Taipei's cafe map is not a single scene but several overlapping ones: neighborhood coffee shops keeping unhurried afternoon hours, roasters running the bar like a workshop, cake-and-coffee counters that argue for the pastry as the point, tea houses reimagined for espresso-drinker attention spans, and the odd all-night room that keeps a plate coming through to 01:00. What ties them together is a preference for small rooms and specific menus over volume: with a couple of chain slots on the list only because a 06:30 opening near a residential belt is useful. The twelve rooms below span the earliest commute cup to the afternoon-only bar and the all-hours bakery; some don't unlock the door until 14:00 because the roasting was done in the morning, others keep the counter running to 24:00. Read this as a working shortlist for a two- or three-day cafe crawl, not a ranking of the loudest names on Instagram. Addresses, hours, and phone numbers are cited from OpenStreetMap so you can plan an efficient loop rather than chase a viral post to a shuttered storefront.
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1 good cho's (好丘)
54 松勤街, 臺北市, 110, TWCoffee-shop counter with an early-weekend open at 09:00
Coffee is on the counter at good cho's from 09:00 on Saturday and Sunday, and 10:00 the rest of the week, at 54 松勤街 in the 110 postal zone. Skip the chain baristas along the arterial if you have a slower morning to spend: the room treats the cup seriously, and the case behind the counter does the rest. The counter closes at 20:00 on weekdays and 18:30 on the weekend; the shop keeps its programme on streetvoice.com/goodchos/ and picks up on +886 2 2758 2609 if you want to check the day's bake. Come off the pavement between service; the queue is a working queue, not a photo one.
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2 Touched (塔吉特信義人文館)
2 莊敬路423巷1弄, 台北市, 110, TWCake-and-coffee counter open 10:00 to 21:00 every day of the week
The lane at 2 莊敬路423巷1弄, in the 110 postal zone, is where Touched keeps a cake-and-coffee counter open from 10:00 to 21:00 seven days a week. The locals go for the cake and stay for a second coffee; skip the department-store patisseries when a shop built around cake as its main line sits a few minutes off the main road. The reservation number is +886 2 2720 4532, and the parent brand publishes the full range at jelly.com.tw: worth a look before you walk over. Come in the late afternoon, when the office lunch pressure has cleared and the room is at its calmest.
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Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
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3 Coffee Olivia Roaster
50 光復南路346巷, 台北市, 106, TWA roaster whose door doesn't unlock until 13:00
By 13:00 the door at 50 光復南路346巷, in the 106 postal zone, is finally open: Coffee Olivia Roaster runs a coffee bar from 13:00 to 21:00 seven days a week. Skip the chain latte on the arterial and read the current beans on the shop's own site at oliviacoffee.com, or call +886 2 8771 3507 if you want to know what the barista is pouring today. The late-open schedule is the tell: this is a bar that treats espresso as the point rather than the accessory. Turn up in the second hour of service: after the regulars, before the after-work rush.
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Hours: Mo-Su 13:00-21:00
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4 Barista Ray Coffee (Taihokuten) (Barista Ray Coffee（台北店）)
11 忠孝東路四段248巷, 臺北市, 106, TWA coffee-shop counter running 10:00 to 18:00 every day
Coffee is the whole menu at Barista Ray Coffee, 11 忠孝東路四段248巷 in the 106 postal zone, and the bar runs from 10:00 to 18:00 every day. Better than the department-store espresso along the main road: this is a counter that operates like a workshop rather than a queue-processor, which is why the pours are considered and the seat count is not the point. The Instagram at barista_ray_taipei carries the day's beans, and +886 955390375 is the direct line if you want to confirm the door is open before you cross town. Come between the lunch and the after-work rushes; the bar rewards a deliberate visit.
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Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-18:00
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5 Stand Up
61號 永吉路, 臺北市, TWStand-and-drink coffee bar with an irregular weekly schedule
From 11:00 on Mondays and Tuesdays, 12:00 only on Thursdays, and dark on Wednesdays, Stand Up runs a stand-and-drink coffee counter at 61號 永吉路. The room closes at 19:30 early in the week and 17:30 from Thursday onward, which is not a schedule anyone stumbles onto by accident. Skip it if a normal café week is what you want; take it if standing at a bar for an unhurried espresso is more interesting than a chair and a Wi-Fi password. Check both the line at +886 2 8772 6251 and the notices at facebook.com/coffeestandup before a Thursday visit: a Wednesday walk is a wasted one.
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Hours: Mo-Tu 11:00-19:30; Th 12:00-17:30; Fr-Su 11:00-17:30
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6 PEG coffee
309 嘉興街, 臺北市, 110, TWAfternoon-only coffee bar, 14:00 to 20:00 seven days a week
At 309 嘉興街, in the 110 postal zone, PEG coffee runs an afternoon-only counter from 14:00 to 20:00 seven days a week. The 14:00 open tells you what kind of coffee shop this is: not a commute stop, not a working room, a bar for people who arrive with the whole afternoon in front of them. Better than the carbon-copy latte-art rooms chasing the same tourist crowd: this is a neighbourhood counter that has settled into itself and does not perform for a camera. The number is +886 2 87328603, and the shop keeps its notices on facebook.com/PEGCoffee; check both before a public-holiday walk. Order a filter; sit for an hour.
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Hours: Mo-Su 14:00-20:00
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7 Toasteria Cafe (吐司利亞)
3 敦化南路一段169巷, 臺北市, 106, TWA Mediterranean kitchen open every night to 01:00
The Mediterranean kitchen at Toasteria Cafe, 3 敦化南路一段169巷 in the 106 postal zone, keeps a room open every day until 01:00. From 09:00 on Tuesdays and the weekend, and 11:00 the rest of the week, the door is unlocked; not many rooms on this side of town keep a proper kitchen running that late. Skip the cocktail bars if what you want is a Mediterranean plate and one more coffee before the 01:00 close. The full menu and the other branches sit on toasteriacafe.com, and +886 2 2752 0033 books a table: a weekend evening will need one.
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Hours: Mo, We-Fr 11:00-01:00; Tu, Sa-Su 09:00-01:00
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8 UNOCHA Technology Building Shop (烏弄原生茶飲)
269 和平東路二段, 台北市, 106, TWBubble-tea specialist, 10:00 to 22:00 seven days a week
Steam rises at the counter at UNOCHA's Technology Building shop from 10:00 every day, closing at 22:00 seven nights a week, at 269 和平東路二段 in the 106 postal zone. This is a bubble-tea specialist, not a side-line drinks bar: order it half-sugar or unsweetened, and let the tea carry the cup rather than the syrup. Skip the airport-chain bubble tea and the night-market knock-offs: this is a room that treats tea leaves as the point. The full menu lives at unocha.com.tw. Call +886 2 27070707 only if you're placing a large order for a group; there's no reservation logic to a walk-up window otherwise.
- bubble tea
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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9 All Day Roasting Company
329 延壽街, 臺北市, 105, TWA roasting bar living up to its name: 10:00 to 21:00, seven days a week
Named honestly for once, All Day Roasting Company runs a coffee-shop counter at 329 延壽街 in the 105 postal zone from 10:00 to 21:00 seven days a week. The schedule is not aspirational: the room genuinely draws as many working sessions as cups ordered on the way out. Better than the co-working chains charging by the hour: this is a bar with beans on the shelf and a menu you can settle into. The current roasting notes and the retail bag list sit on allday-normal.com, and +886 2 8787 4468 confirms what's on the bar today. Bring a book; the room rewards it, and a filter refill on the way out is not begrudged.
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Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
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10 Starbucks (星巴克)
175 辛亥路二段, 臺北市, 106031, TWThe 06:30 chain option for the earliest reliable cup
Chains rarely earn a spot on this list, but Starbucks at 175 辛亥路二段 in the 106031 postal zone runs from 06:30 Monday to Friday and 06:30 on the weekend, and that is the whole argument for the room. Skip it if a specialty roaster is on your route with time to reach it; take it if you have landed before the neighbourhood coffee shops have unlocked. The weekday counter closes at 20:00 and the weekend at 19:00; the regional site at starbucks.com.tw carries current promotions, and +886 2 2738 5799 confirms the day's hours on a public holiday. That is all it is doing here.
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Hours: Mo-Fr 06:30-20:00; Sa,Su 06:30-19:00
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11 2J CAFE
9 建國南路二段79巷, 臺北市, 106, TWLate-night coffee-shop counter open 11:30 to 00:00
The room at 2J CAFE, 9 建國南路二段79巷 in the 106 postal zone, keeps a late-night coffee-shop counter open from 11:30 to 00:00: a service window that treats espresso as an all-day proposition rather than a morning one. Skip the all-night convenience-store cups when a real bar keeps a counter going this late. The counter is worth the walk when a proper espresso is wanted after the specialty roasters have already put the chairs on the tables. The shop keeps its notices on facebook.com/2jcafe, and +886 2 2700 3783 confirms whether the kitchen is running late plates that night. Come after dinner; the room settles into a longer conversation than the lunch service allows.
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Hours: 11:30-00:00
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12 85°C Bakery Cafe (85度C)
167 光復北路, 臺北市, 105, TWBakery-cafe counter open 07:30 through to 24:00
The room at 85°C Bakery Cafe, 167 光復北路 in the 105 postal zone, runs a coffee-shop counter from 07:30 through to 24:00: a service window that covers the commute, the lunch break, and the after-work coffee in one go. Skip the mall bakeries if what you want is a filter and a bun late in the evening and a bar that keeps its lights on for the walk home. The chain's Taiwan site sits at 85cafe.com, and +886 2 27470885 is the direct line for a bulk-order pickup or a late-hour confirmation. Turn up between the coffee waves; the counter is more attentive when the queue thins.
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Hours: 07:30-24:00
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