Filter Notes Japan edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 13
16 October 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

Small decisions, better coffee

Compact electric grinding anchors a Japan edit of two fresh October coffees, precise domestic brewers and small glassware and clothing made for everyday use.

Varia VS3 Electric Grinder Gen 2 by Varia

Gear spotlight

Varia · Grinders

Varia VS3 Electric Grinder Gen 2

A compact stepless single-dose grinder with a 38mm conical burr set.

Its narrow footprint and stepless range suit the mixed filter-and-espresso reality of small kitchens.

¥52,800

Black and white were available from Kurasu's Japanese store at ¥52,800.

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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.

ProcessFully washed

Coffee · Fully washed

ONIBUS COFFEE · Coffee beans

El Salvador La Joya

La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador · Luis and Santos Hernandez · 1,500m · Fully washed · Filter · hazelnut, green apple, maple syrup

A high-grown washed Bourbon offers gentle sweetness and familiar structure.

ProcessPulped natural

Coffee · Pulped natural

LIGHT UP COFFEE · Coffee beans

Sakura, Brazil

Piatã, Bahia, Brazil · Silvio Leite · 1,230m · Pulped natural · Light · hazelnut, cocoa, orange

A soft, nutty pulped natural gives the edit a warm seasonal counterpoint without sacrificing clarity.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Domestic dripper

BEANDY · Manual brewing

BEANDY Silk Dripper

A compact Japanese dripper offered in translucent colours for clean, controlled filter brewing.

The small, lucid form adds a new domestic brewing option without a large system around it.

Compact brewer

ORIGAMI · Manual brewing

ORIGAMI Pinn Dripper + Jig

A compact ORIGAMI dripper set with its dedicated stabilising jig.

The jig makes the sculptural dripper feel like a complete, stable tool.

Glass server

TORCH · Accessories & oddities

Pitchii Coffee Server

A small clear-glass coffee server with a gently pinched pouring profile.

A deliberately small server suits the one- and two-cup scale of the rest of the edit.

Small find

TORCH · Accessories & oddities

Pitchii Glass Mug

A light clear-glass mug from TORCH with a gently flared silhouette.

It carries the server's quiet glass language into an inexpensive everyday cup.

Small find

Kurasu Kyoto · Accessories & oddities

Kurasu Original Logo T-shirt — Black

A Japanese-made cotton T-shirt with a small embroidered Kurasu logo.

Made in Japan and deliberately restrained, it feels like shop clothing rather than billboard merch.

Editorially selected, never paid placement. Prices and availability can change; affiliate links are always disclosed.

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