and then Martina talked for 17 minutes about how much she loves coffee

-That is totally not true. -That was not appropriate for the grocery video. -There's no footage of that.

But it is appropriate for today's video

because we're gonna be taking around some of our favorite coffee shops in Tokyo now

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We know that not all of you guys like coffee

so we tried to include a couple locations that have other things on the menus

like snacks or like tea, but most of them are gonna be straight-up coffee focused.

Let's start with our first location the location that we frequent the most Light Up Coffee in Kichijoji

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I don't know why people always want to sit inside.

I think their steps are the best place if you have a beautiful blue sky, people going by, you can see puppies.

I think this is like one of my favorite places to sit for coffee.

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Good job. Oh!

I always love the Colombian beans here at Light Up Coffee. You have two different kinds

Both of them are great. And what I really love is every time you get some coffee

they give these little cards that explain where you're supposed to taste

so in this one, there's...

I think that's raspberry,

Plum

-Excuse me are you cheating?

-Peach, cherry, juicy fruity, and sweet all in one.

This is actually really useful. If you're trying to get into appreciating coffee more.

I could taste what they're mentioning here now.

-That's why the favorite thing I always get is a tasting set

because it gives me a chance to compare

Three different kinds and if you don't take the time to understand something

then you never going to appreciate it

Now while Simon enjoys his iced coffee all year round even in the winter time

I am a huge fan of their coffee tasting set.

So it comes with three different coffees of whatever choice they want

You can actually get it iced as well

What's good about? This is that it gives you a chance to try a coffee

and go what am I tasting and then move on to the next one.

And then you're actually for real

able to taste different flavors in each coffee if you want to know and learn about coffee

this is the perfect way to do it. And plus it feels like a little sampler set

Like it's like having appetizer sampler sets. Everyone likes not you don't need like the cheese

It's like deep fried and like a little bit of chicken nuggies aand like a couple french fries, but not too many

It's like this but for coffee for me that makes sense? -It makes perfect sense. -It makes sense.

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I am honest-to-god gonna tell you this it's so peachy.

-So peachy -Like really really peachy like... are those bubbles

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Did bubbles just appear? -Where did those bubbles coming from? -Where did the bubbles come from?

-I found the bubblers

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Father and his son

Beep

So Martina saw people playing with bubbles so much that she decided to go ahead and get her own

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Looks like kids are happy with that too

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Or they're just looking at her like a weirdo. She is a bit of a weirdo. I will admit.

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I know you came here for coffee, but let's just take a second to appreciate

the pure joy, Martina has for playing with bubbles

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-Is that a doughnut?

-That's a doughnut.

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So this is from the doughnut shop next door Hara Doughnuts. Now before coming to Japan

This would be the last thing that I would ever order. It's not covered in any frosting. It's not huge

It's just a very simple doughnut soybean refuse and it's just a little bit of cinnamon sugar on the outside

And it's great

I couldn't imagine having a doughnut with so much more stuff on it. The simple pure and delicious

-Flashback to us having bacon covered donuts in the USA. What's on the top of that? -Bacon

-Look at all that cream -hold on. I want some of your cream. Look at all the cream notes

-Don't be a creamy bitch

-Don't be a creamy bitch.

-I'm gonna be a creamy bitch!

Did you just called me a creamy bitch? -(inaudible) -Oh no, I'm gonna eat this

-That was a different me. -You're the creamy bitch that stole my doughnut.

-That was a different me. Only half a doughnut is all I need now

Only half a doughnut is all I need now [crying noises] I've been broken

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Now we're going to be shooting this video over a couple of days

because if you drink this much coffee in one day we will definitely get far too jittery.

So don't be creeped out if you see our clothing changing a bunch throughout this video

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Ah

Beautiful rainy day for filming so glad that I'm under my umbrella

We are at Little Nap coffee stand, and it's actually a really popular coffee shop for something

That's so off the beaten path. This place is known for its amazing espresso

Also they have food here

Which is a plus if you have friends that don't want to drink it in coffee

And they have a really cool selection of music, but it's really tiny

So, let's see if we can jam our big buttskis inside talking about you mister. You've got the big butt here

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Have you ever gone to a coffee shop and wanted a cheese hot dog? Well now you can.

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Okay, so this has been about just 10 minutes walking very casually very slowly

and we are now on the back side of Yoyogi Park

Which actually leads to Meigi temple.

Which is one of our favorite temples we've told you before

I think it's kind of a cool way to burn off some of your

Espresso energy or if it's chilly out to be walking with your coffee

So let's head inside and see if we can get some artsy stuff, Ducky

My earlier joke where I'm going to try to ruin all your stuff

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If you head on over to the other side of the temple and cross the Harajuku Station

here's this great coffee shop called Cookie Time.

Ask them for a latte except to hold the espresso

and to put a cookie on there instead, and you can get a side of cookie dough ice cream

and cookie dough at the same time

What the... This isn't coffee! Oh well, wouldn't want to waste it.

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When we were in Melbourne, we really love the coffee scenes

So that's why we really like going to Frankie's in Shimokitazawa

because they have Melbourne style espresso and drinks

I actually really liked their cold brew

and sitting on the bench out here you get some really good people watching in the neighborhood

This is my vibe.

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They have a super friendly staff. Every single person who has worked here has been very smiley and happy

every time we've came here. -Yeah, I always love coming in here. They love my earrings

I love them here -and they also have a really good music selection. I like you here

It makes good coffee. It's my jam.

Also something else I want to mention is if you are not a coffee drinker

This is one of those places that's good to come to with friends like that because they make an amazing Chai

and they have a couple other things on the menu that don't involve espresso.

Plus I really like their lamingtons

So it's like good to come with a friend who's not that into coffee

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Were you looking at my boobs?

Now a trip to Shimokitazawa

while talking about coffee would not be complete if I didn't mention

Bear Pond espresso which is like just behind me with a little red bear in the corner

Now the reason I am so far away here is because there's a lot or really strict rules in Bear Pond Espresso

if you've ever watched Seinfeld

there's that scene The Soup Nazi. Where like you can't make any changes or choices.

It's a bit like that and there's also a strict no filming and no picture-taking policy

So if you look at the reviews online, it's quite mixed because some people find the place quite rude

But if you understand the artsy-ness of the owner

Then you can head on inside and enjoy some seriously amazing espresso like it's beautiful the crema on it

Like wow guys, but this is all your gettin

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Now our coffee shop video would not be complete

If we didn't share with you our secret location that we've been holding off for so long, but this shop is amazing

It's time for you to know about it. -Probably two years ago. We talked about a location

that does everything by hand. They grind and roast their own beans

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Sometimes in cherry form. -Are these the dried cherries?

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Ah so cool!

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They hand grind it using a pestle and mortar they use a cloth hand filter

they're even stoking the flames using a fan this place is

bombastic the tricky part is that it's only open on Saturday and Sunday

and it's out quite far from any station to be honest

We always come here by bike, but there's something you need to know

It's always rotating different coffee people that are coming in and out.

Today, we had the chance to enjoy Como Olcay coffee, and it was

Awesome! -so I just learned something totally amazing.

He's grinding everything with a pestle and mortar instead of using a regular bean grinder

because he says when you use a pestle and mortar

you preserve the cell integrity rather than cutting the cell integrity and that winds up resulting in a less bitter taste.

Brand new thing. I just learned for this video right here.

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Now I know a lot of people aren't necessarily into coffee one way that you can think of it

Is that when you start going to places that are really caring about their coffee

like they know where it came from, like the land itself that's growing the

trees for the cherries is gonna have a very distinctive flavor

hat's put into the actual coffee. My cup of coffee is so different than Simon's cup of coffee

They're completely different tastes all together

so you have to appreciate the fact that somebody is growing this in a very particular part of the world

with very particular soil and sun and rain and all of it is going into this one cup of coffee.

You gotta taste it all man. You gotta taste it all

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Now a few of the places that we're mentioning here today we found via researching coffee shops online

But most of the coffee shops that were mentioning to you. We just found via

exploring and looking around until we found ones that we liked

and those are the ones that we actually like the most

So I highly recommend you do the same thing

if you're in Tokyo get on a bike just point yourself in one direction and

Find something if you find a small coffee shop, give it a taste

I'm pretty sure you're gonna love it a lot more than anything that we or anybody else tells you online

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