The second establishment by barista Takaya Umeda, opened in Kyoto in June 2023, follows his first café, loose. Once again, the venue is a traditional Kyoto townhouse (machiya), transformed by removing all partitions, suspended walls, and ceilings, leaving only earthen walls (tsuchikabe) and exposed structural beams.

As in loose, this café offers coffee, tea, and exotic Hawaiian-style donuts worth trying. Matcha latte, prepared with a bamboo whisk (chasen) per the tea ceremony tradition, is sourced from the renowned Rishouen (http://rishouencyaho.com) tea house in Uji.

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