Date 2021-07-16 Last Updated 2021-07-16
Who is Capital Coffee?
・Established: 1946, found by Masahiko Kurita
・Channel: Capital Coffee sells coffee at department store. They also have cafe. There focus on BtoC business.
・Store locations:
38 stores (As of July 2021)
Stores are either 1) Selling coffee beans only, or 2) Cafe and also sells coffee beans. They have three website channels;
– Official website
– Yahoo shopping website
– Rakuten website
・History: Capital Coffee has unique history in a way that they own coffee farms in Brazil since 1988. In 1996, they received “Cristal Mountain Gold award” from Republic of Cuba. Capital Coffee decided to go into manufacturing bakery and cake since 1996. They manufacture breads and cakes for 3 stars Michelin French restaurant in Japan.
・Other info:
– Current CEO (founder’s wife) has multiple coffee qualifications and reputations, including;
Judge for Cup of Excellence
Classificador de Café (Brazil)
Classificador de Café (Colombia)
J.C.Q.A Coffee instructor (1st grade)
S.C.A.J Coffee Meister
– Emerald mountain coffee, which is a famous Colombian coffee brand, was first imported by Capital Coffee in 1989. Now Japanese know Emerald mountain coffee brand thanks to Coca-Colas one of the best long seller canned coffee “Emerald Mountain Blend”.
・Our recommendation: Although the business is relatively small, Capital Coffee has been pursuing for the high quality of coffee, and they do not compromise on coffee quality and their brand image. Because of their belief, you see their stores mainly in department stores, and given this fact it is assumed that relatively middle to upper age like their coffee. We visited their cafe and ordered iced coffee, and the taste is clear, and has better taste compared to other coffee chain brands. You cannot find their coffee in regular supermarket, and therefore if you want to try good quality of coffee, we would recommend to try on at their website.
Some of the reviews of Capital coffee are the following;
Drip bag
・ Capital Coffee Mild
・Capital Coffee Heavy
Grounded Coffee
・to be reviewed
Cafe under Capital Coffee office in Tokyo
To see Capital Coffee’s official website, click here (Japanese only)