Starbucks Reserve
On the second floor of Marui department store in Tokyo is the location of the first ever Starbucks Reserve in the world. A bar with four stools for customers, hidden in the corner of the normal Starbucks cafe, is reserved for rare, exotic and high quality coffee, brewed to perfection before your eyes by black-belt (or black-aproned) barristers. It&amp;#8217;s like watching the tea ceremony, but in coffee form. Japan seems like the perfect place to originate this practise. We had two cups of Kona coffee (From Hawaii), and I&amp;#8217;ve never tasted a fresher, more complex coffee in my life. I didn&amp;#8217;t want to sully it with a dash of milk or a spoon full of sugar. Despite costing 900yen a cup, it&amp;#8217;s well worth a visit for a special caffeinated treat.&nbsp;