Oasis Coffee Roasters is a cafe in Daan, Taipei.
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.
Must 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.
Address: No. 7-3, Lane 199, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
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.
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.