Beijing

Coffee Shops for Beijing
There are some coffee shops where the espresso can be drinkable.

If you want perfect espresso, just look for the sign of Kaffa Cafe,

there you can have the espresso and other coffee drinks from Kaffa Cafe.

Till 2005.05.20, there are four place you can go.

1. Kaffa Cafe,
14B, Xitao lane, Old Gulou Street, Xicheng Dist., Beijing Tel.: 8610-68513322 Ext. 6136 Comment:

* (pstam, 2005.5.23)
It is mainly for the head office of Kaffa Cafe, and also the Training Centre of Baristas. Only some tourists come here by chance, because it is in a small lane in Beijing.

2. Kaffa Cafe,
Level B1, Millennium Monument, Beijing Tel.: 8610-84048779 Comment:

3. Kaffa Cafe,
Lobby of Bldg. 2, Tongfang Science-Tech Office Building, Haidian Dist., Beijing Tel.: 8610-66481724 Comment:

4. Pass By Bar,
108, Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng Dist., Beijing Tel.: 8610-84038004 This is a member of Kaffa Cafe's coffee service in Beijing, where you can enjoy the perfect espresso and other coffee drinks.

Comment:

5. Corner Coffee,
Lobby, Tower AB, Grand Pacific Building, Beijing Tel.: 8610-65815871 Comment:

* (pstam, 2005.5.23)
It is the coffee shop, where I tried to adjust the water pressure and got better tastes from Illy beans. Due to the strict control from Illy, they did not allow to adjust the pressure but the espresso is really not very good. But from this example, we learnt that we can make better espresso with the Illy beans more than Illy can do for their clients. If any of you are interested in tasting their espresso, please contact me and I can show you where to find them.

6. Sculpting In Time Cafe,
3, Weigongcun Rd., Rm. 318, 100081 Beijing Tel.: 8610-68431193  Fax: 8610-68948301 Comment:

It is one of the most famous coffee shops in Beijing, where most clients are students. They are using the Illy beans, but IMO, the brewing skill is not very well. For this reason, even if there are a lot of foreign students or teachers, the sale for pure espresso is not very much as you can see while standing there for a few hours.