Hagik-dong café, Incheon: Antigua hand drip & drip bags, Tiny Dot

Tiny Dot in Hagik-dong: where do you park?

Tiny Dot is a large café with parking, tucked between Hagik-dong and Juan. You can park at the building's main door and side door, and there's a separate lot behind the building. The alley is fair game too, so come on over 😆

I'm a former hotel barista, and I officially certify this place as a coffee hotspot 👍👍 Please, please try the hand drip hot :)

📌 Hours: weekdays 10:00-20:30 / weekends 11:00-20:30 📌 Parking available (in front of and behind the café / alley parking) ✍ TIP: takeout discount available

You can park in front, behind and beside the café, and all along the alley you see out front! Even I, a beginner driver, parked successfully, haha

Does Tiny Dot make its bakery in-house?

Tiny Dot has quite a few baked goods, and I was told they make them themselves! The prices are friendly and they taste good, so I recommend them~ Since the focus is coffee, they only make small batches, so almost everything is sold out if you go late in the afternoon 🥹

It's hidden somewhere between Juan, Hagik-dong and Gwangyo-dong, and I'm amazed there was such a delicious coffee place here T_T They roast their own beans too, so it's the real deal!

How do you choose beans for Tiny Dot's hand drip?

At Tiny Dot you can pick your beans to suit your taste. There aren't many cafés that really do coffee properly, so I ordered a hand drip with high hopes, haha. I prefer a heavy coffee without acidity, so I chose Guatemala Antigua beans! Even if you only describe what you like roughly, the owner recommends well, so don't worry and give it a try~

Here's the menu :) This is what I ordered~

• Hand drip coffee ₩5,500 × 2
• Scallion cheese scone ₩3,500
• Chocolate scone ₩3,500
• Drip bag ₩2,000

Americano, hand drip, siphon coffee and more: you can enjoy coffee in different ways with various beans and brewing methods, which I found fascinating. Next time I'd like to try the siphon coffee.

Drip bags from in-house roasted beans

The shop has various hand drip tools and drip bags, and when I asked the owner, they said they sell drip bags made from beans they roast themselves! After tasting the hand drip, I immediately bought one made with the same beans.

How many floors can you sit on at Tiny Dot, and is there an elevator?

You can dine in on floors 2 to 4 at Tiny Dot, and there's an elevator too. Here comes the order!! Let me carry it upstairs~ The owner set a concept for each floor: 2F for chatting, 3F for studying and 4F for groups!

And there's an elevator!!!! I'm a person who hates stairs. Lots of big cafés are stairs-only, so a coffee hotspot with parking AND an elevator? 🥹 Rare, so rare... 🫶

They even installed a spot in the elevator to set your tray down. How thoughtful is that..? The owner is seriously sharp!!!!! What stayed with me is how much they think from the customer's point of view 🥹

2F, full of plants

I looked around the 2nd floor first, and it's full of plants

and there were little decor pieces like these too. Peak aesthetic café 🫶

3F with big windows, a good spot for studying solo

The 3rd floor at Tiny Dot has a really pretty big-window view, so I settled in here, haha

So atmospheric, right? 🫶 This was a neighborhood near where I grew up, so I used to pass by sometimes, and having a café this stylish here feels really fresh and nice.

Guatemala Antigua hand drip: iced or hot, which was better?

Tiny Dot's hand drip is good iced, but hot was much better. The 3rd floor is genuinely perfect for studying alone, since the big windows give you a breathing-room feeling! I'm an iced-coffee-in-any-weather person, so I ordered the iced hand drip, but next visit I'll order it hot!

Every floor has water, napkins and even wet wipes ready!

Scallion cheese scone vs. chocolate scone: which is better?

Both scones at Tiny Dot are delicious, so just pick by taste. I thought the owner was only good at coffee, but the scones are good too... I liked the scallion cheese cream scone more, but the chocolate lover said the chocolate scone was better 😂 The conclusion: whichever suits your taste, they're all good >,<

I was so happy to find a great hand drip coffee place after so long~ I want to visit again!! Recommended for anyone living nearby ❣️