I have yet to figure out how to describe the Japanese style of packaging and working with goods we would likely encounter in a very different way. Yes, the Japanese are tea drinkers, but they also consume coffee and believe the American version is too weak. There are Starbucks and the cold lattes we had were familiar and suited to the warmer weather.
Anyway, to prepare the version of coffee I consume most regularly, the approach makes use of the pour-over technique. I am a nerd enough to know about the intricacies of the pour-overs when made for a higher price in shops - the initial splash to open the coffee and let it breath, etc. The daily approach is more like the approach when you make pour-over coffee by the campfire with a plastic gadget you position over your cup and a paper filter holding the coffee. Here is the Japanese version. You buy a bag of these individual envelopes that open to reveal a bag of coffee surrounded by a cardboard sleeve that you open to place over your cup. You then pour hot water from your hot water pot over the bag using whatever technique you prefer.
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