the pour-over here is the reason to visit, full stop. kikushin coffee sits on shimobentencho in higashiyama ward, a part of kyoto where the streets run narrow and the pace slows down whether you want it to or not. you don't need to rush anything. this is a place that's built a quiet, serious reputation among the people who keep coming back, and that kind of loyalty doesn't accumulate around mediocre coffee. higashiyama draws plenty of foot traffic from the shrines and preserved machiya lanes nearby, but kikushin doesn't feel like it's angling for that crowd. it's doing its own thing, carefully. if you're in the area on a slow morning, the pour-over is exactly where to start.
curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated
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