Five individual cafes not to be missed in Shanghai

In his Shanghai style Qingkou, Zhou Libo vividly demonstrated the culture of "drinking coffee" of Shanghainese-"Arabian Shanghainese grew up eating coffee." Indeed, many old Shanghainese have the habit of drinking coffee, and those cafes in old Shanghai are specific and nostalgic in their lives. In Wang Anyi's novel "Song of everlasting regret", there are too many scenes related to "coffee", such as "the strong aroma of Brazilian coffee comes from the door of Lao Chang, and it turns back time." For example, Cumminson said that he seems to have been doing only one thing in the past few months, that is, waiting in line. Wait in line for dinner at 09:30 in the morning at the Chinese restaurant, then wait in line at the western restaurant at four o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes wait in line for coffee.

Now, many old Shanghai cafes have "walked out sadly". The feeling of "behind the delicacy and ostentatiousness, with a realistic and romantic sentiment" has gone forever, which makes many old coffee customers who are keen on Shanghai-style life fretting. Let's have a look at the 14 individual cafes in Shanghai that can't be missed.

1. ESPRESSOAMERICANO

Add: unit 105, shanghai mall, 1376 Nanjing west road

There are only two seats in this cafe

ESPRESSO doesn't always taste the same here. No customer has ever been dissatisfied with the ESPRESSO here. People from nearby office buildings and hotels often drink coffee here, and they can pack up the coffee and take it back to drink slowly. Coffee shops elsewhere nearby can't do this because they don't have special cups. The cup used here is imported from the United States, it is not a simple paper cup, it is very hard, as hard as a can, poured into hot coffee, the cup is not hot, because it can insulate, it also ensures that the coffee back to drink the right temperature. The taste of ESPRESSO here is constantly changing. Because the proportion of coffee beans that make ESPRESSO here is constantly changing. The new ratio is prepared by the boss, employees and invited customers. They make several different kinds of coffee according to different proportions, choose the proportion that tastes best, and then put this proportion into the operation of the machine until the guest is dissatisfied, but never change the proportion because of the guest's reason. because no guest has ever commented on the taste of coffee. The replacement ratio is often due to the problems of the suppliers, such as the unstable quality of the beans they provide or the shortage of beans, and the natural result is to rematch the proportion. The longest ratio here lasts for three years, while the shortest one lasts only two weeks. The fresh milk they use to make coffee is imported from Australia. Other seasonings-chocolate, vanilla, almonds, mint and strawberries-are imported from the United States. This small cafe is on the first floor of the Shanghai Mall, next to Watsons. Now you won't ignore it because it's small. There is a handsome waiter in this cafe who is admired and speaks very pure English.

two。 Rose Cafe Garden Hotel unlimited refills

Address: 58 Maoming South Road

Tel: 6415 1111 Mui 5212

Drinking coffee here can be refilled indefinitely, as long as you can stand it.

The coffee here is Japanese charcoal-roasted coffee. They say that the coffee beans baked with charcoal are mixed with the woody fragrance of charcoal and the combination of strength and softness. There is a height of space that other cafes in Shanghai do not have, baroque-style pillars, carvings, flowers everywhere, and a rose on each table. The most fascinating is the flowers on the wall, which are in full bloom in gouache painting, light and surprisingly large. Draw the signature is "CatteerDatg", I do not know whether the powerful Internet can find this person. Flowers everywhere, but also in full bloom on the glass screen, one after another white, like a foggy "white rose", otherworldly. A little melancholy is that it is designed and made by the Japanese. They said that there was no such glass carving technology in China in the 1980s. Japanese-style carpets, Italian-made tables and chairs, Chinese-style flower plates. The bright and high chandelier was customized in Austria and was made in medieval castle style. There is another one in Shanghai, the coffee shop on the ground floor of Silver Star Holiday in Silver City. Coffee can also be refilled indefinitely.

3. Real pot coffee is the most exquisite.

Head office: No. 1 Huating Road

Tel: 54040607

You can drink the finest coffee in Shanghai in the real pot cafe.

The coffee beans here are roasted with charcoal, which is the highest grade in Japan. It is neither boiled nor steamed before drinking, but is brewed like tea. Unbleached filter paper is used to reduce the damage to the original flavor of coffee. As soon as you enter the real pot cafe, the service staff will offer you a glass of ice water and let the guests first purify their tongue and taste zero before tasting a good cup of coffee. There are more than twenty kinds of coffee to choose from here. From the attributes of coffee, cultivation, selection, roasting, grinding, brewing, cup selection, and even the service process have gone through countless experience accumulation and testing. All the filled cups are made of bone porcelain cups of British WEDGWOOD original mouth, one set is about a few hundred yuan, this kind of expensive cups containing animal ashes, thermal insulation, can slow down the rate of coffee temperature drop, you know, the best temperature for coffee taste is 62 degrees. For example, the light green pattern, lotus leaf-shaped coffee cups are used to match the Andean emerald coffee. In the real pot cafe, you can also find a lot of special coffee that is not on the noodles.

4. Starbucks STARBUCKS is the most famous and self-help.

Libao Mansion Store: 222 Huaihai Middle Road

Tel: 53966379

Starbucks' Cappuccino cappuccino is undoubtedly the best in Shanghai.

Have you ever heard of a cafe where customers can bring their own cups to drink coffee? You really brought your own cup, and each cup of coffee could be cheaper by two yuan-because you were afraid that using a plastic cup when taking out would be harmful to the environment, while the cappuccino had a thick layer of foam at the bottom of the cup. Drinking coffee at Starbucks is self-service. Starbucks emphasizes its rugged style, which is very different from the delicacy and delicacy of real pots in Japanese cafes that have been opened all over Shanghai, and is much cheaper in terms of price. On a sunny and cool afternoon in early autumn, when I walked into the Starbucks Cafe on the east side of Huaihai Road, I saw a foreign girl resting her foot on another chair. As said in the book about the legend of Starbucks, there is jazz in the store. Fortune magazine said: "Starbucks has changed everything from American coffee drinking habits and everyday language to busy streets." Now that Starbucks has come to Shanghai, will it change everything here? At present, many of the people who patronize Starbucks seem to be its original regular customers, rather than more pure locals like the real pot.

5. Haagen-Dazs ice cream house coffee and ice cream are lovers

Ship shop: 558 middle Huaihai road

Tel: 63593581-26

Haagen-Dazs coffee and ice cream are a perfect couple of lovers.

Their ESPRESS espresso will make their heart beat faster at the first sip, which some people say is like their first love. Just as some people put sugar cubes in their mouths when drinking coffee, ice cream is as sweet and delicate as a happy marriage, while painstaking coffee deepens memories. Haagen-Dazs ice cream not only enjoys a high reputation. Unintentionally planting willow, their coffee also has a reputation.