TWoffee is an editorial guide with its latest research update on 15 September 2026. Each café page carries its own checked date. This edition covers Taipei City; it is not a guide to all of Taiwan. It covers 34 selected coffee areas, grouping adjacent neighborhoods where useful. Explore regional browsing, individual café pages and the nearby map. It is not an exhaustive directory of Taipei.
We prioritize café and roaster websites for branch details, then use specialist coffee coverage, official tourism information, and independent reviews to understand why a place might suit a particular visitor. “Our suggested order” is an editorial recommendation, not a claim of a firsthand tasting or guaranteed current menu availability.
Older articles provide context, not live hours or prices. When listings conflict, the guide flags the detail or directs you to the current branch listing. There are no invented star ratings, visitor counts, or claims of personal visits.
The café map
Map pins come from the named branch’s public location data. The pin must match the address in the café notes; when we cannot confirm that match, the café stays in the directory without a pin. Distances are straight lines, so use the directions link for the actual route and local terrain.
73 of 74 cafés have a sourced map position. Your device location is used on the map page only and is not stored by this guide.
23 branches have a verified reusable photograph. The other 51 use labelled editorial illustrations while we seek branch photographs with confirmed identity and usable rights. Area lettering is typography, not a depiction of a café. This independent guide carries no advertising or affiliate links.
Every photograph is linked to a page identifying the depicted café and branch. Photographs are stored in optimized sizes for this guide, with the original source and credit retained. Dates, where known, identify archival imagery. Interiors and storefronts may have changed. Images remain the property of their respective owners. The source and reuse basis are recorded for each image. Attribution does not imply endorsement.
Fong Da Coffee’s Chengdu Road shopfront and biscuit jarsTonnyTW 0907P · 2024Public-domain dedication; resized and converted to WebP. · Reuse basis ↗
NOTCH Honmachi’s brick façade on Chongqing South Road阿道 · 2025CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to WebP, with responsive display crops. Image adaptations remain under CC BY-SA 4.0. · Reuse basis ↗
An ALL DAY Roasting Company cup at the Yanshou Street caféspeedbug · 2018CC BY-NC-SA 2.0; resized and converted to WebP for this noncommercial guide. Image adaptations remain under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. · Reuse basis ↗
A cappuccino in a Fika Fika cup at the original Yitong Street caféBlowing Puffer Fish · 2014CC BY 2.0; resized and converted to WebP, with responsive display crops. · Reuse basis ↗
A hand brew being poured at Zhanlu Coffee’s NTU branchSteven Tsai · 2013CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; unaltered composition, technical resizing and WebP conversion only. Full image displayed without cropping; noncommercial use. · Reuse basis ↗
Archival view through the window of The Folks espresso bar in the Siwei lanesa sun · CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 · 2016Full frame preserved; resized and converted to WebP only. Noncommercial independent guide. Archival photograph uploaded 17 February 2016; the named café, counter and marked espresso machine match the documented original branch. · Reuse basis ↗
A 2021 dessert and matcha-milk spread at Horoka’s Guiyang Street cafébryan... · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · 2021Taken 2 May 2021; named Horoka in the photographer’s caption. Visually inspected against the documented original café, table setting and ceramics. Full frame retained with resizing and WebP conversion only. Reused under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 in this noncommercial guide; adaptations retain that license. Archival food presentation is not a promise of current menu availability. · Reuse basis ↗
Cinnamon rolls and the North Gate view at MKCR’s Beimen cafébryan... · 2022Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Nanmei Coffee’s shopfront and coffee equipment on Chengdu RoadRichard, enjoy my life! · 2013Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
A quiet table by the window at Luguo’s Xiaoyicheng café8 Kome · 2014Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. No cropping or other adaptation. · Reuse basis ↗
Coffee counter and shelves inside Luguo’s Guandu caféSean-Su · 2015Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Tiger Coffee’s street sign and a red scooter outside the Ningbo East Street shopNisa yeh · 2013Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Bookshelves, wooden tables and roasting room at Peloso’s Xiaonanmen caféQmonsterLee · 2014Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. No cropping or other adaptation. · Reuse basis ↗
A lemon tart at Wenshan Coffee’s NTU caféijliao · 2016Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Iced coffee at Monga Coffee Roasters on Yongfu Streetijliao · 2018Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
A latte at Enroute Coffee’s Hulin Street caféijliao · 2018Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Coffee and cake at HAAYA’s Syntrend café貓天帝 · 2016Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Cheesecake at Future Factory’s Yuanshan caféijliao · 2015Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
Coffee, tiramisu and carrot cake at Woolloomooloo Xinyibryan... · 2018Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
A café cat beside a cup at Coffee Lab in 2011Runway in sight · 2011Technical resizing and WebP conversion only; full composition retained. Noncommercial use by this independent guide. Image adaptations remain under the same license. · Reuse basis ↗
San Formosan’s Dadaocheng café in its historic Yanping North Road corner building寺人孟子 · 2017CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to WebP. Responsive display crops may be used; image adaptations remain under CC BY-SA 4.0. · Reuse basis ↗
Each of the 51 cafés awaiting a procured photograph has its own custom illustration, created with OpenAI image generation in September 2026. Every composition draws on that café’s researched coffee focus and character, and is clearly labelled. The artwork is imaginative: it does not document the actual branch, its view or its current menu. The 23 verified branch photographs remain photographs. A small separate set of coffee-themed drawings is used if a photograph fails to load.