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Anthracite Coffee in Korea: Collect Them All
For the coffee enthusiasts who have an insatiable passion for exploring one-of-a-kind cafes Anthracite Coffee is a must visit and you’ll see why. Not only serving up high-quality coffee, Anthracite Coffee transforms unconventional spaces into havens of aromatic delight, where the art of coffee is masterfully cultivated and the spaces they set up shop in are celebrated. While you’ll find numerous cafes in Korea that have taken to creating interesting spaces out of the most inane places, Anthracite has been doing it longer than many and better than even more. Get ready to learn about the five distinctive branches of Anthracite Coffee. I’m sure you’ll want to “collect” them all.…
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Cafe Valor: K-Drama Filming Location, Coffee & More!
[NOW CLOSED] Cafe Valor (카페발로) first drew my attention when I was planning my trip out to Incheon to stay at the immaculately designed Nest Hotel some months back but I didn’t get a chance to visit the cafe/studio until recently. Not having spent terribly much time in Incheon, I wanted to know what there was to see and one tool at my disposal was, of course, Instagram. I ended up with a great itinerary for the westernmost coast of Incheon that included Incheon’s Chinatown, the Fairytale Village and more but just couldn’t find the time to get to Cafe Valor which really took my fancy. Was it a cafe? Was…
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15 Hot Spots In Mangwon-dong For Eats & Treats
Mangwon-dong in Seoul, Korea sits just a subway stop away from the night out artsy district known as Hongdae. The districts around this university art and music neighborhood have been getting more and more hype because cool places are moving out of Hongdae, likely due to high rent prices, and moving into Mangwon and other nearby districts. Yeonnam-dong is another nearby neighborhood that has experienced a boom in the past couple of years. The area is now host to a beautiful park as well as foodie hot spots and neat cafes. Mangwon is Yeonnam’s understated little brother, but he’s piping up for attention! Since my husband has had a studio in the area…