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The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 08 · Japan
11 September 2026
Built for the second cup

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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

The Japan Friday Edit: Precision in Small Things

Japanese coffee design often gets serious by getting smaller. This week moves from a five-year-warranty brewer to precise manual tools and two inexpensive finishing pieces.

Spotlight

TWINBIRD · Machines

CM-D457 全自動コーヒーメーカー 3-cup

A three-cup grinder-brewer supervised by Café Bach's Mamoru Taguchi, with two brew temperatures and a domestic five-year warranty.

TWINBIRD's CM-D457 pairs a proper flat-burr grinder with temperature-led batch brewing and an unusually strong five-year official-store warranty.

¥41,800

Official TWINBIRD Japan route checked at ¥41,800 with five-year warranty.

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02 / Fresh coffee 2 bags to know

Beans for the week

A short regional edit of fresh coffees worth brewing now.

Ethiopia · carbonic

GLITCH COFFEE · Coffee beans

Ethiopia Halo Hartume

Halo Hartume, Ethiopia · Carbonic maceration · Light filter · chocolate, red wine, blackcurrant, round

GLITCH's Halo Hartume turns carbonic maceration toward red wine, blackcurrant and chocolate rather than simple tropical sweetness.

Acacia Hills SL28 — Tanzania by Light Up Coffee

Tanzania · honey

Light Up Coffee · Coffee beans

Acacia Hills SL28 — Tanzania

Acacia Hills, Tanzania · Washed · Filter · cherry, grapefruit, honey, Darjeeling tea

Light Up's Acacia Hills SL28 adds a honey-processed East African counterpoint with a rounder fruit structure.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Grinder

Varia · Grinders

Varia EVO Hybrid Grinder

A USB-C rechargeable grinder that switches between electric and hand operation across 140-plus settings.

Varia's EVO hybrid pairs electric speed with a manual fallback, a rare design that remains useful when portability or power becomes the constraint.

Brewer

HARIO · Manual brewing

HARIO V60 NEO Japan Edition

The Japanese-made high-flow V60 NEO through a domestic specialty-coffee route.

HARIO's V60 NEO changes rib geometry and flow behaviour without abandoning the familiar paper and pouring vocabulary.

Kettle

Kalita · Tools & water

SS Kettle 700

A compact 700ml stainless pouring kettle sold through a Japanese roaster.

Kalita's 700ml stainless kettle puts a compact, direct-pour tool between a pouring jug and a full electric gooseneck.

Paper Filter White — 40 Sheets, 2 Cup by KONO

Small find

KONO · Accessories & oddities

Paper Filter White — 40 Sheets, 2 Cup

KONO's inexpensive dedicated paper for its classic cone brewer.

KONO's white papers are the least glamorous item here and one of the most useful: a cheap route to testing the brewer's distinctive drawdown.

Original Kyoto Series Cup — 3 oz Matte by Kurasu

Small find

Kurasu · Accessories & oddities

Original Kyoto Series Cup — 3 oz Matte

A Kyoto-designed, Arita-made cup balancing café durability with a light drinking rim.

Kurasu's 3oz Kyoto cup closes locally with a tactile matte vessel for espresso, macchiato or small tasting pours.

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