Turn away from Hapjeong’s big intersection toward the river and give yourself a proper coffee afternoon. Anthracite’s former factory and Bean Brothers’ tall room suit longer pauses. Connects brings a smaller counter and a generous dessert menu; Belief adds bakery browsing and stepped basement seating.
A former factory with a proper roaster’s reason to linger. The Hapjeong original combines an industrial room with house-roasted blends and single origins. It is our pick when you want the space to be part of the afternoon, with enough coffee substance to back it up.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A hand-drip coffee, chosen from the current beans rather than by a fixed tasting note.
Before you goThis is the original Hapjeong branch. Photos of Anthracite’s Seogyo garden show a different café.
Hapjeong offers the industrial-scale version of Bean Brothers: a substantial coffee bar inside a high-ceilinged room, with enough visual interest to make the brewing process part of the visit. The menu includes both drip coffee and an espresso-plus-piccolo pairing, a useful way to compare straight coffee with milk. It suits a group with mixed preferences while still giving the person most interested in coffee something specific to explore.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
The listed espresso-plus-piccolo-latte pairing, or a drip coffee from the current selection.
Before you goSearch for 35-1 Tojeong-ro: Coffeehouse Seoul is a different Bean Brothers branch farther east near Sangsu.
Belief makes room for a longer Hapjeong coffee-and-bakery stop. Browse the pastries upstairs, then look below street level for the stepped seating that gives the café its distinctive shape. Single-origin choices and cold brew offer different ways into the coffee menu. It works well when the group wants to settle in after walking the neighborhood, with enough variety to let everyone choose their own pairing.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
Ask for a single-origin coffee or the listed Black Hall cold brew, with a pastry from the bakery display.
Before you goLook beyond the street-level bakery area for the basement’s stepped seating; the two levels have different layouts.
B1–1F, Haedong Building, 50 Yanghwa-ro 11-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
The Hapjeong Connects branch is a strong all-round stop for a group split between filter coffee and richer milk drinks. Its branch menu specifically includes brewed specialty coffee, a deeper latte, cold brew and several cream-topped variations, backed by the roaster's own blend and single-origin program. The small street-facing café also makes an easy pairing with Bean Brothers farther along the riverside neighborhood. Choose according to the coffee style you want to compare that day.
OUR SUGGESTED ORDER
A drip coffee from the current specialty selection, or the Deeper Latte for a richer milk drink.
Before you goUse the Seongji-gil address for Hapjeong; Connects Mangwon is a separate branch near Mangwon Station.
