Filter Notes Japan edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 06
28 August 2026

Shopping region

Local availability, prices and fresh coffee sources.

The Friday Edit

Excellent beans. Interesting objects. Once a week.

The new regional edit, every Friday. Nothing else.

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

Process24-hour anaerobic natural

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

ProcessNatural

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 transparent conical dripper with a rotating base that changes flow restriction.

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 handmade 250 g double-lid coffee canister produced with Kato Seisakusho.

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

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