Wholesale / Export
Japanese Coffee, Wholesale
Specialty beans roasted in Mito, Japan, for cafes, restaurants and roasters
We are a roastery in Mito, Ibaraki, about 100km north-east of Tokyo.
The coffee we send you is the coffee we serve in our own two shops, roasted in the same batches.
Beans go in 1kg units and you can combine as many origins as you like.
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Coffee reached Japan through the kissaten, the coffee houses that grew up here through the twentieth century around a single cup brewed slowly. That history is why coffee is made the way it is in Japan.
Pour-over is the default here rather than an alternative. Beans are roasted to be read by water, temperature and time, not by pressure, which changes what a roaster is aiming for in the cup.
The cup, the temperature it is served at and the order of movements behind the counter are treated as part of the taste rather than as presentation around it.
Light roasting is used to keep the acidity and sweetness of a particular farm and lot legible. Our single origins are roasted this way, which is why we offer them light only.
We roast on a PROBAT drum roaster built in the 1980s and run two shops, ROASTERY and SIDE B. Wholesale coffee comes out of the same batches we pour for our own guests.
Tell us your brewing equipment, your menu and who drinks it, and we will suggest origins and roast levels around that. We can cup together as we narrow it down, so the choice is made on taste rather than on a description.
From green-to-roasted beans through to finished drink bases, and production under your own brand.
The same light-roast single origins we pour in our shops. The line-up changes with the season, which suits a menu that rotates or a guest-coffee slot. Sold in 1kg units and combined however you like.
A blend built for your equipment and menu, roasted anywhere from light to dark. Fruit-forward light profiles through to darker roasts with the body for espresso and milk drinks. Roasted to order, so there is a production minimum we will confirm with you.
Single-serve pour-over bags, identical to the ones sold in our shops and online store. Our own roasted coffee packed as it is. They travel well and work as a retail line, a gift item or a room amenity.
A concentrate that becomes a latte with milk alone, the same one we sell in the shops. Useful for adding a coffee drink to a menu without installing an espresso machine.
Drip bags, latte base and Nespresso-compatible capsules made under your own brand, with your packaging and logo. Each item has a minimum production quantity, and split delivery is available so you can start at a size that suits you.
The conditions below are the ones worth knowing before you write to us. Everything else we work out together.
We do not set a minimum order for export. Beans are sold in 1kg units and you can combine as many origins as you like. International airmail is charged in weight brackets, so a consolidated order lowers the cost per kilogram considerably, and we will happily work out an efficient size with you rather than leave you to guess at it.
Most of Asia, Europe, Oceania, Canada and the Middle East. The United States is not available at the moment, because goods posted from Japan now require customs charges to be settled in advance through a certified provider, and we are not set up for that yet. If your country is not listed, please ask and we will check it for you.
We roast on a weekly cycle after an order is placed rather than roasting to stock, and international orders go by air. We do not ship coffee by sea. The time involved works against a light roast, and it is not what we would want you to serve.
You are the importer of record, and import duties, VAT and customs clearance in your country are on your side. Prices are quoted tax-free for export, so Japanese consumption tax is not added to what you pay us.
Prices are quoted individually by origin, quantity and how often you order, with shipping quoted separately at cost. Payment terms are agreed case by case. Tell us the shape of order you have in mind and we will send real figures rather than a range.
Tasting samples of the beans are free. For addresses outside Japan we ask you to cover the international postage, which keeps the samples going to people who genuinely want to taste them.
Use the form below and tell us about your shop, or your plans if you have not opened yet. Either is welcome.
We send tasting samples of several origins. The beans are free; for addresses outside Japan we ask you to cover the postage. Brew them on your own equipment and recipe.
Origins, quantity, shipping and payment terms, priced tax-free for export. We will suggest an order size that makes the freight work in your favour.
You get an account on our wholesale ordering site. Orders placed by Tuesday are roasted that week and dispatched on Friday by air.
We do not set a fixed minimum for export. Beans are sold in 1kg units and you can combine as many origins as you like. Because international airmail is charged in weight brackets, a consolidated order lowers the shipping cost per kilogram considerably, so we will work out an efficient size together once we know what you are looking for.
We currently ship to most of Asia, Europe, Oceania, Canada and the Middle East. The United States is not available at this time because of the customs pre-payment procedure now required on goods posted from Japan. If you are elsewhere, please ask and we will check.
Import duties, VAT and any customs clearance in your country are the buyer's responsibility, and you are the importer of record. Our prices are quoted tax-free for export, so Japanese consumption tax is not added.
Yes. Tasting samples of the beans are free. For addresses outside Japan we ask you to cover the international postage.
Our single origins are light roasted only, which is how we serve them in our own shops. Custom blends are roasted to order and can be built anywhere from light to dark, including darker profiles for espresso and milk drinks.
We roast to order on a weekly cycle rather than roasting to stock, and international orders are dispatched by air. We do not ship coffee by sea, because the time involved works against a light roast.
Yes. We produce drip bags, latte base and Nespresso-compatible capsules under your own brand, with your packaging and logo. Each item has a minimum production quantity, and split delivery is available so you can start at a manageable size.
Individually, by origin, quantity and how often you order. Export prices are quoted tax-free and shipping is quoted separately at cost. Please write to us and we will send figures for the shape of order you have in mind.
You are welcome to. We are happy to help with choosing origins and roast levels around your equipment and menu while you are still planning.
Yes, and most of our wholesale customers are here. If you are based in Japan, the Japanese page has the domestic conditions.
HITACHINO COFFEE is a specialty coffee roastery in Mito, Ibaraki, roughly 100km north-east of Tokyo, running two shops: ROASTERY, built around the roaster itself, and SIDE B, a bake shop and cafe. We supply the same coffee we serve there to cafes, restaurants, hotels, roasters and retailers, in Japan and abroad.
When people look for Japanese coffee beans wholesale, what they are usually after is not a country of origin, because Japan grows almost no coffee. What they are after is a way of roasting and serving it. Japanese coffee culture came out of the kissaten and out of pour-over brewing, and it favours light roasting that leaves a single farm and lot readable in the cup. That is the tradition we work in, and it is why our single origins are light roasted only.
For wholesale we sell beans in 1kg units that you can combine freely across origins, so a first order can carry several coffees rather than committing you to one. Custom blends are roasted to order from light through to dark, including profiles built for espresso and milk drinks. Alongside the beans we supply drip bags and latte base, identical to the products in our own shops, and we produce drip bags, latte base and Nespresso-compatible capsules as OEM private label under your own brand.
Export orders ship by air to most of Asia, Europe, Oceania, Canada and the Middle East. We do not ship coffee by sea, because the time involved undoes what a light roast is for. Prices are quoted tax-free for export and individually by origin, quantity and frequency; import duties and taxes in your country are the buyer's responsibility. The United States is not available at the moment, owing to the customs pre-payment procedure now required on goods posted from Japan.
If you are importing Japanese coffee for the first time, or you are still planning the shop it will go into, write to us and we will send tasting samples. The beans are free and we ask only that you cover the international postage. For more about the roastery and the two shops, see our brand page, or the Japanese wholesale page if you are based in Japan.
Send the form and we will reply by email within 7 business days.
Everything marked optional can be left blank, and enquiries at the planning stage are welcome.
If the form does not work for you, write to info@hitachinocoffee.jp