Cama 現烘咖啡專門店

I Highly Recommend ☆☆☆☆☆

Taipei coffee shop offering: Espresso Based Coffee / Pour Over Coffee / Tea / Milk Tea / Vinegar Juice / Hot Chocolate Drinks / Flavored Lattes / Coffee Beans / Coffee Brewing Equipment / Free Delivery with NT$200 Purchase

Address: Many Locations
Hours: Locations vary, but most are Mon - Fri: 7:30am - 8pm 
Sat & Sun: 9am - 7pm
Last Reviewed: 21 December 2017

People who go to Cama Cafe know why I highly recommend them. People who don't know about Cama Cafe, really need to check it out. Why? I'll tell you why Cama Cafe is one of my favorite places for quality and cheap coffee. They slow roast their coffee beans daily. Slow roasting ensures that the best taste can be extracted from the coffee bean. All the best coffee shops roast their beans daily to provide strong flavors. The longer coffee beans sit around after being roasted, the weaker its potency becomes. Cama puts their roasting machine out in the open, so that customers can see that they actually roast daily. Also, you can often see a Cama employee sifting through the green coffee beans, picking out the duds before roasting them. Many restaurants and cafes give false statements about how they prepare their food or drinks in order to appear good and impress customers, but Cama doesn't need to say anything, because you can see it with your own eyes. Not only that, but you can taste it in every cup. If you're one of those people who like to add sugar, chocolate powder, etc. to your drink, most Cama locations provide those options. I don't understand you people -- why mess with something that's already prepared perfectly -- but I'll try not to judge you. Also, if you collect 20 paper-cup sleeves, you can redeem them for a savings of NT$40 off your next drink purchase. I know that discount is puny, but it's better that they have an everyday great price, which is of course more important. Besides, redeeming the sleeves is more about recycling and not being an asshole to Gaia.

Too many coffee shops produce lattes and cappuccinos where the taste of coffee is barely recognized, and sometimes all one can taste is hot milk. Nothing bothers me more than paying for hot milk when I'm fixing for a strong-tasting espresso based coffee. I have very rarely been disappointed at Cama before. I have been to Cama countless times, and to many different locations, and almost always received the same quality cup of coffee. The statement I just made is almost unheard of in Taipei. It shouldn't be, but it is. I didn't use the word "always" when being satisfied by Cama's coffee because a bad barista can be found at any coffee shop, even at Cama where you'd normally find excellently trained baristas, or it might be the case where a good barista just happened to make a bad cup of coffee on that day for your particular coffee. The percentage of great cups of coffee I've received at Cama is definitely on par with some of the best coffee shops in Taipei.

A medium-sized cappuccino or latte only costs NT$65. I have paid double or more than double that price at other coffee shops for inferior coffee. This has made me apprehensive about trying new coffee shops or cafes that charge too much for their coffee; why risk receiving hot milk at exorbitant prices when I can spend only NT$65 and be assured an excellent cup of coffee at Cama?

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Cama 現烘咖啡專門店 locations

Cama with non-smoking outside patio seating. Most Camas don't have seating like this, so it's kind of a special spot. It's a 7-minute walk from Zhishan MRT Station.

Address:
No. 126, Sec. 6, Zhongshan N. Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei City 111
台北市士林區中山北路6號126號
Phone: (02) 2833-6050
Hours: Mon - Fri: 7:30am - 8pm, Sat & Sun: 9am - 7pm

Chinese & English Menu
Cash Only
Wi-Fi

Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions.
Cama Zhongshan N. Rd.

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Cama Cafe menu

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Cama Cafe conversations and explanations.

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A little video clip I took at Cama. I call it the slow roasting meditation. 
Warning: video might be too Zen to interest a person with a smartphone-rotted brain ;)

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