Fly Cafe is a cafe in Songshan, Taipei.
Fly Cafe in Songshan above the Sun Yat-Sen MRT in Taipei is a small pour-over and sandwich cafe with a tight specialty list and a laptop-friendly back room.
Must order: Pour-over of the day with the egg-and-ham sandwich.
Tip: Open 10:00 to 19:00 daily. Walk-in; counter seats fill weekend mornings.
Address: No. 17, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Afterhours in Songshan is a small specialty-coffee bar with pour-over flights, light pastries and a clean white minimalist room on Dunhua North Road.
Signature drink: Pour over
Order: Pour-over of the day and basque cheesecake.
Tip: Open 12:00 to 21:00 daily. Counter seating limited; weekday afternoons quiet.
Kafeholic in Songshan is a quiet specialty filter-coffee cafe near Sun Yat-Sen MRT in Taipei, single-origin pour-overs and a small pastry bar.
Signature drink: Specialty filter coffee
Order: Hand-drip filter and a piece of the lemon tart.
Tip: Open 12:00 to 20:00, closed Tuesdays. Walk-in counter; small bench.
Moonleaf is a Yongkang Street bubble-tea cafe founded 2010 by Wei Shih-Pin, a tea connoisseur from Nantou's tea region. Single-estate teas, lower sweetness.
Signature drink: Honey green tea with pearls
Order: Honey green tea with chewy tapioca pearls, half sugar half ice.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 22:00 daily. Mobile pay; small standing counter only.
Afterhours in Songshan is a small specialty-coffee bar with pour-over flights, light pastries and a clean white minimalist room on Dunhua North Road.
Signature drink: Pour over
Order: Pour-over of the day and basque cheesecake.
Tip: Open 12:00 to 21:00 daily. Counter seating limited; weekday afternoons quiet.
Oasis in Da'an in Taipei is a Nordic-leaning specialty roaster cafe, founded 2018 by Yu-ta Chu, clarity-and-balance filter, light-roast single origins.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter on the V60
Order: Filter flight of two single origins, V60 and Kalita side by side.
Tip: Open daily 09:00 to 19:00. Small room; bring a laptop for the counter side only.
Kafeholic in Songshan is a quiet specialty filter-coffee cafe near Sun Yat-Sen MRT in Taipei, single-origin pour-overs and a small pastry bar.
Signature drink: Specialty filter coffee
Order: Hand-drip filter and a piece of the lemon tart.
Tip: Open 12:00 to 20:00, closed Tuesdays. Walk-in counter; small bench.
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.
Signature drink: Nordic-roast espresso
Tip: Open 10:00 to 21:30 daily. Bring a laptop only weekday afternoons; weekends are turnover-only.
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.
