Roasteries / Rokumei Coffee
ROKUMEI COFFEE is a Nara roaster founded in 1974 and run by Rococo Co. Its owner Koji Ida won the Japan Coffee Roasting Championship and competed at the world final. Besides the Nara flagship and the ROKUMEI COFFEE FACTORY roastery, it has shops in Tokyo (Gransta Marunouchi, Shibuya Scramble Square, Musashi-Koyama) and Fukuoka (Tenjin).
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A medium-dark blend made to drink with bread and pastries, named for the ROKUMEI BAKES shop.
Roasted nuts, caramel, dates, raisin
A pulped-natural Yellow Bourbon from Antônio Lima Reis's Fazenda Bela Vista, a farm Rokumei buys from for its sustainability work. Balanced: chocolate, roasted almond and apricot.
Chocolate, roasted almond, apricot
A yellow-honey lot from the Calderón family's Finca Girasoles in Tarrazú, grown at 1,850 to 1,950 m. Citrus and cane-sugar sweetness with a tea-like finish.
Mandarin, kumquat, cane sugar, Darjeeling
An Ethiopia–Brazil blend roasted medium-light: nuts, mixed berries and caramel as espresso, with apricot coming through as filter.
Nuts, mixed berries, apricot, caramel
A light-roast washed lot from the Chire washing station in Sidama, run by Nigusse Gemeda Mugo with smallholders around it. Clean and refreshing.
Sweet lemon, cane sugar, floral, black tea
A natural from Shantawene village in Bensa, Sidama, grown at 2,200 to 2,300 m. Raspberry with thyme and bergamot.
Raspberry, thyme, bergamot
A medium-dark blend made for the Tenjin shop in Fukuoka, for an unhurried break.
Roasted almond, dates, kumquat
Rokumei's blend for iced coffee: bittersweet dark chocolate and caramel with a hint of berry.
Dark chocolate, caramel, berry
A dark-roasted, wet-hulled Mandheling from smallholders around Lintong in Sumatra, for drinkers who like bitterness and body.
Earthy, roasted almond, dark chocolate, grape
An autumn moon-viewing (kangetsu) blend, medium-dark with brownie, nuts and strawberry.
Brownie, nutty, strawberry
Rokumei's fruity, light-roast blend of Ethiopian and Kenyan coffees, whose fruit character shifts as the cup cools. A refreshing cup for a break.
Berry, pineapple, black tea
A rare natural Kenyan from the Gikanda cooperative's Kangocho factory in Nyeri. Orange, plum and blackcurrant.
Orange, plum, blackcurrant
A washed Kenyan from the Kianyangi factory of the Murue cooperative in Embu, grown at 1,800 m.
A 98% caffeine-free Mexican specialty coffee, roasted medium-dark for a balanced cup of chestnut and almond.
Chestnut, almond
A bright, citrusy morning blend of Costa Rican, Guatemalan and Ethiopian coffees.
Mandarin, honey
A Nara-only blend launched October 2026 for the flagship and the ROKUMEI COFFEE FACTORY roastery, evoking the city's calm everyday scenery.
Apricot, strawberry, yellow peach, milk chocolate
Washed Geisha from the Peterson family's Hacienda La Esmeralda, the farm that made the variety famous. Jasmine, citrus and Earl Grey with a silky body; sold in 75 g and 150 g bags.
Jasmine, citrus, Earl Grey, silky
The house blend, built to balance sweetness, acidity and bitterness while still showing specialty-coffee character. An everyday cup.
Milk chocolate, nutty
A dark evening blend with deep bitterness and sweetness, named for Nara's Sarusawa pond.
Dark chocolate, caramel
The light, fruit-forward blend of the Shibuya Scramble Square shop.
Peach tea, rosehip, passion fruit
A dark-roasted washed lot from the Iyula village farmers' group in Mbozi, Songwe. Burnt caramel and wood; good with milk.
Burnt caramel, woody
The blend created for Rokumei's Tokyo shops, now also sold online. Fruity and uplifting.
Strawberry, yellow peach, milk chocolate