Drip coffee café by Suwon Messe: Milano blend, strawberry latte, Tteum

A drip coffee spot at Suwon Station: Tteum Café by Oneplay

Where is Tteum Café by Oneplay, and what are the hours?

Tteum Café by Oneplay is on the ground floor of the Praunt officetel, an 8-minute walk from Suwon Station Exit 3 and a 1-minute walk from Suwon Messe. It is open daily 10:00–20:00, and the building has its own parking lot.

• ☕ Hours: daily 10:00–20:00
• 🥞 Location: 8-minute walk from Suwon Station Exit 3 / 1-minute walk from Suwon Messe / ground floor of Praunt officetel
• 🤎 Parking: dedicated parking lot in the building

Tteum Café by Oneplay is run together with Lady Furniture (레이디가구점), so it's an unusual place where you can drink coffee and browse furniture.

Unlike the franchise cafés that are everywhere these days, Tteum is run by an owner who is serious about coffee, so I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to taste real coffee beans. The certificates for first place in various coffee competitions displayed along one side of the shop made me feel the owner's dedication and greatness.

What are the seats like at Tteum Café's furniture showroom?

Tteum has a compact café space by the entrance, and a big furniture store continues behind it. There are tables where you can eat and drink all over the showroom, so the seating is roomier than you'd expect.

At first I thought the eating area was a bit small, but with tables set up all around the furniture showroom, I realized this is definitely not a small shop~

The coffee-making area is open, so you can watch your coffee being made and look at the pretty cups~ I heard that only people who order specialty coffee can choose the cup they want to drink from~

The main café area has big windows that let in warm sunlight, which is so appealing..!! The shop itself is quiet and the interior is clean, maybe that's why many people come to work on laptops or read books.

Tables with a gold marker are the ones you can eat at

The furniture display area also had lots of different tables and pretty corners, and the ones with a gold marker on the table are where you can eat and drink! There are dining tables that would look gorgeous in a real home, and seats with comfy sofas, so you can pick whatever suits your taste.

I liked the sofa seat deep inside the furniture showroom, so I sat there. It's tucked in a bit of a corner, so it felt private, and it's so quiet it would be perfect for laptop work~!! The sofa was especially comfy and the table height was just right, so I even thought about taking it home~~

Tteum Café menu: hand-drip coffee from beans you smell and choose

Tteum has plenty of tempting options: a range of hand-drip coffees, specialty coffees with appealing aromas, signature espresso drinks and more.

The best part here is that you can smell the beans yourself and choose!! There's a really wide variety of beans, and just sniffing them put me in a good mood. My nose was in heaven~~

Besides drip coffee, they also sell regular coffee drinks, caffeine-free drinks, refreshing ades, and strawberry and matcha lattes!

For desserts there are house-made cakes, croffles (croissant waffles) that are crispy and sweet, madeleines, financiers and more, so a dessert lover like me was just so happy!!

How does the Milano blend drip Americano taste?

I ordered the Milano blend Americano, a strawberry latte and an ice cream croffle. The Milano blend was a drip coffee with almost no acidity, nutty and full-bodied.

I agonized over what to order for a long time, then went with the Milano blend Americano, the strawberry latte and the ice cream croffle.

The Milano blend, the one I was looking forward to most, is a drip coffee brewed with beans that carry the authenticity of Italian espresso. Its nutty, heavy body built on dark chocolate and caramel makes it just right for anyone who wants a nutty drip coffee without acidity~!

The drip coffee and a glass of ice come separately, and you pour a little at a time. Since the ice doesn't melt into the coffee and change the flavor, you get the original taste right to the last sip, which I loved.

The taste has almost no acidity, and it's nutty yet heavy, with a faint chocolate aroma that I loved, and it isn't too strong so it was easy on my stomach. It tasted really good while I was drinking it, but for several days after I went home I kept wanting it again (T_T)! Totally a drip coffee place worth the hype!!

How were the strawberry latte and ice cream croffle?

The strawberry latte at Tteum wasn't overly sweet and the strawberry texture came through, and the ice cream croffle was crispy outside and fluffy inside. The drip coffee and croffle pairing was especially good.

Next, the strawberry latte seemed to be made with house-made strawberry syrup (딸기청), and it wasn't overly sweet, which was actually great!! The strawberry bits popping in the nutty milk were nice, and the cup was so classy that I liked that too.

For dessert I ordered the ice cream croffle, and from the moment it arrived the sweet, nutty smell had me sniffing away! Syrup and powdered sugar over a crispy-baked croffle, then ice cream and a cute mint leaf on top, and the look of it was just too good~~!!

The croffle was crispy outside and soft and fluffy inside, and putting a spoonful of cold ice cream on the warm croffle was an instant sugar recharge that lifted my mood~~ You know drip coffee tastes even better with sweet desserts like this, right?! Drip coffee and croffle was the absolute best combo~

Is Tteum Café by Oneplay worth a return visit?

Tteum by Oneplay, the Suwon Station drip coffee spot I keep thinking about! It's honestly the best coffee place of my life, so I saved it as somewhere to visit regularly and recommended it to lots of friends!! If you want to try and taste a variety of beans, I really recommend going!