Filter coffee bars in Busan
Where Busan takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
13 cafés · South Korea
Independent picks, never pay-to-list. How we choose.
Aery Coffee
Run by Lim Jeong-hwan, winner of the 2024 Korea National Barista Championship and a World Barista Championship…
Blackup Coffee
Open since 2006, Blackup Coffee is among the oldest specialty-focused cafes in Busan and a founding pillar of the…
Blue Bottle Coffee Millak
Blue Bottle's first Busan location opened in November 2024, taking the fourth floor and rooftop of a building…
JM Coffee Roasters
A large-format roastery destination on the Gijang coast with three bar spaces, a full bakery, roasting floor, and…
Matin Coffee Roasters
Matin occupies a second-floor space in Seomyeon filled with vintage Scandinavian furniture and anchored by a…
Momos Coffee - Main Branch
The flagship location of the roastery founded in 2007 that produced the 2019 World Barista Champion Jeon Jooyeon -…
Momos Roastery and Coffee Bar
Momos converted a former harbor warehouse in Yeongdo into a showroom-scale roastery and coffee bar opened in 2021.…
Motto Coffee
Featured in Sprudge's Busan guide, Motto is a calm brick building on Mangmidan-gil with soaring ceilings, minimal…
Requirement Coffee Brewers
A specialty bar in the historic Nampo-dong district built on Australian coffee culture fused with Korean hospitality.…
Strut Coffee
Founded in 2016 and named one of the 2024 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops, Strut is a serious roastery and cafe that…
Terarosa Coffee - F1963
Korea's most celebrated specialty roastery occupies a sprawling wing of F1963, a former Kiswire steel-wire factory…
The Barn Busan
Berlin's celebrated specialty roastery brought its meticulous light-roast philosophy to Busan's Dalmaji area, opening…
Tide Coffee Roasters
Perched on the scenic Dalmaji Hill road above Haeundae with a second-floor ocean view that competes with the coffee…
Good to know
These are the Busan cafés that put filter coffee front and centre, with pour-over or batch brew on rotating single origins rather than espresso alone.
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