Isshin Chaya

Some visitors enjoy the coffee at Isshin Chaya so much that they buy beans to take home. The café describes its house-roasted coffee as something it began making with a simple aim: to serve coffee the owners themselves would genuinely enjoy drinking. One customer who tried the house blend praised its smooth mouthfeel and gentle sweetness. If the extensive menu makes it hard to choose, starting with a coffee could be a good way in. Some customers say they have also had beans roasted to order, making it possible to choose coffee for home as well as to drink in the café.

For breakfast, choose according to your mood: options include butter toast, toast with sweet azuki beans and pizza toast. One customer who ordered toast with a boiled egg and salad also remarked on the bread’s soft texture. Another chose one sweet and one savoury breakfast dish, and enjoyed coffee with azuki beans. Whether you want a light meal or something sweet alongside it, this is a café where you can put together a breakfast to suit.

If you’d rather make something sweet the main event, options include plain waffles, described as handmade from scratch, and shiratama zenzai, a sweet azuki-bean dish with rice-flour dumplings. Customers have shared positive impressions of both the cakes with coffee and the handmade-style shiratama. The menu describes the almond jelly as having a soft, melt-in-the-mouth texture, and notes that the matcha zenzai is also available chilled. Just by Tengachaya Station, Isshin Chaya is an easy place to stop for breakfast or a coffee break. Build your visit around toast as a meal or a sweet treat with coffee, depending on the day.