Roaster Profile
Unir
京都（長岡京・本店ほか関西複数）
A specialty roaster headquartered in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto with shops across Kansai. Has produced a national barista champion; practices direct trade and treasures its relationships with farms.
Roast
Medium–dark
Online sales
Yes
Origins
5 origins
Tags
Origins carried
Editorial
How to read this roaster
Unir is a specialty roaster headquartered in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, with multiple shops across Kansai. Alongside founder Hisashi Yamamoto’s Kyoto locations, it has produced a Japan Barista Championship (JBC) champion, earning national respect for extraction technique, and it is known for direct-trade relationships with producers it keeps for the long term.
From Nagaokakyo to all of Kansai
Nagaokakyo, home of the main store, is minor as a tourist stop — but with Unir’s popularity it became known as a town you visit for the coffee. With several shops now in Kyoto city and Osaka, Unir is one of the centers of Kansai specialty.
A champion barista’s extraction
Unir’s baristas carry JBC and World Barista Championship records, and that care for extraction permeates daily shop operations. The strength of Unir is getting both: the best possible cup at the counter, and the advice to get close to it at home.
Direct trade and long relationships
The axis is direct trade with producers, centered on Central America — Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama. Carrying the same farms’ beans every year makes a particular pleasure possible: reading how a lot’s character shifts from harvest to harvest.
Recommended brewing
Paper drip (V60) at 92–94°C, 1:16 as the baseline. Unir’s Guatemala and El Salvador carry solid sweetness and body, so even in a café au lait or latte the bean’s character doesn’t wash out.
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Find Unir’s beans
Opens the official online shop via Google. Stock and prices on the official site take precedence.
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