[coffee culture] with the passage of time, take a trip to the spatial history of the cafe

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"Third Place" simply refers to the third place outside the home and workplace. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg also mentioned the concept of "Third Place"."Third Place" allows us to escape from the tedious daily life and relieve the pressure of life. In modern urban life, coffee houses represent the "third place," but long before coffee shops became popular, the third place began with the "music and tea shops" of the Japanese colonial era.

The "music tea shops" in Taiwan, which came from Japan, were important places for citizens to get in touch with modern culture in those days. Here you could listen to Western classical music or jazz, which was almost in sync with the tea shop culture of Tokyo at that time. In the post-war period of Taiwan's rapid economic development, many old-fashioned "human relations cafes" appeared, such as Fengda Coffee in Hsimenting and South American Coffee. The coffee shops that really affect the lives of citizens are the so-called bee coffee chains.

Bee Coffee Shop storefronts always have dark black floor-to-ceiling glass, on the one hand to maintain internal privacy and mystery; on the other hand, in the hot summer also has the effect of anti-ultraviolet cooling. In that era, business people negotiate, reporters interview, and even arrange blind dates, will choose bee coffee, more particularly, bee coffee table is actually a well-designed electric toy table, the most famous game is to play small bees, become salesmen, journalists and other good companions to kill time.

However, the privacy and consumption of bee coffee was still an activity place for a small number of business people in those days. It was not until Japanese coffee chains were introduced to Taiwan that coffee shops gradually became a social space for ordinary people. In recent years, American coffee chains have entered Taiwan in large numbers, setting off a craze for coffee drinking among Taiwanese. Coffee shops have almost replaced black tea shops and tea houses as the most important "third place" for Taiwanese people.

In addition to the coffee craze caused by the arrival of chain coffee shops, local specialty coffee shops have gradually sprung up in every corner of the city, and have even become an important feature of Taiwan's alley culture. Coffee shops have different characteristics, attracting customers with different attributes to consume, these customers and shop owners together shape the characteristics and atmosphere of coffee shops. Observing the characteristics of coffee shops, we can understand the inner needs and deficiencies of modern urbanites, and then summarize the basic character of the city.

Over the years, Nordic minimalist coffee shops have gradually been loved by city residents, mainly because of the chaotic daily life of the whole city, so that citizens hope to get a visual and spiritual rest in a simple, clean and natural coffee shop. These cafes are bright and simple, showing the minimalist architect's spirit of "Less is More." FIKA FIKA Cafe in Taipei City, KIOSK, Powder Workshop, etc. are representatives of this type of coffee shop, such coffee shops are especially popular with hard-working office workers.

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The Fujinshu Cafe and Afterhours Café in Minsheng Community follow the Japanese simple and natural route, which can be said to be the continuation of the Japanese spirit of solitude. The Eastern tea ceremony spirit is reproduced in modern cafes, which is indeed a surprising development. In addition to its minimalist style, Old House Cafes have also become popular in recent years. Even Starbucks has joined the fray, using old historic buildings to create a classically gorgeous café ambience at its branch on Baoan Street; the Dim Sum Cafe on Taishun Street and Green Island Serenade Cafe on Nijō Street have been converted from old Japanese dormitories, filling the atmosphere of Kyoto Old House Cafes with the charm of modern urbanites reliving old houses.

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The small ruined coffee shop in Mucha is a successful example of the reconstruction of ruins. The dilapidated house next to the garage has been transformed into a beautiful space full of coffee aroma by the owner of the cafe. People come here to experience the rough atmosphere of drinking in the ruins, and at the same time forget the formality and pressure of city life. Picking up a cat on the road is the ultimate of a rough cafe. The furniture of the whole shop is picked up, and even the bar equipment is made by the owner himself. It is popular with young students because it can abandon the usual restraint and feel completely free.

The so-called industrial-style cafes are basically created to cater to modern urbanites who are fed up with exquisite design spaces and hope to find freedom and liberation in a rough atmosphere. Imperfect Cafe on Hsinsheng South Road, Paper St. Cafe at Pate Junction, and Minsheng Apartment Cafe are all simple, industrial-style designs. In fact, they are also very popular with modern urbanites. It can be seen that modern people have long lost interest in the classical and bureaucratic cafes of the past. Free cafes are the king of modern urban cafes.

Small Ruins Coffee

City cafes have also become an important place for modern students to read and do their homework, especially those located in university towns, especially in the style of colleges. These cafes are generally quiet, like libraries, so that people have to read quietly as soon as they enter the coffee shop. PICNIC and PICA PICA coffee shops in Wenzhou Community of National Taiwan University are representatives of this kind of coffee shops; Balcony Cafe in Dazhi Community has also been an important coffee shop in Shih Chien University Urban area for many years. The quiet indoor atmosphere and freshly baked cakes every day always comfort the tired students 'hearts.

Some cafes gather friends with music. Prague Coffee Shop, which has been in operation for many years, has a beautiful grand piano in the store, and the store always plays classical music, especially simple piano music, which makes people feel like escaping to the secret world. The historic Snow House Cafe plays jazz vinyl records, and the store has a large collection of vinyl records, which make people who love old-school jazz music flock to it.

For modern urbanites, coffee shops can be quiet monasteries, libraries for learning, or warm social rooms, allowing urbanites to find another place to rest between work and family, so that life can breathe, regain strength, and continue the struggle of the next section of the road.