a glass cup reading “Nearby” on top of a coaster with iced Yemen Al Askar Special Reserve Yemenia in it, next to a card detailing the coffee’s information
I’m known for ordering two drinks at every cafe I go to, but the cafe I visited prior to discovering this one wasn’t that great and Naver showed me a ton of cafes in the area, so I decided to pop in for a pour-over.
I was so happy to see a Yemeni coffee on the list, as I adore Yemeni coffees even though it is problematic to be sourcing coffee from a war-torn, impoverished, country that’s been in a famine since 2016.
The cafe itself is a bit on the smaller size, but it has a great patio for the warmer months and is located in a quiet area of Madu.
But the coffee.
Ya’ll.
This is, hands down, the best coffee I’ve discovered in Korea. I’ve been ordering it through their Naver SmartStore and have yet to be disappointed. (They also give you a sample with your order, which I love.)
The last time I visited, I needed to pick up some coffee desperately as I was out, and the barista asked me if I wanted to sign up for their point program. After he asked for my name, an amazed expression of recognition crossed his face.
This might have become one of my favorite cafes in all of Korea, and I’m so lucky that it’s just a short bus ride away. If you’re in the area, and wondering which cafe to check out, this one should be at the top of your list.
Here are some shots of the general area it’s located in.
red cars along a street–a rare sight in Korea, where most cars are white/black/greysmall streets in Madubuilding with an interesting balcony set-upsidewalk of colored bricks with fall-colored trees in the backgrounda tree grows between two buildingstrees between buildingscalico cat perched atop part of a brick fencehi, kitty!I don’t even know how to begin to describe this architectureopen front fencehandwritten sign in Korean reading that the stray cats are being taken care of and to not feed thembeautiful red leaves above some benchesa creature dressed up as something pulling on the face of a cartoon cat, who is clearly unhappycartoon cat wearing a backpack talking a strollcartoon cat sitting on a tree stump reading a book
And here are shots of the cafe.
menu under glass; pour-over coffees change and there are seasonal drinks and cakes addedchocolate pecan cookies next to peanut butter cookies next to a plain sconeseveral shelves featuring ceramic cups, books, a stereo system, a print, a retro yellow lamp, an interesting flip clock, and a pitcher of water and paper cupsview of the espresso bar from the counterview of the espresso bar from a seatselection of coffees for purchaseview of the patio from inside the cafecorner of the cafe open to the streetcorner of the cafefig muffin and iced oat milk salted caramel latteiced salted caramel latteiced Ethiopia Sidama Kokose Natural, with notes of “raspberry, strawberry, earl grey, vanilla, rose, milk chocolate”
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