Pour-over café in Jeonpo, Busan: Aricha & Cerrado decaf, Ibaba Coffee

Ibaba Coffee (이바바커피) is at 30 Jeonpo-daero 189beon-gil, on Jeonpo Café Street. It is open 10:00 to 19:00 (last order 18:40) and closed every Monday. There's no parking, so you'll need a nearby paid lot.

Today I heard there's a dog-friendly café on the Jeonpo café street in Busan, and I just couldn't resist, so I went again. Like, what?????? A dog-friendly café in Jeonpo???? Can't hold back, let's go !!!!!!

The dog-friendly Jeonpo café, Ibaba Coffee !

Ibaba Coffee location and how to get there: what about parking?

Ibaba Coffee is on Jeonpo Café Street. The closest subway stop is Jeonpo Station Exit 5, and the closest bus stop is Gyeongnam Technical High School. If you drive, parking at the building is tough, so you have to find a nearby paid lot yourself.

Ibaba Coffee interior and seating

"Ibaba" is Busan dialect for something like "look over here" or "come take a look at this." The café says it aims to be a comfortable space, like the natural "ibaba" we say when we find something good. Maybe that's why, but the whole place felt warm and cozy, and I liked it.

The seating comes in different forms, like tables for two and larger tables, and the space between tables is really wide. It looked great for sipping a solo coffee with a laptop, or for a group get-together. There are also seats on the outdoor patio in front, and since it's a dog-friendly café in Jeonpo, I even got a fan meeting with someone else's dog haha

What's on the Ibaba Coffee menu?

Ibaba Coffee serves drinks such as americano, café latte, cappuccino, café mocha, dolce latte, espresso, rich grapefruit ade, mango ade, iced tea, chamomile tea, peach oolong tea, rooibos vanilla tea and royal milk tea. The signature drinks are the Ibaba Latte topped with cream and the Cherry Choco Latte with a cherry flavor, and for dessert there are three kinds of nunettine (a baked butter-cookie sweet).

Takeaway discount and receipt review event

I was told that if you write a Naver Place receipt photo review at Ibaba Coffee, you get one nunettine. So since you're already there, attach a photo to your receipt review and grab a sweet nunettine. Takeaway orders from the coffee menu get a whopping ₩1,500 off, and they reportedly don't charge extra for an added shot either, so keep that in mind.

Order: iced Ethiopian Aricha, hot decaf Brazil Cerrado, basic nunettine

This time I ordered three things: an iced Ethiopian Aricha (₩5,500), a hot decaf Brazil Cerrado (₩5,500) and a basic nunettine (₩2,800). The Ethiopian Aricha and Brazil Cerrado are brewed by hand drip, and once everything is ready they bring it to your seat.

Is the iced Ethiopian Aricha hand drip very acidic?

The iced Ethiopian Aricha (₩5,500) at Ibaba Coffee stands out for light fruity notes and acidity, but with no bitterness and a clean finish. Ethiopian Aricha is famous as an acidic bean, and it's one I already like. The body is light and the coffee is on the thin side, so it's a hand drip with no real hit-or-miss, one even people who don't like acidic beans would call tasty.

How does the hot decaf Brazil Cerrado taste?

The hot decaf Brazil Cerrado (₩5,500) had a nutty, toasty flavor and a clean finish, and I liked it. Brazil Cerrado is one of the nutty beans, and Ibaba Coffee serves it as decaf. Nutty beans are usually what Koreans like in coffee, so Brazil Cerrado is almost never hit-or-miss, and the Ibaba one I had today was exactly that.

But wait.... I was enjoying my coffee... and someone keeps staring at me.... creepy..

hahahahahaha that one keeps watching me going "ibaba".. hahahahaha snicker hehehe

Three basic nunettines

The basic nunettine (₩2,800) baked at Ibaba Coffee is a sweet dessert that also stands out for its nutty flavor, and it paired perfectly with the hand drip coffee I ordered with it. Nunettine, nicknamed "human kibble," comes in three kinds: basic, dark and white. They said dark and white were sold out and gave me three basics haha I don't exactly refuse hard when something is offered hehehe hahahaha

Verdict: is Ibaba Coffee in Jeonpo worth a visit?

Ibaba Coffee on Jeonpo Café Street is close to a bus stop and the subway station, with a paid lot nearby too, so it's easy to reach. The shop is clean, modern and comfortable, perfect for enjoying coffee quietly. I especially liked that it's a dog-friendly café with an outdoor space in front, and the drinks and dessert were tasty overall, so if you're looking for a tidy café in Jeonpo, Ibaba Coffee on Jeonpo Café Street is worth considering.