Kissaten Blend Coffee
Also kissaten coffee, Japanese blend coffee, burendo
The hand-dripped house blend of Japan's kissaten coffee houses, brewed one cup at a time and served in fine china. Dark, careful and unhurried.
FilterServed hotFrom Japan
- Volume
- 150ml5.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 60mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Cappuccino cup180 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- House-blend coffee150 ml100%
- Volume
- 150ml
- Caffeine
- 60mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A single cup brewed slowly by hand, often with a nel drip and a fairly high dose (about 15 g for 150 ml), served in fine china with cream and sugar on the side.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 150 ml kissaten blend coffee
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 150 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| aisu kōhī | Japan | Iced coffee, flash-chilled over ice. |
| kan kōhī | Japan | Canned coffee from vending machines. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records the kissaten as a Japanese tea-and-coffee house. The Taishō and Shōwa era kissaten culture of slow hand-drip and dark roasts is a popular account.
Japan's traditional coffee houses.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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