Cheongju rice cake café with iced americano and jeolpyeon: Tteokmama

Tteokmama is a famous rice cake shop in Yullyang-dong, Cheongju, that steams every batch fresh to order in a traditional steamer, using only 100% domestic glutinous and non-glutinous rice, every single morning — so many delicious varieties of tteok (rice cake) are always ready.

They wrap all kinds of rice cakes beautifully and carefully, which makes Tteokmama a great Yullyang-dong shop for Cheongju reply gifts, opening-day tteok, ritual tteok, memorial tteok, celebration tteok, and other group orders and gifts. Since freshly made tteok, coffee, and traditional tea are all served café-style, it's also a nice rice cake café to visit with your parents.

What is the Tteokmama Yullyang café like inside, and where do you sit?

Tteokmama Yullyang is a Cheongju rice cake café where you can enjoy their variety of freshly made-every-morning tteok in-store with coffee or sikhye. The big advantage is the spacious tables and comfortable chairs, so it really functions like a proper café.

There's also a private group table, which made this Yullyang-dong rice cake shop perfect for a get-together.

They have a really wide range of coffee, drinks, sikhye, juices, smoothies, and patbingsu (red bean shaved ice), so it looked like something for everyone — and being able to enjoy it all alongside delicious tteok was even better.

Which rice cakes are in the Tteokmama Yullyang case?

My beloved pumpkin injeolmi (rice cake coated in bean powder) and chocolate injeolmi, which kids would probably love. The three-color dutteok and four-color gyeongdan had such pretty colored toppings.

Bite-sized black sesame injeolmi and rice castella injeolmi, easy to eat in one go.

They use domestic glutinous rice and steam every kind of traditional Korean tteok fresh to order the traditional way, then wrap it all cleanly, prettily, and premium-looking — a real strength of this Yullyang-dong rice cake shop.

Baekseolgi (plain white steamed rice cake) that was perfect as a breakfast substitute. Pumpkin castella, honey, strawberry, and streusel baekseolgi were all available at this Cheongju rice cake shop in Yullyang-dong.

Bite-sized round tteok that made a filling snack. Individually wrapped gamjatteok (potato rice cake), easy to eat one at a time. And sesame-mosi songpyeon for the upcoming Chuseok holiday.

Anggeum jeungpyeon (fermented rice cake with sweet bean filling) and jangijitteok.

Handmade yakgwa (honey cookie) and honey kkwabaegi (twisted doughnut) from this Yullyang-dong rice cake shop, which looked like great Cheongju-style reply gifts.

The fruit chapssaltteok (glutinous rice cake) that's super popular these days — tangerine, shine muscat, and strawberry versions. Both pricing and variety were generous at this Yullyang-dong rice cake shop.

The tteok and drinks ordered at Tteokmama: anggojeolpyeon, sulgi, injeolmi

The variety we chose this time: my beloved anggojeolpyeon, mugwort sulgi for breakfast, pumpkin injeolmi, and three-color anggeum jeungpyeon.

The slow-fermented sikhye (sweet rice drink), ₩4,000, wasn't overly sweet, so it paired nicely with the tteok.

I packed this to enjoy with an ice americano. The anggojeolpyeon wasn't too sweet, so it seemed like something everyone, young and old, would love — the kind I keep thinking about. Made with domestic glutinous rice and steamed fresh to order the traditional way, it made Tteokmama Yullyang all the more delicious.

I didn't expect much since it's a rice cake shop, but the ice americano (₩4,500) was well balanced and genuinely tasty. Low acidity, so it's a flavor with broad appeal.

My beloved anggojeolpyeon and this ice americano from Tteokmama, the Yullyang-dong rice cake café in Cheongju, were a perfect match.

Anggojeolpyeon: sweet red bean paste tucked between chewy jeolpyeon (pounded rice cake). The subtle mugwort aroma and flavor come through, and it's one of my favorites. Individually wrapped, so it was easy to eat one piece at a time.

Pumpkin injeolmi, nice in bite-sized pieces. The portion and price were just right for eating alone.

Ordering thank-you tteok and first-birthday tteok at Tteokmama, plus parking

From doljanchi (first birthday) and 100-day tteok celebrating a baby's beginnings, to wedding and condolence reply tteok — a Cheongju reply-tteok staple — plus corporate event tteok, shop-opening tteok, ritual tteok, memorial tteok, and heartfelt wedding ibajitteok gift sets: this Yullyang-dong rice cake shop offers custom orders for every important life moment, at fair prices with no markup, made to order.

For pickup orders and free delivery, order through Naver Reservation at least 3–4 days ahead so you can grab your menu items freshly steamed and hot, with no waiting.

Feel free to use the large free parking area between the Tteokmama building and the neighboring Cheongpungmyeongwol building.