Café Onion, Mia, was actually the first Café Onion I visited in Korea. Located in the Mia district of Seoul, it stands unassumingly next to a post office, under an awning. Unless you know what you’re looking for or spot the signage, you could easily walk past this gem.
This Café Onion is the smallest and serves far fewer pastries than the others, but the drinks are still made to the same high quality. There is also a plaque on the wall stating the designer’s intention, which reads:
Design: Fabrikr
Location: Seoul Gangbuk Post Office
Dimension: 220m²
Year: 2018
They try to fill the empty space with light and let the sun spend its time and the tree breathe.
I hope it will be such a space that becomes a landscape of contemplation for some and an inspiration for a new life for others.
What I like the best about this Onion is that it is tucked away and always seems a little less busy than its counterparts. The interior lighting is very neat and the space feels very comfortable. As always, the coffee is good and I’m glad they serve oat milk.
Sign featuring a drawing of a cup and croissant, stating the cafe’s hoursview of the espresso bar–note the bags of coffee on the shelving that goes up to the ceilinga shelf featuring Onion coffee teabag coffee pouchescollection of plain coffee bags and coffee cups for salepeople sit on a low bench with small tables in front of them in front of a large, frosted windowview of the front registertwo gray sofas in front of a low table with some yellow and orange flowers in a vase in the centersome seats and small tables in front of some back lit shelving; in the back you can see the cafe’s suppliesa large glass jar full of coffee beans and a display of coffee beans and pouchesregister to paypeople sit on a low bench in front of small tables in a corner of the cafe where two large frosted windows meetthe infamous “onion” lettering on the windowsome straight-lined chairs and small round tablesthe low bench featuring cushions in front of folded tables in front of the frosted glass windowyou can buy Oatly chocolate milk here!small wood burning stove with some logs, unsure if it’s real but I kinda think it issome nice graffiti on a pillar inside the cafesmall but delicious selection of pastriessmall but delicious selection of pastriesplaque near the entranceMia station signage
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