A journey through the backstreets of Sham Shui Po in search of Hong Kong's most exciting specialty roasters
BEST COFFEE SHOPS IN HONG KONG (THAT I VISITED)
Hans Danials %arabica hong kong, best coffee shop hong kong, coffee academics hong kong, eatandtreats, hong kong coffee shop, indonesian food blogger, omotesando koffee hong kongDo you know what I love about Hong Kong coffee shops besides their awesome coffee? The fact that most of them have bonsoy! Ever since coming back from my latest Australia trip, I prefer to consume either either soy or almond based milk with my coffee, and trust me I am this guy who brings his own soy or almond milk to the coffee shop in Jakarta and have them infused for me LOL, too bad it's hard for Jakarta coffee shops to accomodate this because the cost can be too high and Indonesians are mostly cheap (sorry not sorry but that's the fact I heard from coffee shop owners too), not all of them want to spend extra IDR 15k for soy or almond milk.
I remember receiving tons of Snapchats from you saying how expensive the coffee in Hong Kong is in general, and boy it is! A regular cappuccino started around 35-40 HKD (IDR 70k/cup) but since I always have the iced coffee with soy, mine could very well range from 50-60 HKD (IDR 85k/cup). It's literally double the price we pay for coffee in Jakarta. Luckily their coffee was good so I didn't mind paying extra.
I hope this list can help you on your Hong Kong coffee Shop hopping, I hope our taste match and you enjoy the coffee in these coffee shops as much as I did.
PS: this is not a ranking list, list is sorted based on alphabetical order - I am fully aware that this list is far from perfect as there are so many good coffee shops in Hong Kong.%ARABICA
G08, DB North Plaza, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong+852 2885 1312info@arabica.hk // www.facebook.com/arabica.hkGetting to %Arabica requires an effort as it's located at the Discovery Bay in Lantau Island, it was approximately 1 hour train + bus ride from Central (and could be further depending on where you departed), the long ride was a pain in the ass because Hong Kong was around this Typhoon season and it was raining almost everyday, that day was particularly very hard and we all were drenched by the pouring rain, HOWEVER I had THE BEST iced cappuccino out of all the coffee shops I visited from my last Hong Kong trip, their signature blend resulted this perfectly creamy (and a bit complex) iced cappuccino with the cleanest and smoothest after taste that I have ever experienced, and not to mention it's served in this pretty curvy glass. You might find me hyperbolic, but you can count on my words, just by having that really good cappuccino making all the effort going back and forth to this Kyoto originated coffee shop seemed worth it, it might be the magic of Slayer espresso machine that they're using here too (or also known as the most expensive espresso machine in the world).
Unfortunately they don't serve soy or almond milk here.