Coffee Lab Keopilaeb Mapo — Restaurant in Seoul

As someone from Seattle and a coffee nerd I can really vouch for this place. During my time in Seoul I visited this place 4 times trying various coffees from their bean selection. The baristas are very knowledgeable, friendly, and most importantly make a damn good coffee. They let you pick a bean blend (one of 3 choices) for espresso drinks, and have a nice drip coffee selection for single origin coffee. When I visited the cafe I ran into the owner a few times who was incredibly humble and super knowledgeable in coffee. Coffee Lab was by far my favorite Cafe during my travels in South Korea (I visited over 20 cafe’s across 16 days), and this was the only cafe I went out of my way to return to. Ended up buying some of the “Till the end” espresso blend to bring back to Seattle. Something to note, they also offer a discount for some drinks if you get them “to go”. 10/10 cafe will visit again when I come...

• Atmosphere: nice place to sit down and relax. I like the vibe and music in background. • Staff: limited English communication, which I was ok with that but what disappointed me was the knowledge of coffee on the menu. We simply asked where the coffee beans used for summer dark special drip were from and he said Indonesia, then walked away. We used google translate and the beans from elsewhere. Simple question and wrong answer. Not pretty impressive for cafe calls itself coffee lab. • Coffee: We ordered iced drip coffee. Coffee was strong but nothing tasted out...

Perfection. I was welcomed warmly upon walking in and seated at my choice of table. I ordered an americano (hot) and the cinnamon double toast.

Americano: smooth and nicely prepared

Double Toast: it came out smelling like pure warmth and home. It tasted like a mix between the gooey center of a cinnamon role and cinnamon sugar toast that you got as an afternoon snack as a child.

I ate the whole thing which is saying a lot because it’s quite large.

Vibe: soft jazz gently lit creating a...