That's terrible! Old coffee shops are an experience all their own in Japan! If they decline there is something integral to Japan that is to be lost! I gotta look into this further and once I arrive out there work to support one of the local ones no matter what!
Blended coffee in Japan refers to the standard coffee offered by the shop. I think the coffee shop owner probably mixes different types of coffee beans in their own proportions.
And sorry, I think I spelled it wrong. The English name for Austria's capital should have been written as "Vienna" instead of "Wiener".
Vienna coffee is coffee topped with whipped cream.
It's great that you drink green tea on a daily basis. Typical coffee shops in Japan do not serve green tea. Japanese people often drink green tea at home. In addition, since the 1990s, green tea in plastic bottles has become popular, and the number of people who buy and drink it at convenience stores and vending machines has increased.
Certainly, this may seem evil to people who passionately love green tea, but at the time, people in Japan were losing interest in green tea, and with the advent of plastic bottled green tea, green tea regained its popularity. This also brought a halt to the decline in the number of tea leaf producing farmers.
I'm curious, do people drink the tea cold or do they heat it up?
Thanks for pointing out the advantage of green tea being made available this way. There are always multiple aspects to any large scale change. I guess for me, worse than the lessened quality that people are getting when they consume tea brewed industrially, in very large batches, the worst part is really the proliferation of plastic bottles, only a fraction of which will be recycled.
Japanese people choose between cold and hot tea depending on the type of tea, the season, and personal preference. (You can choose cold tea or hot tea from the vending machine.)
Green tea in a plastic bottle is obviously inferior to expensive tea brewed in a proper manner, but it tastes better than the cheap tea I used to drink at home when I was a child (lol).
In Japan, many plastic packaging and containers are used, but the recycling rate is high compared to other countries. According to the University of Tokyo, the recycling rate of plastic bottles in Japan in 2020 was 88.8%. (41% in Europe, 18% in the US)
In Japan, garbage is thoroughly separated and collected, and the municipality where I live requires that household garbage be separated into 11 types before being disposed of. Although it is a very tedious method for citizens, this method supports Japan's high recycling rate.
Thanks again for all the info! One last question about green tea..... if you have the patience for it (!). Do Japanese tend to add a lot of sugar to green tea?
P.s. I like that your plastic recycling rate is so high!
Another interesting post, Akira. I’ve heard that coffee shops around Japan have different types of “Morning service” or just “Morning.” Some have a boiled egg and toast. Some have a small salad. Also, if you just order a coffee in the middle of the day, here in Aichi, you’ll get rice crackers (sembei), nuts, or some little cake with it, but in other cities, you won’t. I’ve always thought that was curious.
Morning service is said to have originated in Nagoya, and is gradually spreading throughout Japan.
The most common options are toast and boiled eggs, but the morning service in the Tokai region has become more extreme year by year, and I once went to a coffee shop where onigiri, salad, and miso soup were added to coffee for free (lol).
That's terrible! Old coffee shops are an experience all their own in Japan! If they decline there is something integral to Japan that is to be lost! I gotta look into this further and once I arrive out there work to support one of the local ones no matter what!
I also like old, small coffee shops, so I feel disappointed. Unfortunately, young Japanese people today seem to love Starbucks.
That's sad, hopefully young Japanese people will grow out of it, Starbucks is trash
Two questions: Is blended coffee just normal drip coffee? And what's Weiner Coffee?
Blended coffee in Japan refers to the standard coffee offered by the shop. I think the coffee shop owner probably mixes different types of coffee beans in their own proportions.
And sorry, I think I spelled it wrong. The English name for Austria's capital should have been written as "Vienna" instead of "Wiener".
Vienna coffee is coffee topped with whipped cream.
Ah, that makes sense! Thank you for this post, btw. I enjoy coffee shops so it's one of my favorites.
Where's the green tea on the menu? My daily morning tea comes from Japan, Gyokuro Shizuoka, and I love it! Is green tea exclusive to a tea salon?
It's great that you drink green tea on a daily basis. Typical coffee shops in Japan do not serve green tea. Japanese people often drink green tea at home. In addition, since the 1990s, green tea in plastic bottles has become popular, and the number of people who buy and drink it at convenience stores and vending machines has increased.
Green tea in plastic bottles 😕, sacrilege !
Certainly, this may seem evil to people who passionately love green tea, but at the time, people in Japan were losing interest in green tea, and with the advent of plastic bottled green tea, green tea regained its popularity. This also brought a halt to the decline in the number of tea leaf producing farmers.
I'm curious, do people drink the tea cold or do they heat it up?
Thanks for pointing out the advantage of green tea being made available this way. There are always multiple aspects to any large scale change. I guess for me, worse than the lessened quality that people are getting when they consume tea brewed industrially, in very large batches, the worst part is really the proliferation of plastic bottles, only a fraction of which will be recycled.
Japanese people choose between cold and hot tea depending on the type of tea, the season, and personal preference. (You can choose cold tea or hot tea from the vending machine.)
Green tea in a plastic bottle is obviously inferior to expensive tea brewed in a proper manner, but it tastes better than the cheap tea I used to drink at home when I was a child (lol).
In Japan, many plastic packaging and containers are used, but the recycling rate is high compared to other countries. According to the University of Tokyo, the recycling rate of plastic bottles in Japan in 2020 was 88.8%. (41% in Europe, 18% in the US)
In Japan, garbage is thoroughly separated and collected, and the municipality where I live requires that household garbage be separated into 11 types before being disposed of. Although it is a very tedious method for citizens, this method supports Japan's high recycling rate.
Thanks again for all the info! One last question about green tea..... if you have the patience for it (!). Do Japanese tend to add a lot of sugar to green tea?
P.s. I like that your plastic recycling rate is so high!
Another interesting post, Akira. I’ve heard that coffee shops around Japan have different types of “Morning service” or just “Morning.” Some have a boiled egg and toast. Some have a small salad. Also, if you just order a coffee in the middle of the day, here in Aichi, you’ll get rice crackers (sembei), nuts, or some little cake with it, but in other cities, you won’t. I’ve always thought that was curious.
Morning service is said to have originated in Nagoya, and is gradually spreading throughout Japan.
The most common options are toast and boiled eggs, but the morning service in the Tokai region has become more extreme year by year, and I once went to a coffee shop where onigiri, salad, and miso soup were added to coffee for free (lol).
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Lovely private coffee shops 💗
Old and small coffee shops give me a relaxing time.