Murrma Coffee Stop, Hatsudai

A short walk away from Hatsudai station is Murrma Coffee Stop, a tiny roaster and coffee spot. The best thing about Murrma is that the prices are really cheap for coffee in Tokyo! Both their pour-overs and espressos only cost 480 yen. The other cool thing is that the name of their store - Murrma - comes from an Aboriginal Australian word meaning “wade through shallow water using your feet to search for something”. Although the owner chose the name just cos he liked the sound of it, later on he thought it could be associated with a customer wading in and discovering a cup of good coffee (a bit of a stretch, but cute name nonetheless). When we visited they had 7 single origins (all light roast) and 2 blend beans on offer. It was about an even split of washed to natural beans. All the beans are available to sniff before you buy. One of their beans was Tanzania’s Acacia Hills, which I had encountered previously at Kielo Coffee in Akihabara - they had the bag of beans for that next to…

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