Naive Brewers — Restaurant in Busan

"Hi! Naiver to meet you"

Established in 2017 in the popular cafe district of Busan's Jeon-po dong, Naive Brewers quickly outgrew it's original premises and now runs two cafes in the same suburb. The space has a workshop vibe from the outside with wall-to-wall retro furniture, exposed concrete interior and a main counter brimming with coffee brewing devices.

Naive roast in-house on a small batch P Series Probat machine built with smaller runs of 1 to 5kg in mind. At the time of visiting they had four single origins available for filter brewing with both Hario V60 and Chemex options availble:

1. Costa Rica, Cordillera de Fuego, Caturra Variety, 1350m Elevation, Anaerobic Fermentation Process

2. Peru La Palma, Bourbon Caturra Variety, 1800m Elevation, Washed Process

3. Colombia "Spice Up", Calarca Region, Caturra Variety, 1500m Elevation, Carbonic Maceration with Lactobacillus Process

4. Ethiopia Guji Uraga Raro Bado, Heirloom Variety, 1900-2250m Elevation, Natural Process

Behind the counter: Naive's rear wall worktop features a La Marzocco (Italy) GS/3 1-group espresso machine and Etzinger etzMax (Leichenstein) grinder for espressos and “rush hour” service. Another larger grinder, a Mahlkönig (Germany) VTA 6S commercial grinder is set up on the other end of the worktop, predominantly used for packing and grinding wholesale beans at high volume (nicknamed...

Naive Brewers is a coffee shop amongst a street filled to the brim of other hip coffee spots. So what makes it stand out? I would say, on the one hand it is their instagram communication with their cute cat and cool goodies, and on the other hand, their visual identity.

However, that alone does not make for a good coffee shop if the coffee doesn't follow. I ordered a Japanese drip - the barista didn't speak English so it was a bit hard to communicate and for him to understand what I wanted, but that's alright, it's my problem for not speaking Korean.

I would say that I was taken aback by the price, which is why I put 4 stars. 7.5k KWN, I am expecting something to blow my mind. Sure, the Japanese drip was very good, but it didn't stand out. At that price, I am expecting it to bring something new to the table, which it didn't.

I wouldn't go out of my way again to visit here again sadly, as all their goodies were...

Lovely and cute industrial decor coffee shop with professional coffee setting, like their GS3, water filter, chemex (though brew from V60), and multiple grinders for expresso and filter coffee.

The menu has double sided stamped with Korean and English. Filter coffee is nicely brewed matching the tasting note description.

Open till late and we are so lucky to be there when almost the whole...