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The event promoted RoCoBeL, a coffee roasting business platform using a subscription small automatic roaster, and its Myanmar-produced specialty coffee.","whyItMatters":"The event turns a roasting platform that ran through years of demonstration experiments into a nationwide recruiting push for participants, with Myanmar coffee as the product at its center.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBeans Connected began commercialization of RoCoBeL on October 1, after more than five years of demonstration experiments. The platform pairs a subscription small automatic roaster, starting at 9,900 yen per month including tax, with coffee from Myanmar. At the Harajuku event, chairman Mitsuru Murai appeared by video and described roasting Myanmar specialty coffee at home on a rented RoCoBeL roaster.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresentative Director Hidetoshi Miyazaki walked through the platform in a session projected to the venue screen and connected to online participants. The company is recruiting \u0026#34;RoCoBeL Friends\u0026#34; from across Japan to roast, sell, and buy through the service.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Beans Connected held its RoCoBeL press conference and Connected Coffee tasting in Harajuku on Oct 5, 2026, in hybrid format. Over 30 attended the venue and more than 30 joined online. The platform uses a subscription small automatic roaster and Myanmar specialty coffee.","twitterPost":"RoCoBeL press conference and Connected Coffee tasting held Oct 5, 2026 at Shibuya Font Lab in Harajuku and online. Over 30 at the venue, more than 30 online. Subscription small automatic roaster from 9,900 yen per month; Myanmar specialty coffee.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Beans Connected held the RoCoBeL Press Conference \u0026 Connected Coffee Tasting Event on October 5, 2026, at Shibuya Font Lab in Harajuku and online, with over 30 people at the venue and more than 30 online. The company began commercialization of the RoCoBeL roasting platform on October 1 and is recruiting participants nationwide. 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