Blog Tag - coffee

5 Things to Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear And See, May 3-5
Beijing can be an overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that ...
5 Things to Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear, and See, Apr 26-28
Beijing can be an overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that ...
M Coffee
How can an aspiring café hope to stand out in Beijing’s increasingly crowded coffee scene? Well if you’re the owner of M Coffee, you start by...
Such a Cafe 798
Who says being bricked up has to be a setback? After the demise of their Zhangzizhong Lu digs late last year, Such A Cafe owners Lucia Chan and Fang...
Still Waters Run Deep at This Newly Renovated Must-Try Gulou Café
Have you heard the old adage about still waters running deep? Well, it certainly applies to Still Water, a must-try café in Gulou that is low-key and...
5 things To Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear And See, Mar 22-24
Beijing can be an overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that ...
Keen On Coffee? Meet the World’s Top Roasters at This Weekend's Cherry Coffee Festival
There’s so much more to coffee than flavor, aroma, and caffeine rushes. That's the message that Lin Shin, organizer and founder of the first annual...
There Will Be Bread Ups the Bakery Ante in Shunyi
Having won over Sanlitun patrons with their wholesome baked goods and perky coffee, There Will Be Bread is hoping to find similar success in a far...
Beans and Beer Means Big Love for This Small Beiluoguxiang Café
Can a cozy café-turned-almost-chain retain its charm post-expansion? If said café is Big Small Coffee, then it's a wholehearted 'Yes.' In truly...
New Dog, New Tricks: Bubble Dogs & Bowtie Brings Hot Dogs, Whiskey, and Coffee to the CBD
Despite having no shortage of Western fast food options around town, Beijingers craving a hot dog can feel like they’re barking up the wrong tree,...
China’s Thirst for Coffee Underlies the Rapid Rise of Luckin Coffee
When Starbucks came to China, it promised to open a new store every 15 hours. Luckin Coffee opens a new shop every four hours. Luckin Coffee burst...
2018 Year in Review: Our Five Favourite Cafés
As the year comes to a close, it's time for us to look back on some of the happy, the sad, and the downright weird happenings in Beijing over the...
Shanghai Incoming!: A Guide to Southern F&B Bigwigs Who Have Set Their Sights on Beijing
In recent months a slew of Shanghaiers have made their way up to China’s capital so as to open new F&B ventures or branches of their own...
Double-Fist Coffee and Beer at Baiziwan’s Best-Kept Secret: Craft Secret
You could easily start your morning with a latte at Craft Secret and finish off with an IPA at Happy Hour. And with action movies screening on the...
We Dig the Mellow Vibe at This New Space 3 Café
Mellower Coffee – a Shanghai coffee chain with a handful of Beijing branches including a location at Shuangjing’s recently opened Space 3 complex –...