"Platinum coffee" (Hinuma, Hirakawa City) opened on October 10 near Hirakawa Onsen along prefectural road 268.

Kazunori Miyakawa, the store manager, is from Hirakawa city. After experiencing various occupations such as school staff and sales in the Tsugaru area, he started thinking about opening a cafe about three years ago. Learned coffee on his own, and earned the SCAJ Coffee Meister qualification this year. "I wanted to open a store in Hirakawa, where I was born and raised," he said.

The store area is 20 tsubo. Equipped with eat-in space, there are 7 seats at the table, 3 seats at the counter, and 4 seats at the sofa table. In the take-out space, you will always be able to sell more than 20 types of coffee beans (350 yen and up), coffee goods and miscellaneous goods. It is said that he purchases green beans for coffee beans and orders them from multiple roasting companies in Tokyo.The espresso machine in the store is made of rice "Slayer Espresso", the only machine in Aomori prefecture and the 31st machine in Japan. It will be.

Miyakawa's wife, Yoshimi, was in charge of the interior design based on white. Yoshimi runs a construction company on the second floor of the store. "I'm happy because I can provide coffee to the customer who came to the meeting," he laughs.

Menu is Americano (hot = 300 yen, ice = 350 yen), espresso (single = 300 yen, double = 450 yen), latte (hot = 450 yen, ice = 500 yen), drip coffee (hot = 400 yen, Ice = 450 yen). We have a drink menu and dessert menu such as cola and apple juice. At lunch time (11: 00-14: 00), prepare a lunch plate (700 yen) using vegetables from Hirakawa.

“If it becomes a place like a community space where you can interact with local people, I would like to increase the number of menus that use agricultural products from Hirakawa,” Miyagawa said. "I would like to make use of the qualifications of a junior vegetable sommelier in the future and also engage in dietary education activities for children. I would like to teach about coffee. Teaching will also help me to study," he said.

Business hours are from 9:00 to 19:00.