Read this essential Seoul cafe guide from Aaron Frey of FRSHGRND:
I moved from Korea to Sweden back in the summer of 2010, and that unfortunately marked the end of my coverage of Korea’s best cafes & roasters (and a few of its quirkiest). However, I get a lot of people asking for recommendations about where to visit in Korea. A number of interesting new cafes and roasters have opened in Seoul over the past couple years and I think it’s time for a post highlighting a few of the most noteworthy.
This was a real collaborative effort, with invaluable translation, research, long-distance phone calling, and photos by my girlfriend Claire Lee; more great photos and notes provided by my friend, former co-worker, and fellow coffee-geek, Jin Park; as well as photos by Tom from TomEatsJenCooks.com – whose current adventures in Seoul you should definitely be following! Thanks so much!
![Let your filter freak flag fly! The Bravo Brewer is a new brewing apparatus from @sanremocoffeemachines and we are curious, intrigued, and a little baffled by it. A toroidal bottom “aids in oxygenation [and] introduces organoleptic complexity.” An air flow regulator allows you to “open the aroma of your coffee and stretch the flavors.” There is an “essence injection,” a small channel you can unplug to pour a variety of “essences”—flavored syrups, sugars, oils, palo santo smoke, whatever you want—to get passed with the coffee through the static mixer. Clearly a lot is going on here—read our feature (🔗👆) new today on Sprudge. #sanremobravo](http://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/c138.0.552.552a/101115844_161714892025281_8494942150473765088_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=J67VqZu548kAX8hlbhk&oh=ebc113f93c43ae8adee98bb30688c1b3&oe=5EFBB9A1 "Let your filter freak flag fly! The Bravo Brewer is a new brewing apparatus from @sanremocoffeemachines and we are curious, intrigued, and a little baffled by it. A toroidal bottom “aids in oxygenation [and] introduces organoleptic complexity.” An air flow regulator allows you to “open the aroma of your coffee and stretch the flavors.” There is an “essence injection,” a small channel you can unplug to pour a variety of “essences”—flavored syrups, sugars, oils, palo santo smoke, whatever you want—to get passed with the coffee through the static mixer. Clearly a lot is going on here—read our feature (🔗👆) new today on Sprudge. #sanremobravo")
Michaelalupe
28 August
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Aaron
23 February
I leave the puns in your capable hands :)