{"id":388,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:30:34","slug":"mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Coffee Shops Proving Popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>LAST year, 2-square-meter Manner Coffee became an icon in local coffee industry, bringing good coffee to more customers as a daily drink. Today, we\u2019ve got more mini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">coffee shops<\/a> around us, only offering good yet affordable coffee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>LAST year, 2-square-meter Manner Coffee became an icon in local coffee industry, bringing good coffee to more customers as a daily drink. Today, we\u2019ve got more mini coffee shops around us, only offering good yet affordable coffee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpvmLUbfeFHWDPFQt8UPMo90Nfc9?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpeg\" width=\"589\" height=\"340.442\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#Post_Cafe\" title=\"Post Caf\u00e9\">Post Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#Formula_Cafe\" title=\"Formula Caf\u00e9\">Formula Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#Forty_Two_Coffee\" title=\"Forty Two Coffee\">Forty Two Coffee<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#Brewers\" title=\"Brewers\">Brewers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#The_shop_doesnt_accept_cash_or_card_payment_at_all\" title=\"The shop doesn\u2019t accept cash or card payment at all. \u00a0\">The shop doesn\u2019t accept cash or card payment at all. \u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#View_Coffee\" title=\"View Coffee\">View Coffee<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/mini-coffee-shops-proving-popular\/#Bonabird_Coffee\" title=\"Bonabird Coffee\">Bonabird Coffee<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post_Cafe\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #e33737;\">Post Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The 1-square-meter Post Caf\u00e9 actually shares the address with a popular fruit bowl shop. Its red post-box-inspired d\u00e9cor is eye-catching but it is very easy for you to walk past the shop without noticing it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtKoEMvBLM5pR5X4WjXtFrewZASB?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"643\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>You would like its latte (13 yuan\/US$1.9 for regular or 16 for large) if you like acidity detectable in your coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Although the shop is tiny, there is a wall decorating with postcards written by its customers in the past year. The owner also helps tourists to post their postcards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrSOVXub3HTuc9wvs22eiJgoMqcP?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"a.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"550.6666666666666\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Formula_Cafe\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #e33737;\"><b>Formula Caf\u00e9<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Located on Nanchang Road, Formula Coffee just opened 10 months ago. Customers can sit down outdoors to enjoy the heat and wind of early summer, right at the entrance of an old residential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/community\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community<\/a> by the shop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fohur7ZYZb6iEm6cEuAsdcly1akF?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The coffee shop uses a house blend featuring beans mainly from Yirgacheffe. Thus, its Americano (17 yuan) tastes much brighter than those blends using more beans from Indonesia or Colombia. Three new tea drinks with cheese cream on top are just launched. Try to visit in the mornings to enjoy a quiet moment on a backstreet to busy Huaihai Road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkyIFRPWaDVaC91xo9R8OOKZKUKD?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"b.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"669.375\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forty_Two_Coffee\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #e33737;\">Forty Two Coffee<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brewers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #e33737;\">Brewers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The cool black container-style d\u00e9cor catches the eye as soon as you walk past Forty Two Coffee Brewers\u2019 first outlet on Changhshu Road. It has a long narrow window, wide enough for the barista to receive orders and hand out freshly made coffee to customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fv6pLVt1yil1_tDK9hC91XeNDHf7?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"6.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The take-away coffee shops has earned instant fame on the Internet for its chic cup sleeves designed by its owner, who works in the advertising industry. There are two different designs for 8oz (227g) and 12oz cups, both in a bling bling style.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FuTb3HP1DBWuJj50Db6ddrvrQyqh?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"7.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"773\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Its second store on Nanjing Road W. is located next door to a popular traditional Chinese breakfast store. It\u2019s stylish yet delicious coffee means you just want to keep coming back for more. Try its new salted cheese cream coffee. It has two options, Americano (20 yuan\/US$2.92) and latte (30 yuan). The house blend uses more than five different single original beans as the nutty chocolaty flavor well balances the heavy cream.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_shop_doesnt_accept_cash_or_card_payment_at_all\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #418caf;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>The shop doesn\u2019t accept cash or card payment at all. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiRSArawDmYJ4T29Ga9CVb6z7msB?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"c.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"476\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"View_Coffee\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #e33737;\">View Coffee<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>With summer here, almost every coffee shops is offering the cold brew, also known as Dutch coffee. This year, more shops are offering ice-dripped coffee in beer bottles and keep them chilled in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fr9NflPwIK3k582DlOdi_uMYjKBP?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"9.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"675\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>View Coffee is one of them. The mini coffee shop just celebrated its first anniversary last month. It offers two cold coffees, the traditional one and the rum-inspired one for 35 yuan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrAexFIK1fqPZDeUh6XuhPpIzRXz?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"d.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"567\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bonabird_Coffee\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #e33737;\">Bonabird Coffee<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Bonabird Coffee is a small shop on Nanyang Road, offering a wide range of coffee at reasonable prices. Espresso-based coffee costs between 15 yuan and 30 yuan each.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvCzR3OtmaRR2VadgG9uUGXwPkgU?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"\u2191.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"816\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The cup has three different sizes: small to large with one shot to three shots of espresso, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The shop bottles its Dutch coffee (30 yuan) and liquor-inspired coffee (40 yuan) in beer bottles. The latter is in fact cold brew plus liquor. 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