Canned coffee is a standard item in drink vending machines.
While the brands stocked vary depending on the vending machine, most brands have canned coffee.
Even if they don't carry cola, canned coffee is often available.

Coffee manufacturers began developing canned coffee commercially in the 1950s. There was likely demand for coffee that could be stored for a long time and enjoyed easily at any time.

Once harvested, coffee is processed.
During the coffee processing process, the beans are removed from the coffee cherries.
It's similar to removing the seeds from cherries.
What we call coffee beans are actually the seeds of a plant.
And coffee cherries are red or purple, just like cherries.
They are just coffee cherries.

We mentioned earlier that coffee powder is more prevalent than beans at supermarkets and large retailers, but drip bag coffee is a more convenient way to enjoy powder coffee.
Drip bags are sold ready-to-drink, with each cup individually packaged in a filter. There's no need to measure out the amount of coffee powder needed; all you need is a cup and hot water.
This makes them highly portable, and you can quickly enjoy coffee with the electric kettle and cups provided at hotels when you travel.

When you go to a coffee shop, you'll most likely find blended coffee on the menu.
Even the regular coffee sold in supermarkets often has the word "blend" in its name.
A blend is coffee made by combining beans from multiple origins and types.
Blending makes it possible to combine acidity, bitterness, richness, and aroma to create a flavor that can't be achieved with a single bean.
By blending beans from Ethiopia, which have a strong acidity, with beans from Brazil, which have a strong bitterness, it is possible to create a well-balanced flavor.

Single origin coffee is not a blend, but rather made using beans from a single country, region, or farm.
It can be referred to by country, such as Brazil or Ethiopia, by region, such as Alta Mogiana in Brazil or Yirgacheffe in Ethiopia, or even by farm, such as Farm Bau in Brazil or Farm Metad in Ethiopia.
In this way, single origin coffee is a style that celebrates the individuality of the place of origin.

Coffee is sold in both whole beans and ground form.

Ground coffee is originally beans that have been ground up.

With beans, you buy them, then grind them into powder and brew them yourself to drink.

Why are some coffees sold as whole beans and others as ground?

Beans stay fresher longer. Ground coffee increases the surface area, oxidizing faster and losing flavor and aroma more quickly.

Whole beans, on the other hand, help preserve flavor and aroma for longer.

Coffee roasting is an important process in determining flavor, and even the same beans can taste different depending on how they're roasted.
When roasting begins in a roaster, the beans first enter the drying stage at 100-160°, which removes the green smell of the raw beans.
The temperature then rises to around 150°, causing sugars and amino acids to combine and release an aroma. This change in state is called the Maillard reaction, and a fragrant aroma is released. The Maillard reaction brings out sweetness and aroma.

Coffee is brown or black before drinking, but this is because the green beans are roasted and then burnt.
This process of roasting the beans is called roasting, and the roasting process affects the coffee's taste.
Some coffee shops and cafes roast their own beans, while others purchase them from roasters.
Mass-production roasters are capable of roasting over 100 kg in a single roast.
Most roasters use drum-type roasters, either city gas or propane.
Drum-type roasters come in three types: (1) direct-under type, (2) hot air type, and (3) semi-hot air type.

In the hot summer, you're more likely to order iced coffee than hot coffee at a coffee shop.
Iced coffee is likely to sell better than hot coffee in the summer for coffee shops as well.
There are two types of iced coffee: the gold brew method, which uses water to extract the coffee over a long period of time, and the rapid-chill method, which involves quickly cooling hot coffee at around 90 degrees Celsius with ice to make it iced. In Japan, the rapid-chill method is the most common.

Starbucks' mermaid (siren) logo is often seen in office districts, department stores, shopping malls, and roadside locations.

It seems to be just as common as McDonald's.

Starbucks is the largest coffee chain in Japan, with 2,000 stores.

It opened in the summer of 1996 near the Matsuya department store in Tokyo's Ginza district.

The first Starbucks store

McDonald's also arrived in Japan in the summer of 1971, and its first store was also located in the Mitsukoshi department store in Ginza.