Sustainable Procurement and Quality Management for Specialty Coffee
First written in FY2024. 4 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025-H1. Latest entry: FY2026.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Tsubakiya Coffee will celebrate its 30th anniversary in April 2026. We are working to enhance brand strength by developing a new Tsubakiya Specialty Blend, purchasing coffee beans locally in major producing regions such as Panama and Ethiopia, and expanding in-house competitions aimed at becoming the world's best, following our victory in the Japan Siphonist Championship.」
For specialty coffee, the Company has advanced direct purchasing at producing regions, development of new blends, and expansion of internal competitions aimed at becoming the world’s best. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Chida (千田), the siphonist at Tsubakiya Coffee Roastery who won the Japan Siphonist Championship, and Tsukamoto (塚本), the siphonist who placed fifth in the World Siphonist Championship, demonstrated their extraction techniques at the Tsubakiya Sabo Omiya store, which opened in October.」
Regarding specialty coffee quality and extraction techniques, the winner of Japan’s top competition and the competitor who placed fifth globally demonstrated their skills at the Omiya store, which opened in October. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「On 1 October, Tsubakiya Coffee Roastery & Cafe opened as a facility for communicating the Tsubakiya Coffee brand. (Sarue, Koto-ku, Tokyo: a 3-minute walk from Sumiyoshi Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.) At this specialty coffee roasting facility, coffee is roasted daily with meticulous attention to quality by holders of the Q Grader international coffee skills qualification and finalists in the Japan Siphonist Championship. The eat-in space serves coffee and sweets, and also sells products available exclusively at the roastery and items purchased directly from producing regions.」
The Company opened a specialty coffee roasting facility and detailed its quality control by skilled specialists, as well as sales of products exclusive to the roastery and items purchased directly from producing regions. - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「The 90 tonnes of coffee beans roasted in-house annually are specialty coffee produced under consistent quality standards from cultivation through extraction, based on the concept “From seed to cup.” The Company purchases directly from producing farms under fair-trade arrangements and deepens its relationships with farmers from cultivation through harvesting and processing, enabling the sustainable sourcing of higher-quality coffee beans that are safer and more reliable.」
For coffee beans, the Company has separately described sustainable sourcing initiatives comprising 90 tonnes of annual in-house roasting, fair trade, direct purchasing at the source, and stronger relationships with producing farmers.