Hangzhou Coffee Map| A cup of good coffee, live up to the beauty of West Lake spring

Not long ago, Mr. Penguin courageously drank 63 cafes and presented a sincere coffee map of Shanghai.

As a result, many friends have left messages: Qudi du / Blue Whale / Guangzhou / Xiamen / etc. !

Don't worry, the Penguin Coffee Group has been looking around, just trying to find the best coffee in the world for you. This is not, take advantage of the spring, we come to Hangzhou (chu) spring tour (chai)!

As far as I can remember, Hangzhou Cafe seems to win by its appearance, but this time the penguin drank it all the way, but it was full of surprises. Many cafes not only have a beautiful environment, but also have excellent quality. Perhaps due to the influence of the long local tea culture, the new wave of coffee, hand-made, is also quite popular here, so it is worth a try.

Of course, with good coffee, there must be beautiful scenery. It is the misty and rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is most suitable to spend the afternoon by the window of the cafe. This time, we specially selected six cafes not far from the scenic spot, so that you can catch all the good mountains, good water and good coffee in Hangzhou. In addition, we have also sorted out a list of recommended cafes around, which can be found directly at the end of the article.

1 | Zidong Woxi

The smell of beans is not afraid of the depth of the alley.

Address: 59 Zhijixiang Lane

Opening hours: 12:00-22:00

Recommended drinks: SOE Milk Coffee, hand-made single drink

Zidong Woxi, a small cafe whose name is hard to pronounce, is hidden in an old alley on the edge of Hefang Street. There is not much space, and there are not many places. The weekend afternoon went by, but the seats were full.

Bar utensils display simple, a bean grinder, a single-head Italian machine. There is also a lovely little doo in the shop, which can be regarded as the big shopkeeper of the cafe.

Although it has not been long since the store opened, the owner has become quite famous in the Hangzhou coffee baking circle, and the coffee beans in the store are basically baked by the boss himself. It is said that it is common to bake beans until the middle of the night. When you are busiest, you can only sleep for one hour a day.

And the boss's intention is reflected in the coffee beans here. He personally baked SOE espresso beans and made espresso, whether milk coffee or black coffee, after drinking it. A latte has a smooth taste and a sweet aftertaste, while it has a special fruity taste in American coffee. Hand-brewed coffee, there are boutique coffee beans from different producing areas or unique processing methods, you can also buy coffee beans to go back to brew it!

Coffee tips: in recent years, with the rise of boutique coffee awareness, boutique coffee promoters began to think about the use of single-origin coffee, slightly shallow roasting to present espresso, a practice we call S.O.E (single origin espresso).

2 | Coffee gradually

Aloof on the outside, lovely on the inside

Address: 244 Zhongshan Road (opposite Yangbatou Northwest Family)

Opening hours: 11:00-22:30

Recommended drinks: latte, hand-made single drink

Gradually the entrance adopts the extremely simple wind of cement texture, which looks a little cold. However, the store is a warm bar, and there is a puppy under the menu board, which makes people feel clear.

Its espresso beans come from a single variety in Guatemala. We ordered the first Italian cup in the store that day, and the lovely barista was afraid that the first cup was not in the best condition, so he specially made two cups to monitor himself, and the small details instantly made people feel better.

The milk foam of the latte is dense, and the first sip is like eating a caramel with just the right sweetness, which makes people want to drink it down. The hand-washed coffee from Rwanda tastes clean, clear and sour, like a green apple.

The storefront is a duplex structure, and the second floor is an open space with a combination of Nordic style and Japanese style, which is very interesting with the scenery of the Imperial Street of the Southern Song Dynasty outside the window. Their desserts are also of a high standard, don't forget to order together with coffee.

3 | photosynthesis

Photosynthesis like a plant

Stretching growth

Address: 3-102 Kaiyuan Road

Business hours: 11VOR 000022JV.

Recommended drinks: latte, hand-made single drink

Photosynthesis is not far from Yangbatou church, the house number and shop head are quite low-key, hidden in a number of stores in the community commercial street. The barista and the guests in the store are almost familiar with each other and have a strong flavor of life.

Most of the hand-made items are baked from abroad, and many beans are provided by regular customers, and the menus on the handwritten blackboard are often changed, so you can often drink a lot of fresh and interesting flavors.

For example, this time, we drank a rare honey to treat Ethiopia, coffee blossom, citrus, apricot, raspberry flavor one by one, taste round, typical flavor is obvious.

Photosynthesis, like its name, has a natural atmosphere like a plant. Coffee maps and genealogies are displayed casually on the wall, and the coffee utensils on the shelves are not just fake handles, as long as you are interested, you can try the taste of different utensils.

When drinking coffee here, be sure to sit at the bar and talk to her while watching the barista busy brewing. Many guests in the shop came here inadvertently and fell into the "pit" of boutique coffee under the recommendation and guidance of the barista. Here, boutique coffee is no longer a sense of distance, but a necessity that everyone can accept and enjoy.

4 | what the heck?

A model of the combination of cafes and historic districts

Address: 15 Doufu No.1 Bridge (Wuliu Lane Historic District)

Business hours: 10, 10, 30, 21, 100

Recommended drink: hand-made single drink

There is a coffee shop with a very indecent name on the Dufu Bridge opposite Zidong Woxi. As for the name "what ghost", the landlady's explanation was that she did not understand what the coffee shop was and what it should bring to the guests.

Now it seems that the store is getting closer and closer to the answer to this question.

What kind of coffee shop has both beans baked by domestic baristas and boutique coffee beans brought back by friends from Japan. Light baked, floral and sweet candles and Yejasuffi from Ethiopia are regular coffee beans, and Indonesia's Mantenin, which is ready to make ice coffee in summer, is also quite refreshing.

The milk of the espresso coffee is cleverly matched and the taste is sweet. One espresso, Piccolo, is only extracted from the first half of the espresso, which is much lighter than a regular latte. By the way, I heard that a good-looking girl can get a chinchilla from Brother Coffee.

No matter who drinks coffee, you can't miss the dessert here. If you can't catch up with the signature cloud roll, it's worth spending half an hour waiting for a cup of Shuffle to come out.

5 | AbutlambCoffee Octagonal Cup

The charm of Rubik's Cube in Mini Space

Address: 87 Zhongshan North Road

Opening hours: 10:00-20:00

Recommended drink: hand-made single drink

The star anise cup can be called the most mini boutique cafe in Hangzhou, with the bar accounting for 2/3 of the more than 20 square meters of the store. There are no sofas, no tables, only a few bar chairs and outdoor seats. But just three months after its opening, it has become one of the most popular cafes in the city.

Unlike some stores that focus on storefront design, star anise cups hope to divert customers' attention from the environment to this cup of coffee.

Few cafes offer customers so many kinds of choices. From hand-brewed products and iced coffee to milk coffee made from different types of coffee, and even drip filter coffee from well-known coffee roasters in the United States.

Italian coffee beans are available in 49th old school and energy-saving lamps, while specialty lattes and piccolo are made from a single variety in Ethiopia.

We ordered a special piccolo. The name of the store also comes from the standard cup shape of Piccolo latte. Single-origin Ethiopian coffee, with a small amount of milk, not only has the sweetness of milk. The flavors of peach and vanilla in the coffee appear in turn in the latter part, which is a series of surprises.

Hand-brewed coffee in addition to the regular Columbia, Manning and Yega Xuefei, you can also drink coffee beans from heart, sight glass and other foreign brands.

The water I drank that day washed Yejia Xuefei, the first entrance had an obvious taste of orange juice, sweet and sour and delicious. When the temperature is cooler, the sweetness of cherries and honey becomes more and more obvious.

Star anise cup is the enlightenment of many locals in boutique coffee, and their second store is currently under preparation. Such small shops are gradually becoming an important force in the trend of boutique coffee in Hangzhou.

6 | Random

In unexpected places

Control every detail.

Address: Phoenix Yuyuan D6, No. 7, Fenghuangshan foot Road (Mangtoushan Community)

Business hours: 10:00-18:00 (closed on Mondays)

Recommended drinks: latte, hand-made single drink

Random is a popular cafe, especially praised for its designed storefront and delicious food, but it is easy to worry that these things will distract the store from the quality of the coffee. After a personal visit, we determined that their coffee was really worth a taste.

The coffee menu shows the store's mind: Italian coffee has a regular and single-origin choice; milk coffee also has different cup types to choose from. For different beans, the store also chose a different milk match, the degree of attention can be seen.

The combination of lattes is impressive, with obvious aromas of almonds, chocolate and red fruit popping up in the sweetness of the milk.

Ethiopian baked from abroad, citrus, honey, flower fragrance, obvious flavor, elegant acid, as sweet as green apples.

There are many avant-garde and trendy coffee utensils in the store, and the cups used for production also have a history, but they are not so noisy as to make guests appreciate this cup of coffee better.

When we came to Random, the baristas were having a small cup test and internal training session. In order to ensure the stable quality of the product, the barista updates the "extraction plan" for each bean every morning.

Here, baristas are no longer limited to behind the bar, but are happy to go out of the bar to discuss and communicate with enthusiasts, and baristas will patiently guide and recommend guests who come into contact with hand-brewed coffee for the first time.

The in-store menu is also changed in season, and Brunch and desserts are full of surprise. There is also an exhibition area for fine overseas life on the second floor, and you can also chop your hands after drinking coffee.

In addition to the above six, there are many cafes around Hefang Street in the old city of Hangzhou. Mr. Penguin has compiled a list, which can be saved by pressing the picture for the next visit.

Of course, there are more than good cafes in Hangzhou, and Penguin is still trying to explore.