Oishii Coffee

Chiara Manghisi lived in Tokyo for five months in 2019, an experience that reshaped how she thought about ritual, minimalism, and hospitality, and also gave the shop its name, the Japanese word for tasty or delicious, the phrase she says she heard most often while there. She trained under Bugan Coffee, one of the established names in Italian specialty roasting, before finding this small, intimate room in the historic center and turning that time in Japan into a business.

The shop treats coffee closer to how a wine bar treats a bottle list, tasting single origin cups poured into crystal glassware rather than the usual ceramic, curating just a handful of well chosen lots rather than a long menu. Weekend reservations are recommended for the omakase style tastings, where Chiara guides each cup based on a guest's own taste.