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Metro Travels: 5 Cool, Must-Visit Cafés In Seoul

Traveling to Korea? Put these hip, trendy cafés on your bucket list! 

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Raff Colmenar

<p>Cafe culture in Seoul is hip, vibrant, trendy. The city is teeming with coffee enthusiasts who want really good drinks and great design, too. Traveling to Seoul? Put these cafés on your bucket list.</p><div><br/></div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/75231ad0-6ad2-409c-b74f-91e234752265_9-landscape-thumb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/bfd208a5-eb8f-464d-bacf-acfd7258605d_1 flash coffee 2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/60262ecb-5dfd-4ec6-a415-ac8ac4a988e4_2 flash coffee 1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8a1e96cc-d810-419f-9aad-aa8f816d29cb_3 tongue planet 1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/cf91dcf3-4e6a-4406-9b19-21c37e0fa147_4 tongue planet 3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/2cb5e99f-459b-4ad8-a16c-ed28ba1c264e_5 cheon su dang 5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/bef8225d-730e-4e8c-b05d-d6a99319fc6a_6 cheon su dang 2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/9df1604a-c7f6-4d80-84b6-930c4ac17169_7 cheon su dang 1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/f208709f-03de-467a-abce-f87cac0466fc_7 cheon su dang 4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/22b76243-e91b-4110-8b32-6ac90ab20aae__arabica 1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/6984938f-ce75-4333-b514-6ebda0617ced__arabica 2(1).jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/02e1ef36-9be2-400d-be95-ef5afb20fc15__arabica 3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/06f5ee63-2ffa-4c8e-a168-07726102b656_coffee nap roasters 1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/90c5ea83-919c-41ee-ac4e-c5fd055f3abe_coffee nap roasters 5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/1f30e909-9dc0-4f75-b0a1-673ca4ad3332_coffee nap roasters 3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Flash Coffee  - With a flagship two-storey café in fashionable Gangnam district, this tech-enabled coffee chain from Singapore makes it so easy to grab your favorite drink without the long queues. IG: @flashcoffee_kr. Website: flash-coffee.com.<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Flash Coffee - They use 100 percent specialty-grade arabica and also have unique drinks like nutella latte and lemon expresso soda. Plant-based options are available like oat milk. With multiple branches, its a good place for snacks and sandwiches, offering a wide variety of lattes. I tried the Avocado Latte (3/5). Perfect for people on the go.IG: @flashcoffee_kr. Website: flash-coffee.com.<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Tongue Planet Café  - This aesthetic cafe in Garosugil area is located inside Ader’s flagship building. Everything here is themed around the tongue, from the decor, to the drinks and desserts. This is where the cool kids go. Lol. IG: @tongue_cafe. <cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Tongue Planet Café - The cakes are good (4/5). I had the Emoji cake with whipped cream and seasonal fruit filling. Plus I ordered the unsweetened latte (4/5), a nice balance of espresso blended with flavorful milk. IG: @tongue_cafe. <cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Cheon Su Dang  - Found in Ikseon-dong Hanok Village, this is one of the most beautiful cafés in Korea with its traditional architecture and pretty garden. One enters through a stone path set across a small pond surrounded by lush bamboo. Charming! IG: @cheongsudang_<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Cheong Su Dang - There are two kinds of seating. The traditional set up with a tranquil view of the garden… <cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Cheong Su Dang - And the main table where diners gather around the vibrant plant centerpiece. <cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Cheong Su Dang  - The Matcha Cream Milk (3/5) made from single origin beans, fresh milk and sweet milk cream. And their signature Egg Coffee (4/5) made with custard cream. They’re also known for their cakes but we didn’t order. Too many people because it’s in a touristy area. IG: @cheongsudang_<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Arabica - This newly-opened café is located in Starfield Library in the center of beautiful   CoEx Mall. Books and coffee are a perfect together. IG: @arabica.journal. <cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Arabica  - Arabica Coffee’s philosophy is very simple: to let you experience different cultures through coffee. Their approach to everythig is simple, clean and clear, from their drinks to design. IG: @arabica.journal. <cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Arabica  - I tried their famous Spanish Latte (4/5), which leans on the sweeter side of the coffee spectrum. But drinking it cold knocks down the sweetness a bit. IG: @arabica.journal.<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Coffee Nap Roasters  - Located in Hongdae area, this quaint and quiet cafe is so instagrammable. The unusual interior features white walls, floor to ceiling windows, and an artificial “hill” made of bricks. IG: @coffeenap_roasters.<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Coffee Nap Roasters  - The design caused Coffee Nap Roasters to go viral when it opened in 2018. The intention is for people to experience the feeling of drinking coffee while sitting on a hill, with the moon (aka this mirror) in the distance. IG: @coffeenap_roasters.<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Coffee Nap Roasters  - The coffee menu is limited, so I tried their Vanilla Latte (3/5/5). If you don’t want to sit on the “hill”, there are other seating options. A nice place to just chill and read a book.IG:@coffeenap_roasters.<cite>ORDER HERE</cite></p></div></div></div></div><em>Photography by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/raffcol/" target="_blank">Raff Colmenar </a></em>