The café has made its way from Kyoto to Dar Wasl Mall.
Dubai is home to cool coffee shops, from homegrown concepts to international brands. Now, Kurasu has made its way from Kyoto, Japan, and opened in Dar Wasl Mall.
Kurasu comes from the Japanese words “to live” and “lifestyle.” In 2013, the brand first started as an online homeware shop in Kyoto. It moved from an online to a physical shop. Now, the cafes can be found around the city in Ebisugawa Street, Kyoto Stand and Nishijin. In Dubai, queues are already forming for the hip hangout.
At Kurasa, guests can try high-quality coffee from Kyoto, and immerse themselves in a new culture and coffee community. Yozo Otsuki, founder, explained: “Coffee is my passion and it’s what I do right now for a living through Kurasu – spreading the word of Japanese coffee culture and selling beautiful Japanese coffee equipment’s to the world. Coffee has allowed myself to open doors to unlimited possibilities and to be able to connect with amazing people from all over the world.
“We wanted not just to be a provider of Japanese coffee equipment, but to focus on the education of the Japanese way of home brew, the Japanese coffee culture and the art of coffee itself. With the third wave coffee movement taking the world by storm, we saw how it was rooted from the Japanese coffee scene. The craft, care, and mentality the Japanese put into coffee parallel no other. The new focus has allowed our growth to be exponential, reaching 25 countries worldwide”.
Kurasu is open from Monday to Thursday from 9am to 10pm, and Friday to Sunday from 9am to 11pm.
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GO: Visit https://kurasu.kyoto for more information.