Filter coffee bars in Taipei
Where Taipei takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
28 cafés · Taiwan
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Coffee Sweet
Sidney Kao, a veteran Q grader with decades of sourcing experience, runs one of Taipei's oldest and most respected…
Fika Fika Cafe
Fika Fika is Taipei's benchmark for Nordic-style specialty coffee, founded by James Chen who took both the espresso…
Ivette Da'an
Set inside a converted 1937 industrial building on a Dunhua South Road lane, Ivette Da'an pairs a sophisticated…
Simple Kaffa
Founded by Berg Wu, the 2016 World Barista Champion and the first Taiwanese barista to claim that title, Simple…
VWI by CHADWANG
VWI by CHADWANG is the flagship cafe of Chad Wang, the 2017 World Brewers Cup Champion, tucked into a quiet alley off…
Yamada Coffee
Widely praised as one of Taipei's finest filter coffee destinations, Yamada Coffee grew from a Kono equipment import…
Beam Coast Coffee
A small, rustic Da'an café that sources organic coffee directly from Taiwanese farmers and brews it as pour-overs…
Coffee Stand Up
Coffee Stand Up is a pared-back specialty kiosk tucked down a quiet side street off Yanji in Songshan, operating with…
Doorway Cafe
Tucked into the quiet streets east of Dihua and Guisui in historic Dadaocheng, Doorway Cafe is a low-key specialty…
Fu Coffee
Fu Coffee occupies a narrow heritage storefront on Dihua Street in Dadaocheng, Taipei's oldest surviving commercial…
Instil Coffee
Instil Coffee Dimension in Da'an occupies a spacious two-level shophouse on a side lane off Fuxing South Road,…
Luguo Cafe
Tucked onto the second floor of the ArtYard, a heritage A.S. Watson building on Dihua Street, Luguo Cafe specialises…
Mountain Kids Coffee Roaster
Mountain Kids Coffee Roaster (山小孩咖啡) sits adjacent to the historic Beimen North Gate arch in Datong, one of the few…
nido for dreamers
nido for dreamers operates from a second-floor space at Zhongxiao East Road Section 5 in Xinyi, running from 2pm to…
Summer Savage Coffee
Summer Savage Coffee (夏野豆行) is a Tokyo-inflected kiosk tucked into a narrow alley off Songjiang Road in Zhongshan,…
All Day Roasting Company
All Day Roasting Company in Songshan is a full-day specialty destination that pairs serious in-house roasting with a…
Congrats Café
Founded by barista Super, Congrats Café anchors Wenchang Street in Da'an with a La Marzocco bar, rotating…
Rufous Coffee
Rufous Coffee on Fuxing South Road is a well-worn Da'an institution that house-roasts its own beans and runs a full…
SanFormosan Coffee
Founded in 2011 as a dedicated champion of Taiwanese-grown coffee, SanFormosan's Zhongshan flagship showcases beans…
The Normal
The Normal on Renai Road in Da'an is the neighbourhood-bar sibling of All Day Roasting Company, conceived as a place…
Cama Coffee Roasters
Cama Coffee Roasters occupies the historic Boiler Room inside Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, a tobacco factory…
Coffee Essential
Tucked into a tree-lined alley off Minsheng East Road, Coffee Essential is a well-regarded Songshan neighbourhood…
Goodman Roaster
Goodman Roaster is a Japanese-founded specialty roastery led by Q Grader Atsumi Itoh, with its Huashan location on…
Moonshine Coffee Roasters
Moonshine Coffee Roasters (privately known as 私釀咖啡商行) was founded in 2018 by Zenki Ho, an SCA-certified instructor…
Oasis Coffee Roasters
Oasis Coffee Roasters, founded in 2018 by roaster Yu-ta Chu, operates a Nordic-leaning specialty program built around…
Paper Street Coffee Company
Steps from Huashan 1914 Creative Park on Bade Road, Paper Street Coffee Company is a minimalist window-lined café…
Rufous Coffee Roasters 2
The second Rufous Coffee outpost relocated to Minquan East Road in Zhongshan, bringing the same house-roasted…
Simple Kaffa Sola
Perched on the 88th floor of Taipei 101, Simple Kaffa Sola opened in January 2023 as the highest cafe in Taiwan,…
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