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Cafés in Zhongzheng & Main Station

A world champion's flagship near Huashan, a three-seat roaster, a tea center founded in 1980 and coffee from 06:00.

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Zhongzheng's coffee gathers around Huashan 1914 Creative Park, which began in 1914 as a Japanese-owned brewery making sake, plum wine and ginseng wine.4 Brewing ended in 1987 when production moved to Guishan in Taoyuan, and the site stood empty until arts figures began campaigning to reuse it in 1997.4 The provincial culture department took over in 1999, a year-long renovation reopened it in late 2005, and it has traded under its present name since December 6, 2007.4

It is a 3–5 minute walk from Exit 1 of Zhongxiao Xinsheng MRT.4 The blocks around that exit hold shops built on one person's training, while the earliest counters open further west, toward the Main Station.

Local tip: Coffee Sind has only three bar seats, so plan to take it away if they are full, and walk the few minutes to Huashan 1914 Creative Park.14

At a glance

220Cafés listed
36With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: 喜悅研磨咖啡, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–13:30 · Sat 06:00–12:00).
  • Closes latest: CAFE Macho 早秋咖啡, until 00:00 (Daily 12:00–00:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (8%), wheelchair access (4%), smoke-free indoors (4%).

Metro Cafe

  • 重慶南路一段 70
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · Sat 09:00–17:00
  • +886 2 23885958
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Brunch
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京町8号

Kyomachi no.8

  • 博愛路 8
  • Mon Closed · Tue–Fri 11:00–18:00 · Sat 11:00–20:00 · Sun 11:00–18:00
  • +886 2 2381 2388
  • Air-con
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無名黑鐵咖啡

Nameless Coffee

  • 和平西路二段 97
  • Mon Closed · Tue–Wed 11:00–18:00 · Thu–Sat 11:00–20:30 · Sun 11:00–18:00
  • +886-2-2388-8708
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義獎咖啡

Ita Cham Caffè

  • 忠孝東路二段 33
  • Mon 11:00–19:30 · Tue Closed · Wed–Thu 11:00–19:30 · Fri–Sat 11:00–20:30 · Sun 11:00–19:30
  • +886 2 2321 5869
  • Wi-Fi
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
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Jack & NaNa Coffee Store

  • 臨沂街33巷 36
  • Mon–Fri 11:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 13:00–20:00
  • +886 2 2394 7316
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A champion's house on Zhongxiao East Road

Simple Kaffa began in 2011 as Berg Wu's (吳則霖) own shop, five years before he won the World Barista Championship in Dublin.2 His explanation that year was about water: coffee is 98 percent water, so good coffee needs good water.2

The flagship at 27 Zhongxiao East Road Section 2 sets a forest-inspired interior of wood and skylights inside an older building.1 Big 7 Travel ranked it the world's top coffee shop, the first Taiwanese café on that list, and a 2025 Bella guide recommends the cappuccino and the brown sugar latte.1 It serves 10:00–17:00 daily.

Three small rooms around Huashan

Coffee Sind started as a shop inside a succulent-plant store and now runs from a lane off Xinsheng South Road Section 1 with three bar seats, roasting its own light-medium beans.1 Its drinks lean on Taiwanese ingredients: magnolia coffee, mulberry coffee and a latte topped with Tainan cane sugar on the foam, the 赤崁糖拿鐵 (Chihkan sugar latte), its signature drink.1 It closes at 22:00 on weekdays and 18:00 at weekends.

木白甜點咖啡店 (Wood x White Café) built its following near Xingtian Temple station, then grew busier after moving to an alley off Linsen North Road. It serves French desserts in matcha and strawberry series, open-faced sandwiches and quiche, with Japanese teas and coffee.1 紙街 (Paper St. Cafe), on Bade Road Section 1, is the plainer stop before the park: Americano, latte, cappuccino, croissants and cheesecake in a spare industrial room.1

Tea on Hengyang Road and coffee from 06:00

Not everything in this district is espresso. 陸羽茶藝中心 (Lu-Yu Tea Center) on Hengyang Road was founded in Taipei in 1980 and works on three things: developing teaware, teaching and discussing tea ceremony, and running tea-culture events.3 Hengyang Road also has 衡陽路ikara Coffee, at number 116.

喜悅研磨咖啡 (a café whose name means "joyful grinding"), on Guangzhou Street, is the earliest start, from 06:00 Monday to Saturday and done by early afternoon. Xiangyang Road has two 07:30 weekday openers, 16.67 Cafe and Solo Beans. 生活在他方 (elsewhere café), in a lane off Roosevelt Road Section 1, also starts from 07:30, Tuesday to Sunday, and stays until 22:00.

Sources

  1. 捷運忠孝新生站10家咖啡店推薦！不只世界冠軍名店「興波」，「富錦樹」進軍日本後第三站也選在華山, Bella 儂儂 (January 23, 2025), accessed November 2026
  2. 2016 world champion 台灣之光 獲世界盃咖啡冠軍, Taipei Times (July 16, 2016), accessed November 2026
  3. 陸羽茶藝中心: about the center, Lu-Yu Tea Center, accessed November 2026
  4. 華山1914文化創意產業園區, Wikipedia (Chinese), accessed November 2026
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FAQ

Zhongzheng & Main Station cafés: questions

Where is the Simple Kaffa flagship in Zhongzheng, Taipei?

The flagship is at 27 Zhongxiao East Road Section 2, near Huashan 1914 Creative Park and Zhongxiao Xinsheng MRT. Berg Wu opened Simple Kaffa in 2011 and won the World Barista Championship in Dublin in 2016. Big 7 Travel ranked the shop first on its list, and a 2025 Bella guide recommends the cappuccino and brown sugar latte.

What was Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Zhongzheng, Taipei before it held cafés?

Huashan 1914 Creative Park began in 1914 as a Japanese-owned brewery making sake, plum wine and ginseng wine. Brewing ended in 1987 when production moved to Guishan in Taoyuan. Arts figures began campaigning to reuse the empty site in 1997, and it has carried its present name since December 6, 2007.

Which cafés in Zhongzheng, Taipei open earliest in the morning?

喜悅研磨咖啡 on Guangzhou Street opens at 06:00 Monday to Saturday. 16.67 Cafe and Solo Beans on Xiangyang Road both begin at 07:30 on weekdays. Elsewhere café, in a lane off Roosevelt Road Section 1, opens at 07:30 Tuesday to Sunday and stays until 22:00.

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