quietness and particle inspection ahead of screens, presets and countertop bulk.

¥88,000

In stock on HARIO's official Japan store.

Visit HARIO ↗

02 / Fresh coffee 2 bags to know

Beans for the week

A short regional edit of fresh coffees worth brewing now.

Colombia Nestor Lasso [Medium-Light Roast] by Kurasu Kyoto

Coffee · 24-hour anaerobic natural

Kurasu Kyoto · Coffee beans

Colombia Nestor Lasso [Medium-Light Roast]

El Diviso, Pitalito, Huila, Colombia; Nestor Lasso; 1,750m · 24-hour anaerobic natural · Medium-light · passion fruit, pineapple, strawberry jam

Kurasu's Yellow Papayo lot is unusually explicit about the controlled anaerobic step, staged drying and espresso-minded medium-light roast.

Kenya Kangocho Natural by LiLo Coffee Roasters

Coffee · Natural

LiLo Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Kenya Kangocho Natural

Kangocho, Gikanda FCS, Nyeri, Kenya; 1,600m · Natural · Roast level 4 · currant, blackberry, cacao

A natural Kenyan lot from Gikanda gives the Japanese edition dark-fruit breadth against Kurasu's tropical Colombian espresso roast.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

The objects making brewing more precise, more enjoyable or simply better looking.

Flameless syphon

HARIO · Machines

Electric Coffee Syphon

A compact three-cup electric syphon with dialled heat control and washable detachable glass.

It keeps the theatre and temperature control of syphon brewing while removing the open flame.

Japanese hardwood set

Kalita · Manual brewing

WDG-185 Stand Set

A Wave 185 brewing set combining Kalita's flat-bottom dripper with Japanese Neowood hardwood and a dedicated stand.

The set turns a familiar Wave workflow into a coherent piece of Japanese material design without changing the brewer's logic.

Flow-control dripper

HARIO · Manual brewing

Alpha Dripper Tritan

A new Tritan flat-bottom dripper from HARIO with an adjustable flow-control base.

Alpha gives a Japanese brewer meaningful contact-time control without an elaborate tower of accessories.

Original Tote Bag by Leaves Coffee Roasters

Small find

Leaves Coffee Roasters · Accessories & oddities

Original Tote Bag

A restrained original tote from the Tokyo competition-focused roaster.

A useful, low-cost way into Leaves' stark visual identity after a technically serious lineup.

Original Coffee Canister by Kato Seisakusho by Kurasu Kyoto

Small find

Kurasu Kyoto · Accessories & oddities

Original Coffee Canister by Kato Seisakusho

A 250g double-lid tin handmade and painted by Tokyo's Kato Seisakusho for Kurasu.

A genuinely useful storage object connects a Kyoto roaster with a Tokyo tin workshop founded in 1895.

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