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About this place
The milk-steeped coffee is made by immersing specialty coffee in milk and leaving it to brew overnight. It can be enjoyed hot or iced, and the menu notes that only 5 cups are available. Those who have tried it describe it as easy to drink and clean-tasting, while still having the aroma and flavour of coffee. The menu calls it rich; the reported impression of a lighter finish offers another clue to what this milk-brewed cup is like.
For a slower taste of the beans, there is also hot specialty coffee, drip-brewed from single-origin beans sourced around the world. The listed options include Guatemala, with citrus aromas and a refreshing bitterness; Rwanda, with a floral aroma and clear flavour; and the Dominican Republic, with a full body and clean finish. The different roasts and flavour profiles make it possible to choose by preference. On a hot day, consider the daily cold-brew iced coffee, made by slowly dripping cold water through dark-roasted specialty coffee. If you would like to soften the coffee's bitterness with milk, the café au lait blends dark-roast coffee and milk in a 1-to-1 ratio.
For a light meal, try the anko butter toast: crisp toast topped with delicately flavoured sweet red bean paste. Another option is toast layered with bacon and cheese and baked twice. One offers the sweetness of anko; the other is a more substantial bite, and both suit breakfast or a coffee break. For a meal, Akari's spice curry combines the owner's homemade ramen broth with 10 varieties of spices. Diners have shared their impressions of the curry and toast, and one person who visited for lunch reported enjoying chicken curry and toast.
If you fancy something sweet, the owner makes cakes by hand to go with coffee. The selection varies, so ask what is available; one visitor mentioned having cheesecake. There is also a chocolate drink, hot or iced, made with chocolate and cocoa blended with milk. One diner described enjoying a rich hot chocolate. Visitors have also mentioned playing the instruments in the café, making music another way to spend time between coffee and food. The café is open on Saturdays from 10 to 18, so plan around that day if you would like to enjoy a meal as well as something sweet.
