Make this your destination cup beside Huashan: a roaster-led flagship where the brew bar and changing single-origin list justify slowing down. It suits a deliberate tasting stop before the creative park, especially if you want to compare a carefully brewed black coffee with beans to take home.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin hand brew from the current list; ask which Taiwan-grown coffee is available.
Warm lighting, a bar wrapped in postcards and artwork, and a serious roasting program give the original RUFOUS its particular appeal. Choose this Da’an shop for an intimate coffee stop; the room’s personality is as strong a reason to come as the bean shelf.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin filter coffee; ask about the current cold-drip offering if you prefer something chilled.
The second RUFOUS now gives the Zhongshan Junior High School area its own stop for the roaster’s coffees. It is a sensible counterpart to GABEE nearby: choose a straightforward black coffee here, then explore a more playful style on another visit.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A filter coffee from the current single-origin list, or the house milk coffee.
Fika Fika is an inviting introduction to Taipei’s roasting culture beside Yitong Park. Its Nordic-influenced identity and range of roast levels make it useful for a group with different coffee preferences. Pair one chosen cup with a park circuit instead of rushing between trophy cafés.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A cappuccino, or ask for a hand brew matching your preferred roast level.
A13 brings Fika Fika’s coffee into Xinyi’s shopping circuit. It works well when you want the roaster’s milk coffee or a bag of beans without planning a separate journey to the Yitong café. The department-store setting makes this a practical interlude.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A latte or cappuccino, then browse the available beans.
VWI belongs on a coffee-first East District itinerary. Its focus on brewing and bean selection makes the small lane address worth seeking out; leave room in the day to choose a coffee thoughtfully, rather than treating it as a shopping-mall pit stop.
Zhanlu is a useful anchor on the Xinsheng side of the Da’an Park and Yongkang circuit. The established roaster offers an alternative to a tiny tasting counter: choose it when you want a familiar range of black and milk coffees and a bean-shopping stop.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin black coffee or a house-blend latte.
This Zhanlu branch fits a Gongguan day of bookshops, university streets and a measured coffee break. It is a good option for exploring the roaster’s beans without heading into the busier eastern shopping district.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A brewed single origin; choose a bag in the same roast style if you enjoy it.
Zhanlu gives Neihu’s office quarter a dependable specialty-coffee address. Visit when your route already includes Xihu, or make it a short roaster detour before the MRT takes you toward the city’s lakes and eastern neighborhoods.
Slip out of Xinyi’s main shopping streets for this lane-based Zhanlu branch. It suits visitors who want coffee and a look at residential Xinyi, with the city’s bigger attractions still close enough to fold into the day.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin brew, with roast preference discussed before ordering.
Mountain Kids is a natural first cup for a day beginning at North Gate. The roaster’s accessible approach fits a mixed sightseeing schedule: have a coffee and a house sweet, then move into the western city streets with beans in your bag if something catches your interest.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A black coffee or latte, with a cinnamon roll if available.
Goodman makes a strong case for travelling north: its engagement with Taiwan-grown Alishan coffee is central to the roaster’s story. The residential Tianyu Street address suits a deliberate cup and a bean purchase, followed by exploring Tianmu on its own terms.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
Ask which Taiwan-grown coffee is being brewed, especially the current Alishan selection.
Luguo’s upstairs ArtYard café belongs in a Dihua Street afternoon. It puts a roaster’s coffee into the old trading district without turning the visit into a long cross-city trip. Use it as the pause between market lanes and browsing the area’s independent shops.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand-brewed coffee chosen by roast style, then browse the beans.
The original Guandu shop gives a northern river-and-coffee day a clear destination. Luguo’s varied roast range is useful when you want to explore beyond the lightest styles, and the branch is close to the MRT before the longer walk toward the river.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand brew selected from the current roster; ask about the Taiwan coffee if available.
Tiger’s cheerful approach to coffee equipment and beans is a good antidote to an intimidating tasting menu. Come to explore roast preferences and brewing ideas around the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall district; the point is making a better everyday cup.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand brew in your preferred roast style; browse the shop’s brewing tools and beans.
Moonshine is a purposeful roaster stop in the lanes south of central Da’an. Choose it when you want to spend the visit on the coffee selection, then buy beans for home. It pairs sensibly with the Jiaxing pocket rather than with a hurried circuit of the whole district.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin filter coffee; ask which beans are best suited to your home brewer.
Lógos Stand makes Nangang’s exhibition district useful for more than business appointments. The roaster lists distinct roast levels and single origins, so a short stop can also be a chance to buy beans. It is a separate address from the roastery in New Taipei.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin brew, or ask which espresso blend is running.
BEANCAFE rewards a purposeful detour into residential Beitou. The brand puts hand brewing at the center of its identity, making this a coffee-first stop away from the main hot-spring visitor circuit. Come for the cup and treat the neighborhood as part of the discovery.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand brew matched to your preferred level of acidity and roast.
Dancing Bean’s rhythm-themed blends and cold brews give the southern edge of Beitou a different coffee personality. It is most useful for people exploring this side of the city or looking for beans and a portable cold coffee, rather than a central café crawl.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
One of the house cold brews, or a coffee made with the current espresso blend.
Wenshan gives a Jingmei outing an established roasting reference point. Its range includes fuller-roasted blends as well as single origins, so it suits visitors who want options beyond the city’s brightest filter coffees. Pair the café with the market streets rather than crossing town for every cup.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A brewed coffee in your preferred roast style; darker-roast drinkers can ask about the house blends.
This Wenshan branch belongs to the quieter side of the university neighborhood. Pick it for a considered black coffee between bookshops and the Wenluoding lanes. The broad roasting range makes it a useful stop for people who enjoy classic fuller-bodied styles.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin brew, with your roast preference explained when ordering.
The Yongchun branch takes Wenshan’s roasting program into residential Xinyi. It is a good fit when you would rather explore small streets than stay inside the malls, with beans to bring home after a chosen cup.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A brewed single origin or a milk coffee using the house blend.
Fong Da is a window into Taipei’s older coffee habits: bags of beans, biscuit jars and a long-established cold-drip tradition on Chengdu Road. Choose it for a classic coffee-and-biscuit pause in Ximending, with the street’s everyday activity as part of the experience.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
The signature cold-drip coffee and a traditional biscuit from the counter.
Nanmei is especially useful for curious home brewers. The long-running coffee merchant stocks roasted beans and brewing equipment, showing another side of Ximen’s coffee culture beside the better-known Fong Da. Spend time looking at the tools as well as the coffee list.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A brewed coffee, followed by a look at beans or equipment for your own kitchen.
Underwater uses coffee as a starting point for experimentation, including non-alcoholic mixed drinks described in its roaster interview. Pick it for an exploratory cup in the Longjiang lanes, especially when another plain espresso is not what your afternoon needs.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A current coffee mocktail, or a filter coffee to explore the house roasting on its own.
Peloso makes Xiaonanmen a destination for a roaster’s cup rather than just a place to pass through. Its interest in bean choice and extraction is the reason to linger. Pair a black coffee with a walk through the nearby botanical and museum quarter.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin black coffee; ask which brewing methods suit your chosen bean.
All Day makes a good base for a Minsheng afternoon because food and coffee have room to coexist. The brand’s light-roast interest gives the bean list direction, while its café format suits visitors who want a meal before exploring the surrounding residential streets.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A light-roast hand brew or a latte, with something from the current food menu.
The Shida branch brings All Day’s roaster-and-food format to the university side of Taipei. It fits a day moving between books, small shops and the river, particularly when you need a meal and coffee together rather than another tiny bar.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A house milk coffee or hand brew with the current food selection.
All Day’s Tianmu branch makes the northern coffee itinerary easier for a mixed group. Keep Goodman or Oasis for a tasting-focused stop and choose this address when food is part of the plan. The brand’s light-roast program still gives coffee drinkers a reason to pay attention.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand brew or latte with a meal from the branch menu.
Normal’s Ren’ai bar is a concise coffee stop on the southern edge of the East District. Its smaller, coffee-focused format works well between shops and a longer meal. Choose a filter coffee if the current bean list interests you, or keep it to espresso.
San Formosan is a clear starting point for exploring coffee grown in Taiwan. The Zhongshan flagship combines the brand’s origin-led coffee selection with a broad food menu, so it works for both a tasting-minded visitor and someone who wants lunch with the cup.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A Taiwan-grown hand brew; ask about the farm and process of the current selection.
San Formosan connects a Taiwan-grown coffee program with Dadaocheng’s historic streets. Use this branch for a deliberate local-origin brew at the start or end of a trading-district walk. It adds a different perspective to Luguo’s international bean selection nearby.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A Taiwan-grown hand brew, with the farm and processing method explained at the counter.
Oasis’s Anhe branch is an easy way to put a focused roaster stop into a day around Xinyi Anhe. Choose it for a considered cup and a look at beans before continuing through the residential lanes toward Tonghua Street.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin filter coffee, or ask which espresso is on the grinder.
The Nanjing branch is a useful coffee detour from the busy station-and-office district. It lets you explore Oasis’s beans without making the trip north to the roasting lab. Make this the coffee anchor, then leave the rest of the afternoon for nearby streets or a meal.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A black coffee from the current selection; ask about the roast before choosing beans.
The roasting-lab branch makes sense when a Tianmu day is built around coffee itself. Pair it with Goodman on a separate cup, or focus on one place and spend time discussing the available beans. The northern address is part of the appeal, not a quick city-center detour.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A filter coffee and a look at the current retail bean selection.
Coffee Sweet suits someone who wants the cup to hold their attention. Its established association with siphon and hand-brewed coffee offers a different ritual from Taipei’s fast espresso bars. Plan a quiet, focused visit rather than a group photo stop.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
Ask about a siphon-brewed coffee from the current bean list.
Choose Woolloomooloo when coffee needs to come with a substantial food stop. Its Australian café perspective and house roasting make milk coffee a natural order, while the broader menu suits a relaxed gathering on the Xinyi side of the city.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A flat white or latte with something from the current food menu.
Full of Beans adds a hand-brew-focused stop to the Longjiang corridor. Its recognition in the local specialty-coffee association’s manual-brewing category gives curious filter drinkers a reason to step into the lane. Choose it for the coffee before moving on to the neighborhood’s broader café options.
Fugu is the small-roaster alternative on the residential side of Taipei 101. The local specialty-coffee association describes a Japanese-influenced café with house roasting, making this a useful place to focus on a brewed coffee away from the mall circuit.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A single-origin hand brew and, if useful, beans for home.
Bean Barn is a strong reason to make Shuanglian part of the coffee day. Its range of blends and roast levels makes bean shopping approachable, while the manual-brewing recognition supplies a reason to sit down with a cup first.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand brew or the current house blend, chosen to match how you usually brew at home.
