Founded in Tokyo and led by roaster Yasuo Ishii, Leaves Coffee is a “town roastery” with global ambitions, summed up in its motto from town roastery to the world. The stated purpose is to deliver extraordinary experiences in everyday life and to enrich the global environment and people’s health. The style is producer first and lot specific, with light roasting used to bring sweetness, clarity, and place into focus. A compact roastery and coffee bar in Sumida anchors the brand, with a seasonal outpost in Nakijin, Okinawa.

At the Sumida roastery coffee bar the room itself lifts the experience, a calm, beautifully considered space where everything points to the cup. Service is quiet and precise, with small choices that feel deliberate, from how coffees are introduced to how they are brewed and presented. Cups open sweet then snap into focus, the acidity clear and neatly placed, and the lineup reads measured rather than loud, so variety and place stay easy to follow. Labels and product pages keep the producer in front with concise, useful detail, and season to season the selection feels curated with intent rather than breadth for its own sake.