Filter coffee bars in Shanghai
Where Shanghai takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
5 cafés · China
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Captain George Flavor Museum
The Shanghai outpost of China's most celebrated specialty roaster, founded by Peng Jinyang -- known globally as…
Blue Bottle Coffee (Jing'an)
Blue Bottle chose a 1920s brick warehouse on the banks of Suzhou Creek for its first-ever mainland China location,…
Coffee Enough
Coffee Enough occupies a storefront across from the Shanghai Natural History Museum on Beijing Xi Lu, a location that…
Horiguchi Coffee
Horiguchi Coffee is one of Japan's most respected specialty roasters, founded in Tokyo in 1990 and recognized as a…
Single Origin Roasters
Single Origin Roasters is true to its name, specializing almost exclusively in single-origin Ethiopian beans that the…
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These are the Shanghai 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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