ITOKU COFFEE, Izu

On the first day of our roadtrip down the Izu Peninsula, we stopped by a local coffee roaster called ITOKU COFFEE. I’m amazed by wherever I go in Japan, there seems to be a coffee roaster somewhere nearby (isn’t it great). They have a range of beans available, including both single origin and their blend beans. The main display at the front of the shop stocks medium to dark roast beans (from left to right). These are at a fairly reasonable price point - around 1600 - 2000 yen for 200g. They also do stock a couple of light roast beans, and they have a separate display on the right-hand side for that. These range from 1500 yen - 4000 yen for 100g. Light roasts including Panama Geisha, Colombia Pink bourbon, Colombia El Paraiso with anaerobic fermentation What’s cool about ITOKU is that they offer a discount on their medium and dark roast beans if you want to try a couple of different varieties. In our case - we picked up 3x 100g of their specialty beans for 2160 yen (without the…