Caffeine Hunter
Long white benches beside a glazed roasting room and a white fluted bar, under raw concrete pillars with brass wall lights

China

Shanghai

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Shanghai has more coffee shops than any other city on earth, but the real specialty scene hides in French Concession lane houses roasting their own beans behind unmarked doors.

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Long white benches beside a glazed roasting room and a white fluted bar, under raw concrete pillars with brass wall lights

% Arabica Shanghai Roastery

Rockbund, the Bund · Shanghai

roaster behind glassBeans to go
The glass fronted % Arabica shop on Wukang Road with a white espresso machine and grinders inside, a hedge wall of green leaves, wooden benches with two women talking over takeaway cups and a brick villa behind

% Arabica Shanghai Wukang Lu

Former French Concession · Shanghai

Ferguson Lane courtyardskylit white room
The illuminated AUNN CAFÉ & CO. wordmark sign in white letters on black

Aunn Cafe & Co.

Jing'an Temple · Shanghai

industrialneighborhood
The stone fronted corner house on Yongjia Lu at dusk with the Big Sur Coffee sign glowing above a lit doorway

Big Sur Coffee

Former French Concession · Shanghai

light roast focusheritage corner house
A long wooden bench along a warm plywood wall, with round wooden stools tucked beneath it

Blacksheep Espresso

Former French Concession · Shanghai

light roast espressoBeans to go
The double height white room of Blue Bottle Coffee Yutong Cafe with a blue bottle shaped sign on the wall, a La Marzocco machine on a pale counter, a lit display of beans and boxes, a woven pendant lamp and a mezzanine gallery above exposed old plaster

Blue Bottle Coffee Yutong Cafe

Suzhou Creek, Jing'an · Shanghai

1926 flour mill villariverside lawn
The Café del Volcán awning above the glass storefront on Yongkang Road, a bicycle parked out front

Café del Volcán

Former French Concession · Shanghai

neighborhoodBeans to go
The granite facade of Captain George Flavor Museum with its gold lettered window reading Coffee Roaster, framed by a wooden window frame and an arched stone surround

Captain George Flavor Museum

Former French Concession · Shanghai

competition grade filterBeans to go
The tiled corner exterior of Metal Hands with its wooden Metal Hands sign and warm lit windows on a Nanchang Road corner

Metal Hands

Xintiandi · Shanghai

third wave labBeans to go
The domed awning entrance to Moon Coffee lit warmly at dusk, tucked beneath a plane tree on a quiet Shanghai lane

Moon Coffee

Jing'an Temple · Shanghai

hidden gemBeans to go
The house made syrup and nitro tap bar at O.P.S. Cafe, with steel dosing hoppers, glassware, and autumn branches on the counter

O.P.S. Cafe

Former French Concession · Shanghai

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The Rumors Coffee Roasters storefront lit up at dusk beneath plane trees on Xingguo Road, with shared bicycles parked outside

Rumors Coffee Roasters

Former French Concession · Shanghai

roasteryBeans to go
The blue painted brick front of Sumerian Coffee Roasters with its lit lettering above warmly lit windows and the street number 415

Sumerian Coffee

Jing'an · Shanghai

house roasted classicBeans to go
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