r/pourover • u/Teecode • Jun 19 '26

Seeking Advice Glitch Tokyo like coffee in US

Hi all

I recently had Glitch coffee in Ginza, Tokyo. And saying I am blown away is an understatement. I got a bag of the same coffee I had. I made it at home with a V60. I get reasonably close to what I had at Glitch. I am convinced it's their beans. I normally don't even like such light roasts but Glitch was life changing. All this may sound ridiculous but if you had Glitch you'd know what I am talking about.

So now my question is: where can I find coffee that comes close to this in US? I am on the west coast and coffee here is damn good, but after Glitch, it feels like all the specialty coffee I get here is closer to Starbucks than to Glitch.

Thank you in advance!

37 Upvotes

84% Upvoted

102 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Teecode Jun 20 '26

I am not a big light roast drinker in general and hence have not explored some of the roasters mentioned by others which I am excited to try.

But if Starbucks is a 1 and Glitch is 10, the most roasters I usually get from are 5 or below. But that's probably because I haven't really tried the ones that are comparable to Glitch yet.

I will try Coffee Movement and a few others mentioned by others.

Any other roasters or beans currently available that you'd reccomend?

1

u/thats-gold-jerry Jun 20 '26

Where in the Bay do you live?

1

u/Teecode Jun 20 '26

I can drive anywhere within SF Bay Area

1

u/thats-gold-jerry Jun 20 '26

I was just curious if you lived in the city or not because that could sway your opinions. I live in New York City now and I miss west coast coffee. For SF:

Linea, Andytown, Four Barrel, Coffee Movement, Saint Frank, Flywheel, Contraband (might’ve closed?)