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September/October 2019CAFÉ SOCIETY
Tokyo takes its coffee seriously—and nowhere more so than at Café Bach, a traditional
coffee shop known as a kissaten. For the past 50 years, the café has specialized
solely in pour-over coffee made with beans sourced from around the world. Turn to page 81
to discover how this dedication inspired one of America’s biggest coffee brands.