Softer Volumes: Cafés
Introduction Contents
Welcome to Softer Volumes: Cafés — a coffee table book Asia
showcasing beautifully-designed cafés around the world.
From eye-catching modern interiors to charmingly
simple spaces for enjoying a great cup of coffee, this Basic Coffee Beijing, China 8
book features over 100 hand-picked coffee shops in Shop O Chengdu, China 14
more than 70 cities. Nature One Coffee Foshan, China 18
Ceremorning Hangzhou, China 22
We hope you enjoy this book for years to come. % Arabica Shanghai, China 24
NOC Papillons & Bakery Hong Kong 28
OMOTESANDO KOFFEE / KOFFEE MAMEYA K11 Hong Kong 30
Trois Hong Kong 36
Sawo Coffee & Roastery Bandung, Indonesia 38
Thank you very much to everyone involved in bringing Kisaku Jakarta, Indonesia 42
Softer Volumes: Cafes to life, including the featured
cafés, designers, photographers, writers, contributors, Voice of Coffee Kobe, Japan 44
partners, and the Softer Volumes team. % Arabica Kyoto Arashiyama Kyoto, Japan 46
NAGASAWA COFFEE Morioka, Japan 50
CHAMI -Specialty Coffee Roaster- Nara, Japan 52
Nicholas Vodicka Allpress Espresso Tokyo Roastery & Cafe Tokyo, Japan 54
Creative Director dotcom space Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 56
KOFFEE MAMEYA -Kakeru- Tokyo, Japan 58
Joe Vuong OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Shimokitazawa Tokyo, Japan 62
Publishing Director ONIBUS COFFEE Nakameguro Tokyo, Japan 64
Blue Bottle Coffee Minatomirai Café Yokohama, Japan 66
Rowan Collins
Art Director & Writer (Asia) % Arabica Kuwait Mangaf Kuwait City, Kuwait 74
Angharad Jones The Slow Beirut, Lebanon 75
Writer (Americas, Oceania)
Elixir Bunn Coffee Roasters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 76
Gerard McGuickin
Writer (Europe) The Bravery Singapore 77
Coexist Coffee Co. Singapore 78
With thanks to East Coast Commune Singapore 79
Tomas Ledesma Equate Coffee Singapore 80
Kitty Chu
Heilam Choy Waveon Coffee Busan, South Korea 81
Lex Mak Ilil Coffee Cheongju, South Korea 82
Chia Ching Kai orrrn Jeju, South Korea 86
Oliver Hooson ACOFFEE Seoul Seoul, South Korea 90
Simon Zimmermann Cerulean Seoul, South Korea 96
Tsun Yuen Ng Coffee Nap Roasters Seoul, South Korea 102
Craig Bradley Dorrell Coffee 6z4 Seoul, South Korea 104
Jamie Koller PONT Seoul, South Korea 106
Ben Lau SOOSOO Coffee Seoul, South Korea 110
Jacky Lam yyyyynnn Seoul, South Korea 114
Naufal Zuhdi
Chris Harvey Basic Space Coffee Ayutthaya, Thailand 116
Café Craft by CHANINTR Bangkok, Thailand 118
DOUBLE SLASH // COFFEE SPACE Bangkok, Thailand 124
Published by Softer Volumes Kaizen Coffee Bangkok, Thailand 126
Printed in Sydney, Australia NOC POWWOWWOW Bangkok, Thailand 127
PAGA Microroastery Bangkok, Thailand 128
softervolumes.com TRANSIT NUMBER 8 Chiang Mai, Thailand 130
@softervolumes Option Coffee Bar Udon Thani, Thailand 132
The Espresso Lab Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 134 Africa
LA PETITE Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 136
Drop Coffee Dubai, United Arab Emirates 142
Orijins Dubai, United Arab Emirates 146 Recommendations 253
Hoof Specialty Coffee Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates 152
Danshari Coffee Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 155
Americas
Additional recommendations 156
JISU Specialty Coffee Puerto Madero, Argentina 258
Europe Café Chez Téta Montreal, Canada 262
Pastel Rita Montreal, Canada 266
Station W Montreal, Canada 268
Buddy Buddy Brussels, Belgium 162 Saint-Henri micro-torréfacteur Quebec City, Canada 269
Early Bird Espresso & Brew Bar Toronto, Canada 270
kava2 Split, Croatia 166 Flourist Mill + Bakery Vancouver, Canada 274
Harken Coffee Vancouver, Canada 280
mazelab.coffee Prague, Czech Republic 168 Prototype Coffee Vancouver, Canada 281
The Parsonage Cafe and Fernwood Coffee Company Victoria, Canada 282
April Coffee Store & Showroom Copenhagen, Denmark 172
Coffee Collective Copenhagen, Denmark 173 Masa Bogotá, Colombia 284
Lille Petra Café Copenhagen, Denmark 174
Negro Blanco Café Chihuahua, Mexico 290
Beam London, England 178
Formative Coffee London, England 184 Dayglow Chicago, United States 292
Kiss The Hippo London, England 188 Newport Coffee House Evanston, United States 294
Lift Coffee London, England 190 Breadblok Los Angeles, United States 298
Nola London, England 194 Verve Coffee Roasters Los Angeles, United States 302
Prufrock Coffee London, England 198 Voyager Espresso New York, United States 306
Rosslyn London, England 199 Deeply Cafe & Bottle Shop Orlando, United States 307
The Coffee Movement San Francisco, United States 308
Way Bakery Helsinki, Finland 200
Additional recommendations 310
Café Kitsuné Vertbois Paris, France 202
Bonanza Coffee Berlin, Germany 204
Van Dyck Espressobar Cologne, Germany 208 Oceania
Kokko Stavanger, Norway 212
Highroad Canberra, Australia 316
Typika Warsaw, Poland 216 ACOFFEE Melbourne, Australia 320
Higher Ground Melbourne, Australia 322
ABC Coffee Roasters Moscow, Russia 220 Midi Melbourne, Australia 326
Bolshecoffee Roasters St Petersburg, Russia 224 Prior Melbourne, Australia 330
There Café Melbourne, Australia 334
CombiniCafé St Andrews, Scotland 225 Vacation Melbourne, Australia 338
Via Porta Melbourne, Australia 342
Three Marks Coffee Barcelona, Spain 226 Haven Specialty Coffee Rosebery Sydney, Australia 348
Osom Coffee Atelier Madrid, Spain 232
Ozone Coffee Auckland, New Zealand 349
miró manufactura de café Zurich, Switzerland 236 Peoples Coffee Wellington, New Zealand 350
Public Space Amsterdam, The Netherlands 238 Additional recommendations 351
Uncommon Amsterdam, The Netherlands 242
Best Way To Cup (BWTC) Kiev, Ukraine 244
Additional recommendations 250
Café Chez Téta Café Chez Téta offers classic welcoming Lebanese hospi-
tality with a modern twist. Comforting, traditional dishes
Montreal, Canada and locally produced third wave coffee grace the menu.
The space is pared back and minimalist, with clean,
smooth lines in dark walnut that provide a warm contrast
to the polished concrete floor and white walls.
Design: Ivy Studio
Photography: Alex Lesage
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