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I walked into the alley to find six hidden cafes in Keelung.

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Keelung's coffee culture started very early, which belongs to the prosperous history of a port. The old Keelung people told us that the open cafe created the Keelung feelings of the old city with living rooms. In the sea breeze, I climbed over the hill and into the path, and found that there were so many hidden cafes in this small city near Hong Kong. MaruCorner Coffee Stage Bar pill

Keelung's coffee culture started very early, which belongs to the prosperous history of a port. The old Keelung people told us that the open cafe created the Keelung feelings of the old city with living rooms. In the sea breeze, I climbed over the hill and into the path, and found that there were so many hidden cafes in this small city near Hong Kong.

MaruCorner Coffee Stage & Bar Maru Kok backyard

The Marujiao backyard, hidden in Keelung's commissioned alley, is located behind Marujiao Coffee, a well-known cafe in Keelung, less than a month after its opening. James, the owner of Marujiao Coffee, rented the store that used to run the vinyl record store and transformed it into a small one-person cafe for people who have dreams of coffee. If you want to try to run a cafe, you can experience being a boss for a day here. There are all kinds of hand flushing equipment and cups to choose from in the store. Coffee beans must be brought by themselves or can be bought from the boss.

Maru Kok backyard shop provides customers with their own hand-made service.

You can choose your own coffee utensils and make a cup of coffee as you want.

Address: no. 13, lane 5, lane 23, Xiaoyi road, Keelung city

Tel: 02-2427-3028

Business hours: 10: 00, 10: 00, 22: 00, non-regular public holidays.

Note: it costs 1000 yuan to be a cafe owner.

Golden bean coffee taste gallery

The "Golden Bean Coffee Taste Corridor" renovated in the classical house is called "the base of the Keelung Renaissance" by the locals.

The cafe space is on the first floor, and there is no venue fee on the second floor. It is lent to Keelung artists or youth to organize activities. Many Keelung youth gatherings or creative ideas start here.

The characteristic of Jindou Coffee is that the shopkeeper Wang Dalin followed his father's old way of running this shop under the Tianliao River Bridge, using only siphon plug pots to make coffee, and the whole of Keelung as his living room. He smiled and said that he wanted more people not only to drink coffee, but also to slow down and taste the beauty of Keelung through the time of a cup of coffee.

The interior of Golden Bean Coffee is quite elegant and comfortable.

Every cup of coffee in the Golden Bean Coffee Shop is brewed in a siphon plug pot. (from 140 yuan / cup)

Address: 1st and 2nd floor, 75 Zhong San Road, Keelung City

Tel: 02-2425-8817

Business hours: 09lux 00Mui Mui 21R 00, advanced to 18:00 on Sundays and closed on Tuesday.

Sharon coffee Shalom Caf é

The owner of Sharon Coffee, a private cafe hidden on the hillside, has a process for making coffee. He insisted that guests must "smell the fragrance" three times before they could really smell the texture aroma inside the coffee. There are more than 35 kinds of coffee beans to choose from, most of which are produced by small farmers. Coffee in about 90 degrees water temperature, extraction for 3 seconds, each cup of coffee can taste the most beautiful aroma.

Each "coffee" will be accompanied by a fragrant cup (right, 220 yuan per cup); I chose the "lemon tower" with coffee (right, 95 yuan per serving).

Sharon coffee on the hillside, the interior space is very home.

Eric, the shopkeeper, insists on providing the best coffee for each guest.

Address: 38 Yiliu road, Xinyi district, Keelung city

Tel: 02-2426-6649

Business hours: 13PUR 00Mui 21RU 00, closed on Monday.

LOKA CAF É

The name of the store comes from the 190-centimeter-tall shopkeeper Liu Yuzhu, who, together with his partner "Ma Ju", is in charge of drinks and specializes in desserts to create a youthful and entrepreneurial cafe dream. The special drink in the shop is "Roman coffee" in a goblet, with espresso as the bottom, add lemon and sugar, and taste it by hand. it is a special way of drinking coffee, sweet and sour, but the tip of the tongue stays bitter. In the dessert part, Tira Misu in a large glass is a classic.

Sitting in the shop, you can enjoy the sight of the big ship entering the harbor while drinking coffee.

There is not much space in the "LOKA CAFE" store, and most of them are visited by young people.

The signature "Ice Rome Coffee" has the freshness of lemon and the rich aroma of coffee. (180 yuan / cup)

Address: mezzanine, No. 28 Zhongzheng Road, Keelung City

Tel: 0920-39370

Business hours: 1214: 00, 22: 00, closed on Monday.

Ruth C. Coffee

Hidden in the roadway full of locomotives, the shopkeeper, Lian Sijin, who is from Keelung, found this small shop in the alley in the downtown area of Keelung. The shop was full of yellow light and the atmosphere was very warm. A cup of concentrated and cappuccino "one plus one" coffee is delicious with cake. The signature "matcha raw cheesecake" combines the rich aroma of matcha with the bottom of the cake filled with chocolate biscuits to give a crisp and melted taste. When eating this cake, one mouthful can be served with concentrated cappuccino and the other with milky cappuccino, and several flavors are mixed up, just like this cafe in the alley, plain and pleasantly surprised.

With a cup of concentrated and cappuccino "one plus one" coffee, you can taste two different ways of brewing coffee. It starts at 180 yuan per serving.

Ruth C. Coffee is also a small cafe in the alley with a small number of seats.

Matcha raw cheesecake with strong matcha flavor is a private snack eaten only by "Ruth C. Coffee", 120 yuan per serving.

Address: 25 Zhong Yi 3 Lane, Renai District, Keelung City

Tel: 02-2422-6581

Business hours: 13PUR 00Mui 21RU 00, closed on Wednesday.

Remarks: since May, it will be open from 09:30 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and mornings.

Homerun Roasters

Keelung's self-baking cafe, which has been very popular in the past two years, is also a rare large independent cafe in the area. The whole store has a fresh and bright industrial style. The name comes from the fact that the shopkeeper Bruce likes sports, so he takes the name of baseball's "home run". Another meaning is to hope that more Keelung people can go home for a cup of coffee.

The newly launched dessert "Caramel Walnut Cheese Tower", based on the original New York cheesecake, is a hearty afternoon tea feast with "hand-brewed coffee" or iced "black sugar latte".

Very suitable for summer taste of "iced black sugar latte" (former, 140 yuan / cup), "caramel walnut cheese tower" is a new dessert (140 yuan / serving).