Mocha Coffee

After you leave T-​Site and wander the back street on the way to Peacock Square you will come across a couple of nice coffee places. Mocha Coffee, wedged semi– permanently in an alley between two buildings, is the better choice.
Google this place if you want to know more about Yemeni coffee, the history of coffee trade and the Yemeni town of Mocha. Persons more passionate about coffee than me have great blogs about Mocha Coffee.
What I remember is the soft fragrance of my cup of Mocha Hanadi and the kindness of the owner. Before we left she gave us a soft ripened fresh persimmon from her neighbor.

Mocha Coffee Café is a really unique and special café in Tokyo. Hidden away in Daikonyama near Shibuya, it is the perfect place to relax for a bit after shopping or whatever.
Quality is a top priority and the owner who is a Japanese woman gets the coffee all the way from Yemen. Other sweets are also available from the Arabian Gulf area and her mother makes homemade cakes. We tried the orange pistachio cake and it was incredible. The coffee was wonderful and I also enjoyed the pineapple mint juice made with mint from the garden at the café!
Another awesome aspect of the café is that it is non-​smoking! It is so hard to escape from the smokers in most cafés in Japan so this was such a nice surprise as well.
Prices for the coffee and drinks are a little higher than normal cafés and are around 1000 yen per cup. The whole experience is very worth it though and I highly recommend trying this café, especially if you are looking for something unique, delicious, and high quality!