[Home](https://thesteep.app/) › [The Weekly Pull](https://thesteep.app/newsletter) › Vannelli opened in Aoyama and Tokyo noticed # Vannelli opened in Aoyama and Tokyo noticed Issue 1 The Italian competition powerhouse, a geisha worth ¥5,000, and why Tokyo still sets the pace. Vannelli Coffee opened on February 5th on a side street off Omotesando. The world's first flagship store for the Italian specialty brand. Twelve seats. No menu on the wall. A concealed shelf that rises from the counter presenting the day's selection in black canisters — you choose by nose before you choose by name. I ordered the Panama Janson Alpes Geisha Natural Lot 1016. Five thousand yen. It was worth every one of them. > The kind of coffee that makes you stop talking and pay attention. Tokyo was already ready for this. - [Vannelli Coffee](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/vannelli-coffee) Steep Pick Kita-Aoyama · Tokyo · Steep Index 8.5/10 The Italian competition powerhouse that opened its world debut in Aoyama and announced its intentions with a ¥5,000 Geisha that justifies every single yen. The full review is up on steep. But honestly — book a seat first, read it after. [Every issue of The Weekly Pull →](https://thesteep.app/newsletter)