Switch Coffee Tokyo

Around 10 minutes walk away from Meguro station there is a fantastic little coffee bar. It is a small space but filled with excellent coffee. There are a few seats outside and some standing space and one seat inside. So while it is bot the place to come to sit and work it is definitely the place to go for excellent coffee. They offer a very nice range of hand-​brewed filter coffee as well as espresso based beverages.
They also roast their own coffee on site and when I was there all the coffees were available to taste for free. I also had a very nicely prepared Ethiopian filter coffee as well as an excellent cappuccino. I also tasted a single origin Rwandan as an espresso. Everything is prepared with great attention to detail — in that way it reminds me of Bear Pond but with the main difference that here they actually make good coffee and also are extremely friendly.
The service was really nice and friendly and it made for a very nice chat about coffee and got some nice tips for additional places to visit.

Awesome — Neat little place in a neighborhood, very chic.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you take excellence and attention to detail and pair it with an addiction to caffeine and one of its most potent sources, the coffee bean?
Wonder no more… Switch is one of those places that shows great love of the art of roasting, and the fragrance of the roasting beans should keep you thinking (and enjoying) the sublime fragrances of unground coffee goodness.
Share the love, and enter with delight!

Switch Coffee is a little hole-​in-​the-​wall about ten minutes on foot from Meguro Station, and its friendly sky-​blue storefront opens into an intimate little space housing a counter, an espresso machine, an impressive ek43 grinder, and a pro-​bat roaster.
Switch is first and foremost a roastery/​kiosk, so won’t find any tables or chairs, though there is a small counter off to the side if you decide to drink your coffee in-​store. The atmosphere is relaxed, and the owners (Masa and Wataru) are more than happy to talk you through the unique characteristics of the current coffee selection, or just shoot the breeze.
Switch also hold workshops focused on enjoying specialty coffee at home — recently these have covered the finer points of making pour-​over and French-​press coffee. Workshops are 3000 yen and include 100 grams of beans to use at home. Although these are usually held in Japanese, it’s worth asking Masa more about them if you’re interested — he speaks great English and may be able to work something out for you.
Masa is a simple guy at heart — he just wants to make and share good coffee for the people of his town. I think this is why I like the place: it’s only a little store, but it has a lot of heart, and they’re dedicated to delivering a quality product.