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TAIWAN · 47 roasteries

Roastery cafés in Taiwan

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Northern Taiwan (Taipei) 28

  • Fika Fika Cafe

    Taipei · Zhongshan

    Founder James Chen won the 2013 Nordic Roaster Competition; rotating drip incl. Taiwanese beans.

    Signature Capulypuly blend

  • Simple Kaffa Flagship

    Taipei · Zhongzheng

    Flagship of 2016 World Barista Champion Berg Wu; own roasts as pour-over; Big 7 Travel's #1 in Asia.

    Signature Competition Roast

  • VWI by CHADWANG

    Taipei · Da'an

    By 2017 World Brewers Cup Champion Chad Wang: pour-over focus with a tiered menu up to limited lots.

  • All Day Roasting Company

    Taipei · Songshan

    Light roasts on a Diedrich IR roaster with an extensive single-origin menu.

  • Branch Coffee Roasters

    Taipei · Da'an

    Pour-over-focused bar with a roasting area visible through the window, plus tasting flights.

    Signature Bean Trio · B-side project lots

  • Coffee Lover's Planet (SOGO Dunhua)

    Taipei · Da'an

    On-site roastery where you pick bean and method incl. siphon; staff include World Siphonist and Brewers Cup champions.

  • Coffee Underwater

    Taipei · Zhongshan

    Co-founder roasts sweetness-focused beans for nine cafés; co-founder Eric Chang competed at WBC 2025.

  • Fika Fika SHIU XIANG

    Taipei · Zhongshan

    Hand-brew specialist with beans by 2013 Nordic Roaster champion James Chen; 2- or 3-cup tasting sets.

    Signature Ethiopia Arba Noir (黑色四號) · Sumatra Forêt Mystique 58 (神秘森林)

  • Moonshine Coffee Roasters

    Taipei · Da'an

    Founded by Zenki Ho, 2023 Hong Kong Brewers Cup Champion, with an illuminated central brew bar.

  • Normal Coffee

    Taipei · Da'an

    Roasts on site and pours Taiwan-grown Alishan beans as pour-over.

    Signature Alishan (Taiwan) single origin

  • Oasis Coffee Roasters

    Taipei · Da'an

    Taipei roastery founded in 2018 by Yu-ta Chu, focused on light-roast filter coffee.

    Signature Supersonic · Champagne Supernova · Las Palmas

  • Peace and Love Cafe

    Yilan · Jiaoxi

    Founded by Chien Chia-cheng, 2023 World Siphonist Champion; siphon specialty with own roasts.

    Signature Panama 'Kambera' (NT$1,800/cup)

  • Rufous Coffee Roasters

    Taipei · Da'an

    Roasts in-house, brewing single origins as pour-over, siphon and cold drip; Big 7 Travel Taiwan #6.

  • 23 Coffee Roasters

    Hsinchu City · North

    Self-roasting hand-brew single-origin shop in an old house with an atrium.

  • D23 Coffee Roasters

    Taipei

    Small Taipei roastery café known for great pour-overs.

  • GABEE.

    Taipei · Songshan

    Founded by Lin Tung-yuan, Taiwan's first barista champion; known for creative drinks like sweet potato coffee.

    Signature 啡你莫薯 (sweet potato coffee signature drink)

  • GB5 Lab Cafe & Beans

    Hsinchu County · Zhubei

    Self-taught owner-roaster who won the 2012 TISCA roasting competition; known for hand brew.

  • Horoka Cafe

    Taipei · Wanhua

    Dessert-rich café run by the 2016 Taiwan Coffee Association hand-brew champion.

  • Instil Coffee

    Taipei · Datong

    Coffee roaster brewing light roasts on a Hario x Tri-Up dripper.

  • Mask Cat Coffee Roasters

    Taipei · Datong

    Q-grader owner Davis has small-batch roasted for about 20 years; light single origins.

    Signature Sumatra Gayo Mountain

  • Mountain Kids Coffee Roasters

    Taipei · Zhongzheng

    Roaster brand serving freshly roasted own beans near Beimen Station.

  • Oasis Coffee Roasting Lab

    Taipei · Shilin

    Roasting lab with a Loring S7 and green beans on view; V60 single origins with tasting cards.

    Signature Supersonic

  • Posuo Coffee Studio

    Hsinchu County · Guanxi

    Giesen roaster at the entrance and every bean self-roasted; hand-brewed single origins at the core.

    Signature House medium-light blend

  • Quartet Kaffe

    New Taipei · Banqiao

    Former roasting studio turned café in New Taipei.

  • Shalom Coffee

    Keelung

    Keelung café where the owner roasts the beans himself.

  • Single Origin Espresso & Roast

    Taipei · Xinyi

    Began as a roasting factory; owner-roaster brews espresso and pour-over on a 3temp Hipster.

  • Summer Savage

    Taipei

    Café that roasts its own beans just down the road.

  • The Folks

    Taipei · Da'an

    One-man café and roastery roasting on site, often Guatemalan beans; espresso-focused.

    Signature Con panna

Central Taiwan (Taichung) 10

  • Coffee Stopover

    Taichung · West

    Own-roasted specialty beans; pick the bean and roast level, linked to 2014 World Cup Tasters Champion Liu Pang-yu.

    Signature Tea-coffee series (茶咖啡)

  • Chuguika Coffee

    Taichung · Shalu

    Roasts on a 6kg Giesen; founded by a COE judge, with Taiwan Alishan SL34 and Peru Geisha pour-overs.

    Signature Taiwan Alishan Meishan SL34 washed · Peru Montana Geisha

  • Ritrovare Coffee (Guomei)

    Taichung · West

    Founder won Taiwan's 2022 selection for the World Coffee Roasting Championship; 5 blends and 65 single origins at a hand-brew bar.

  • The Factory Mojocoffee

    Taichung · West

    Ranked #3 in Taiwan by Big 7 Travel (2020); hand brew and espresso in a factory-style space.

  • VWI Coffee House

    Taichung · West

    Taichung outpost of 2017 World Brewers Cup Champion Chad Wang's VWI, specializing in pour-over.

  • Du Residence Coffee Beans

    Taichung · South

    Self-roasting specialty bean shop, with Kenya Nyeri AA and thermal-shock Colombia.

    Signature Kenya Nyeri AA · Colombia Talia thermal shock

  • HAUSINC CAFE

    Taichung · North

    Ranked #5 in Taiwan by Big 7 Travel (2020), serving single-origin coffees.

  • Phase Coffee Roasters

    Taichung · Central

    About 20 house-roasted beans: choose the bean, then the brew method.

  • Solidbeans

    Taichung · West

    Roasts estate beans in-house, with a single-origin hand-brew bar and a non-alcoholic beer coffee.

    Signature Non-alcoholic beer coffee (drink)

  • WOO GREAT Coffee

    Taichung · North

    2022 central-region national roasting champion; own-roasted single-origin pour-over.

    Signature Guatemala 'lava chocolate' single origin

Southern Taiwan (Tainan · Kaohsiung) 8

  • Formula Coffee Roaster

    Kaohsiung · Sanmin

    Kaohsiung roaster café pouring its own roasts; our editor's favorite cup of a whole trip around Taiwan.

  • Oh! Cafe

    Kaohsiung · Gushan

    Main shop of Lai Yu-chuan, 2014 World Coffee Roasting Champion; pour-over and espresso from his roastery.

    Signature Green-label Geisha · Kenya AB · Classic Phoenix

  • Artigiano Coffee

    Kaohsiung · Yancheng

    Direct-fire roaster, three-time overall champion at the Australian International Coffee Roasting Competition.

  • Cupping Spoon

    Tainan · North

    Roastery behind glass plus coffee school; alumni include a Taiwan Cup Tasters champion.

  • Oh! Cafe Chihkan

    Tainan · West Central

    Tainan branch of 2014 World Roasting Champion Lai Yu-chuan's Oh! Cafe; pour-over and a skewer latte.

    Signature 串拿鐵 skewer latte

  • MR PICKY Roasters

    Tainan · North

    Café and roastery with its own roasting and cupping room, serving the Newtowner espresso blend.

    Signature Newtowner espresso blend

  • Pindo Coffee

    Tainan · Jiali

    Owner roasts every bean on a direct-fire roaster; mainly siphon with a monthly single-origin list.

    Signature Ethiopia Yirgacheffe 'Witch' · Kenya AA TOP

  • Ruh Cafe

    Kaohsiung Special experience

    Doorless, open-front café committed to self-roasting; single-origin pour-over, Big 7 Travel Taiwan #2.

Eastern Taiwan 1

  • Mese Coffee Roasters

    Taitung City

    Taitung roaster with a dark, smoky roast profile, in Big 7 Travel's Taiwan top 25 (2020).