Good Coffee Shop in Taichung

[tommy525]

What bout kilimanjaro? Its been a fav cup of brew for me in Taiwan.

Called Keh Li Mund , you tried it?

[headhonchoII]

Actually I can taste the difference between arabica and robusta, but thats about it at the moment.

[tommy525]

hA MY coffee taste buds are even simpler. It falls only in two categories:

GOOD or NOT GOOD.

If GOOD< then i will order it again . IF NOT GOOD, then i wont.

Im the same with wine.

Yay or Nay

[trubadour]

Talked to Stanley today at Sweet Café who I think said he'd try to get some Fair Trade beans..

[SlowRain]

I've heard that Café Lulu is shut down and only roast batches of 5kg on request. Would be a shame if that were the only place to get fair-trade beans from. 5kgs is doable though, I suppose.

I asked Stanley if Cafe Lulu was still open or if they only did roasting now. He said they're still open. I think you may have Cafe Lulu confused with another cafe. The one I'm thinking of, linked to in the very first post of this thread, is a couple blocks south of Jinhua N. Rd.

[trubadour]

another poster here told me they were closed

[tommy525]

good thing kopi luwak is not so common in Taiwan. I say FREE THE CIVETS

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/talkback ... ite/535098

[SlowRain]

I have never had Kopi Luwak, nor do I ever want to. By all accounts it's a gimmick coffee anyway. The hoopla is all about the rarity and method, not about the taste. None of the shops I've mentioned here would even think about selling it.

[tommy525]

I totally echo your sentiments. I didnt have any even when recently in Jakarta.

And i wont now with the way the civets are treated. Shameful.

[SlowRain]

Stanley (Sweet Cafe) has a really interesting iced coffee. He brews it for 24 hours in one of those slow-drip towers, then he puts it in the fridge for about a week. It has a smokey, alcohol-like flavor. I had something like it first at a coffee shop in Fengyuan, but Stanley's is less bitter than that one. It's worth it just to try it.