2014 has been a good year for Rec Coffee in Fukuoka—its new Kencho-Higashi cafe opened this past March, co-founders Yoshikazu Iwase and Osamu Kitazoe both made the SCAJ Barista Championship finals, and to top it off, Iwase took first place—a tremendous achievement for the young coffee company. And though their achievements of late have made them more prominent in the Japanese coffee scene, Iwase a