Blog Tag - coffee

Ace Café Forgets How Rooms Work, Deliver Decent Coffee Anyway
When you’re seeking out a café, what kind of place do you have in mind? If you're looking for a spacious spot with comfortable seating where you work...
New Zealand Honey Lattes and White Wine Drips Stand Out at Esquires Coffee
At first glance, Esquires Coffee’s new branch in The Place gave us deja vu. That's because its clean, steely decor and simple counter-as-an-island...
Despite the Kitsch, Blossom Hill Blooms with Strong Coffee Options
Beijing’s steady march to fancy coffee ubiquity has finally made a stop to the east side of Shuangjing with the newly opened Blossom Hill.   It’s...
Starbucks Delivered Us a Beer Latte, Leaving Us Perky (but Not Tipsy)
During a groggy, slow-to-start morning at the Beijinger office, with most of us still reeling from the closure of our only nearby coffee outlet, the...
Yi... Where? You’ll Never Guess Where Barista Spleciality Opened Their New Branch
It’s was an, ahem, unexpected move for Alex Liu, the owner of a popular cafe located in Beijing’s hottest neighborhood. And yet his next venture, six...
Say Cheese! We Test Las Coffee's Westernized Dairy Brews
Although we’ve all heard of cheese tea – the oh-so-ubiquitous dairy-layer-capped bevies prompting huge lineups of Chinese patrons – it’s surprising...
Perk Up, Trusty Taste Coffee Comes to Guanghua Lu
While workers with offices in and around Guanghua Lu aren’t devoid of café options, they certainly do have fewer choices than their counterparts in,...
Beijing’s Best Cafes for Freelancers
If you are a freelancer or enjoy flexible office hours you'll know that there is something wonderfully smug about having the ability to work from...
Blaq Coffee Brings a Taste of Canada to Central Park Plaza
Situated in the mammoth Central Park Plaza complex near Chaoyang Park, the recently opened Blaq Coffee looks to bring a taste of fresh, low-key...
Savor the Coffee, Skip the Sweets at Seesaw Cafe
Having already carved out a niche among Shanghai coffee bean fiends, Seesaw Coffee has gone beyond its 14 branches in the Pearl City, making its...
Is Chaowai Soho's New A+ Cafe at the Top of Beijing's Coffee Class?
Even though Beijingers who frequent Sanlitun, the hutongs and (increasingly) the CBD have long been spoiled for choice when it comes to specialty...
Beat the Heat: The Best Beijing Convenience Store Caffeine Fixes
Here in the serenity of the Beijinger office, we are on occasion known to throw all caution to the wind and drown ourselves in beer in order to...
DP This Humble Hutong Joint Serves Beijing’s Best Cheesecake
You shouldn't always go looking for Beijing’s most mouthwatering slices of cake at a haughty Sanlitun bakery or on the dessert page of a pricey...
Having Survived the Brickening, Two Cities Café Continues its Urban Fairy Tale
The name of this café of course brings to mind Charles Dickens’ classic historical novel set in the turbulent days of the French Revolution. In this...
How Luckin Coffee is Reforming China’s Coffee Culture
A former tech executive who drinks three to five cups of coffee each day – perhaps at least two of them from Starbucks – Jenny Zhiya Qian must have...