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Went to Kielo Coffee in Akihabara during my 10-hour layover in Tokyo. Tried their pour over and carrot cake.

I'm 6 months into specialty coffee and so far I've been using aeropress explicitly at home. Tried v60 pourover there and I was surprised how acidic it was.

I visited 'Pour and Palette' in Gurgaon when I came back and got an aeropress brew from there. That was a much more familiar taste. Boggled my mind how big the difference between v60 and aeropress brew is. Although I like little-to-no acidity, I'll get myself a v60 and experiment with it now. The more you know. :)

Bought me some beans as well. I really liked the fraction9 rum barrel aged coffee so I got something with a Brandy finish: https://kielocoffee.jp/products/colombia-el-proceso

Had a 10 hour layover in Tokyo on my way to Vegas. Picked up the Monogatari girls and Kara no Kyoukai artbooks from Mandarake Complex. Chihayafuru manga volumes for the covers I like from Mandarake as well. Chihaya Ayase nendoroid from the AmiAmi Figure Tower.(So difficult to find..none of the stores in radio kaikan had it.Pretty sure I got the last piece in-store!). And some gachapons from Radio Kaikan/Gachapon Hall for friends and myself.

Big thanks to the staff girl at Mandarake, she spent 30 minutes looking for the Hitagi artbook and moved 20+ boxes full of books. Wouldn't stop even after I asked her to that's it's fine. My respects🙇

Pretty happy with everything I got. Only missed out on thing from my list, the Kadokawa Saber Alter Kimono ver. figure. Couldn't find it anywhere. Maybe it was for the best since that figure is massive(and beautiful). Hopefully I'll get it in the future.