My favorite non-chain café in Korea is Groove Coffee Roasters.
wood panels surrounding large windows on the first floor of a building at an intersection
I’ve been here a couple of times, so these photos are going to be out of order and out of time. I hear there are more changes coming, so stay tuned!
I first heard about Groove through facebook. Being a barista, I was interested in finding a Korean green bean coffee roaster, and someone recommended Groove to me. In addition to roasting their own coffee, they have delicious pastries made in-house. For my birthday, my friend requested a coffee cupping, which is something they used to offer prior to Covid-19. The owner, Chris, was super nice and helpful.
Groove is the kind of cafe that will spoil you if you happen to live nearby, because you’ll have no reason to go to any other cafe. Good pastries? Check. Good vibes? Check. Good coffee? Check and double-check.
A-frame featuring a pretty drawing of a barista pouring a lattee, with the words “The Best Coffee GROOVE coffee & music”front of the buildinga jazz guitarist poster on a gray slate wallmore music posters on the wall behind seatingself-serve water stationview of the bar from just inside the doorGroove Coffee Roasters on the front of the espresso machineseveral cups of beans sit by a roasterseveral cups of beans sit out with labels in each cupsexy, sexy roastercold brew contraption, unsure if just for displayseatingview of the store from the back cornermusic album posters line the partitionseating in front of the roasteranother view of the storesummer drink line-upthe first time I went here, the barista followed my friend and I out into the street to give us one of these fig bars, as they had just come out of the oven. I’ve been riding that delicious high ever since.madeleine and fig barssample menusample menu 2
Koffee & Kpop 