Rec Coffee was founded in 2009 by Yoshikazu Iwase and Osamu Kitazoe, who had begun selling coffee from a mobile cart in Hakata, Fukuoka the year before. Iwase went on to win the Japan Barista Championship in 2014 and place runner-up at the 2016 World Barista Championship, and the company later opened its own Hakata Roastery alongside roughly ten stores across Fukuoka, Tokyo and Taiwan.
At a glance
4 Coffees
Fukuoka Based in
Where the beans come from
What Rec Coffee sources
The origins on their shelf right now. Click through to see who else in the directory is pouring the same coffee-growing country.
Current lineup
What's on the shelf right now
Every coffee Rec Coffee is pouring this week, with origins, processing, and tasting notes.
After Midnight Decaf
20 USD- lemon
Comet Espresso
23 USD- dark chocolate
- citrus
Field Day Blend
22 USD- apple
- caramel
Up All Night Blend
21 USD- chocolate
- caramel
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