Coffee shop in Gwangjin, Seoul: decaf vs regular latte, Center Coffee
In short
Center Coffee Guui East Pole is a coffee-focused café on B1 of Guui East Pole, connected to Guui Station exit 3 in Gwangjin, Seoul. Switching to decaf costs nothing extra at Center Coffee Guui East Pole, so the writer ordered a regular latte, a decaf latte and a Geisha cold brew made with Guatemala El Pinal Geisha beans, then browsed the gift corner selling beans, drip bags and cold brew concentrate. Center Coffee Guui East Pole is a spacious, cool spot for properly good coffee.
Good to know
- Getting there
- Guui Station Exit 3 · 1-min walk (store listing, Oct 6, 2026)
- Location
- B1 of Guui East Pole, connected to Guui Station exit 3
- Address
- B1, 402 Achasan-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
- Hours
- Daily 10:00–22:00
- Parking
- Parking validation with orders of 10,000 won or more
- Decaf
- No extra charge to switch to decaf beans
- Drip coffee
- 3 varieties
- Desserts
- Plain scone, chocolate scone, mango cake, original tiramisu, Chicago cheesecake
- Ordering
- Order at the kiosk, pick up when the buzzer goes off
- Espresso machine
- La Marzocco
- Price reference
- ₩10,000 ≈ $7.4 (2026-10-05)
as written by the visitor on Aug 4, 2026
Center Coffee is a café in Guui East Pole, connected right to Guui Station. The coffee itself is great quality, so I had a lovely time at this Gwangjin coffee spot haha.
Center Coffee Guui East Pole location: connected to Guui Station exit 3
Center Coffee is on the B1 level of Guui East Pole, which connects to Guui Station exit 3. On hot days like these, spending time inside a cool shopping mall is about the only way to survive, hahaha.
The fragrant smell of coffee greets you as you walk in! Since they brew with a La Marzocco machine, you can expect really tasty coffee.
The café is quite big and spacious, which makes it a good place for office workers near Guui Station to come for coffee.
Menu and decaf with no extra charge
The menu board is easy to read at a glance and sits next to the counter. The biggest plus of Center Coffee: switching the beans to decaf costs nothing extra! haha There are also 3 kinds of drip coffee, so it's a good pick for anyone who wants to drink really good coffee.
There's a wide range of drinks here. You order through a kiosk. Both coffee and other drinks come in plenty of varieties, so you can order to your taste, which is appealing.
Parking and how to order
Good to know: parking registration is available with orders of ₩10,000 or more. When you order at the kiosk, you get a vibrating buzzer, take it with you and wait a moment.
For summer they have cool fruit drinks, and you can browse the desserts too. The desserts are a plain scone, chocolate scone, mango cake, original tiramisu and Chicago cheesecake.
Bean and drip bag gift corner
Center Coffee, a coffee specialist, sells all sorts of coffee products! The bean selection is really varied, so I thought it would be a good place to come for a Gwangjin coffee gift, hahaha.
The drip bags are sold in sets of 30. If they sold them individually I'd have wanted to try just one, what a shame... haha. Sell them one by one too, please!!!!
They also sell cold brew concentrate and instant coffee, which is a big thumbs up!
They sell Center Coffee's signature beans and special beans too, so it seems great for giving coffee as a gift.
Regular bean latte and decaf latte
The coffees all arrived at once, and the latte art was so pretty I had no choice but to take photos haha.
Center Coffee is a great stop when you really want to drink delicious coffee.
Both the latte and the cold brew were genuinely so good that I was very satisfied haha. I got one café latte with regular beans and one with decaf beans, and I thought it was a clever touch that they put a tissue under the decaf latte's cup so it's easy to tell them apart.
The café latte with the nutty regular beans had a pretty heart-shaped latte art, which put me in a good mood just by looking at it haha.
The decaf latte had a mini-sized heart on top, and I wondered if a beginner barista was practicing haha.
Geisha cold brew: Guatemala El Pinal Geisha beans
There was a Geisha cold brew on the menu, so I ordered it! I've been into acidic coffee lately and really wanted to try it haha.
Center Coffee's Geisha cold brew uses Guatemala El Pinal Geisha beans, and I liked that they provide a separate information card about the beans!
CENTER COFFEE COLDBREW GEISHA Guatemala El Pinal Geisha Washed / Farmer; Abel Valladares / Farm name; El Pinal / Region; Monjas Jalapa / Country; Guatemala / Variety; Geisha / Altitude; 1450m-1500m / Process; Fully Washed / Tasting; Jasmine / Green Apple / Milk Chocolate
A cold brew coffee with a delicate jasmine aroma that spreads as it meets the water. Along with an apricot flavor, the pleasant acidity of green apple fills the mouth and makes the taste richer. The sweetness of milk chocolate at the end gently tidies up the palate and leaves a long finish. 22 years ago, Abel Valladares founded the El Pinal farm with his family. From the start it has focused on rare varieties such as Geisha and produces high-quality coffee. The farm takes great care with quality control, even in the drying and storage stages, striving for excellent results.
Center Coffee's Geisha cold brew had a fresh acidity. The fruity acidity and sweetness that spread gently in the mouth were really charming.
No plastic straws, which is a thumbs up too!
Center Coffee near Guui Station is where you can enjoy tasty coffee in a cool, comfortable, spacious café. Next time I visit, I'm drinking more good coffee! hahaha
Center Coffee Guui East Pole info
- Address: 402 Achasan-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea (B1)
- Hours: Daily 10:00 - 22:00
- Parking: Registration available with orders of ₩10,000 or more
Where it is
402 Achasan-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea (B1)서울특별시 광진구 아차산로 402 B1층
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