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Specialty coffee cafés in Tainan

Roasters around Anping, roast-to-order beans off Changrong Road and Geisha grown in the Dongshan hills.

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精品咖啡 (jīngpǐn kāfēi, specialty coffee) in Tainan usually means a roaster with its own counter. Anping has the largest group: Beefcake Coffee Roasters on Anping Road, Scavo Coffee Roasting on Pingfeng Road, 造 Coffee Roastery on Jiankang 2nd Street and the flagship of 上島MUC Coffee Roasters on Anbei Road. Elsewhere they are spread thinly: For You Espresso in a lane of Changrong Road near NCKU, BWV 211 Coffee Roaster on Chongming Road and Mirora Coffee Roaster off Chenggong Road.

Some of the beans grow inside the city limits. At Tainan's 2024 evaluation of domestic specialty coffee, the winning lot was a honey-processed Geisha from 十萬咖啡莊園 that scored 86.14; at the buyers' auction, bidding on its 10 kg opened at NT$2,500 a kilogram and closed at NT$16,000, a record for the event.1

Local tip: Look for 東山咖啡 (Dongshan coffee) on a bag of Tainan-grown beans; the Dongshan District Farmers' Association ran the city's coffee auction for the third year running in 2024.1

Where these cafés are: Anping (4), East District (1), NCKU & Dongning Road (1), Shennong Street & Haian Road (1), North District (1), Chihkan Tower & Confucius Temple (1).

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Geisha from the Dongshan hills

Geisha (藝伎) took eight of the ten top places in 2024. Second was a natural Geisha from 東之選咖啡莊園 at 86.07 and third a natural Geisha from 大鋤花間咖啡生態農場 at 85.89; the exceptions were a natural Villa Sarchi (薇拉西亞) from 大鋤花間 in fifth place and a natural Typica from 村長天池咖啡 in eighth.1 The first two both passed 86 points, beating the previous year's top scores.1

The city has sent beans to international evaluations since 2013, and by 2024 thirty-seven had won international certification; the top ten of 2024, all above 80 points, were to be submitted to the Coffee Quality Institute for Q certification.1 Coffee from Dongshan was also one of the drinks at the state banquet for the presidential inauguration on 20 May 2024.1

Roasting in-house

Several cafés roast their own. Beefcake, which began near NCKU before opening its canal-side shop on Anping Road, roasts its beans on site and shows its competition awards in the café.2 For You Espresso, in Lane 66 of Changrong Road Section 3, sells drip bags and roasts to order, explaining each coffee by harvest, origin and flavor.3 小巷裡的拾壹號 on Weimin Street roasts beans from specialty regions such as Ethiopia and Colombia.4

Some have been reviewed abroad. 1980 Cafe, on Yonghua Road Section 1, scored 90 points from Coffee Review in June 2022 for a natural-process Ethiopian from Guji, sold at NT$450 for 227 g.5 Revival Coffee Roasters works from Nanmen Road 37, the address of the Tainan Art Museum.6 Kyo Roast Coffee is in Lane 112 of Minquan Road Section 4, and Mirora Coffee Roaster in Lane 68 of Chenggong Road.

A roaster upstairs, latte art and coffee with dinner

East of the railway, BWV 211 Coffee Roaster works from the second floor of Chongming Road 11.

A latte art champion runs one counter in the old city. The owner of 窟仔 Kula on Zhongyi Road, who has twice won Taiwan's WCE latte art title, developed a medium roast to drink with his braised pork rice, bright and acidic with a dried-fruit finish.7 Akatsuki's menu on the same road lists single origins such as a Sumatran Mandheling alongside canelés.8

What specialty coffee costs in Tainan

As of October 2026, a regular cappuccino at a Tainan café costs NT$55 to NT$165, with an average of about NT$103.9 Some cafés charge well above that: at 秘氏咖啡 in Yongle Market, pour-overs, other drinks and snacks run NT$200 to NT$400 as of 2026.4 On 23 October 2026, NT$100 was worth about US$3.07.10

Beans cost less than the cup suggests. 1980 Cafe's Guji came to about NT$1.98 a gram in 2022, while the winning Tainan Geisha of 2024, sold green, went for NT$16 a gram before roasting.51

Sources

  1. 臺南精品咖啡媒合會 評鑑特等獎生豆競標每公斤16000元創新高, 蕃新聞 n.yam.com (May 9, 2024), accessed October 2026
  2. 台南｜猛男咖啡2.0：安平運河旁的人氣特色早午餐！, 輕旅行 travel.yam.com (January 31, 2024), accessed October 2026
  3. 台南讀書咖啡廳｜7間不限時間咖啡廳，加碼台南夜間咖啡廳！, 趣趣 TreaTrip (updated September 3, 2024), accessed October 2026
  4. 台南咖啡廳推薦｜11家特色咖啡館：老屋文青、玻璃屋景觀、森林系一次收藏, TVBS 食尚玩家 Supertaste (July 8, 2026), accessed October 2026
  5. 1980 CAFE: Fruits Island, Coffee Review (June 2022), accessed October 2026
  6. Tainan Art Museum (臺南市美術館), Tainan Art Museum, accessed October 2026
  7. 台南咖啡廳推薦17間：老宅排隊甜點、簡約時髦下午茶首選, Bella.tw 儂儂 (June 24, 2025), accessed October 2026
  8. 台南｜Akatsuki曉咖啡：夜貓子最愛的深夜咖啡店！隱身在巷弄裡的烘豆工作室, 輕旅行 travel.yam.com (February 15, 2022), accessed October 2026
  9. Cost of Living in Tainan, Numbeo (updated October 24, 2026), accessed October 2026
  10. Taiwan Dollars to U.S. Dollar Spot Exchange Rate (DEXTAUS), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Specialty coffee in Tainan: questions

Where are the specialty coffee roasters in Tainan?

Anping has the largest group of Tainan's specialty roasters: Beefcake Coffee Roasters on Anping Road, Scavo Coffee Roasting on Pingfeng Road, 造 Coffee Roastery on Jiankang 2nd Street and 上島MUC Coffee Roasters on Anbei Road. Near NCKU, For You Espresso roasts to order in Lane 66 of Changrong Road Section 3, and Revival Coffee Roasters is at Nanmen Road 37.

What did the best Tainan-grown specialty coffee sell for in 2024?

The winner of Tainan's 2024 domestic specialty coffee evaluation, a honey-processed Geisha from 十萬咖啡莊園 scoring 86.14, sold at the buyers' auction for NT$16,000 a kilogram of green beans. Bidding on the 10 kg lot opened at NT$2,500, and the final price was a record for the event. Eight of the ten best lots were Geisha.

How much does a specialty coffee cost in Tainan?

As of October 2026, a regular cappuccino at a Tainan café costs NT$55 to NT$165, about NT$103 on average. At 秘氏咖啡 in Yongle Market, pour-overs, other drinks and snacks cost NT$200 to NT$400 as of 2026. Roasted beans from 1980 Cafe cost NT$450 for 227 g in 2022.

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