Fika Fika Cafe is a cafe in Zhongshan, Taipei.
Fika Fika opened 2013 after founder James Chen won the Nordic Roaster Competition, the first non-Nordic champion. Yitong Street set the third-wave template.
Tip: Open 10:00 to 21:30 daily. Bring a laptop only weekday afternoons; weekends are turnover-only.
Address: No. 33, Yitong Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Simple Kaffa's flagship near Huashan Creative Park is the home cafe of 2016 World Barista Champion Berg Wu, ranked the world's best coffee by Big 7 Travel.
Signature drink: Berg Wu's signature espresso
Order: The signature espresso flight and the matcha Swiss roll dessert.
Tip: Open 10:00 to 17:00 daily. Queues form before 10:00 on weekends.
Simple Kaffa Sola at Taipei 101's 88th floor is the highest cafe in Taipei, opened January 2023 by Berg Wu. Filter flights, panoramic city view.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with skyline view
Order: Filter flight of Berg Wu's seasonal beans with the citrus cheesecake.
Tip: Open 10:00 to 20:00 daily. Reservation by mobile app, walk-ins on standby.
Coffee Sweet near Taipei Main is one of the city's oldest specialty cafes, run by Sidney Kao with single-origin filters from Ninety Plus and competition lots.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Order: Whatever Sidney suggests as the filter of the day.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 19:00, closed Sundays. Cash and mobile pay; bring patience for filter brewing.
Smoothie House on Yongkang Street in Taipei runs the canonical mango snowflake ice, xue hua bing with chunks of mango, mango ice cream and condensed milk.
Signature drink: Mango snowflake ice
Order: Mango snowflake ice with mango ice cream and condensed milk.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 22:00 daily. Walk-in counter; mango is best May to October.
Rufous Coffee runs the city's most respected siphon-coffee counter, a dark wood-panelled room beside Liuzhangli MRT serving 1990s-style hand-brewed coffee.
Signature drink: Siphon coffee
Order: Siphon coffee of the day and the cheesecake.
Tip: Open 13:30 to 23:00 daily. Cash only; no laptops on weekends.
VWI by CHADWANG is Wang Ce-Chen's Da'an competition cafe. Located in Daan. Open 11:00 to 19:00, closed Mondays. Counter seating only; no laptops.
Signature drink: Competition-grade espresso flight
Order: Brewers Cup signature flight of three single origins.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 19:00, closed Mondays. Counter seating only; no laptops.
