Located in Nagaoka-kyo, Unir has been a home for a number of both award-winning and nominated Barista in JBC, Japan Barista Championship, and JLAC, Japan Latte Art Championship. Hisashi Yamamoto, the owner of Unir, opend this coffee roaster in June 2006, and has been working diligently and making contributions to expand/heighten recognition of, so called, "Specialty Coffee" as well as Barista culture in Japan.
As a roaster, Unir used to use Probat L5, well known roasting machine from Germany, but replaced it with Smart roaster Kestrel S35, often called "Next generation" machine from San Francisco, in winter of 2011. This was the sign. Now, UNIR seems to be on the move.
Opening new shop on Gogo-machi dori, mid town Kyoto, Unir seems to create a "Flag-ship" to focus on "high-end specialty beans" together with "Coffee school business". There was AWARD WINNING beans from COE, 1st place winning on El Salvador COE, sold, priced as nearly JPY2,000 per 100g, wow!
This new cafe is not spacious, but cozy. It's nice place to stop by to pick up a cup of high quality coffee..., maybe, take a break. Unfortunately, only 3 to 4 type of beans are carried here, so it is recommended to visit their original location if you are the coffee geek.
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