Kenneth Shoji opened the first shop in Discovery Bay in 2013, then chose Kyoto over his native Tokyo for the Higashiyama flagship the following year.
Beans are roasted in store, and the Broadway Market shop, one of four in London, roasts to order on a Tornado King small-batch roaster. Espresso comes from custom Slayer machines built in Seattle.
Roasting
Roasts at EmQuartier location with visible glass-walled roasting room and Tornado King roaster. Owns coffee farm in Hawaii. Custom Seattle-manufactured espresso machines.
Roasts in-house · Sourced from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indonesia and Nicaragua