Gangneung café for Ethiopia Aricha and Kenya Ungoranu drip: Coffee

Whenever I travel, hunting down a good café is basically a required course, haha! On this Gangneung trip, since I love drip coffee, I went looking for a good spot and found Coffee Dripper, a café in Gangneung. This is the place where you can enjoy sundubu (soft tofu) pudding — a must-try when visiting Gangneung — alongside rich drip coffee. Let me introduce Coffee Dripper, a Gangneung café with easy parking too.

Location: 354-1 Chodang-dong, Gangneung, Gangwon / Hours: 10:00–18:00, closed every Tuesday

Is parking at Coffee Dripper convenient?

Coffee Dripper has its own dedicated parking area, so you can visit without worrying about parking! About 13 cars can fit. It might feel a bit tight, but there was still a spot available even when I visited on a weekend!

Inside Chodang Sundubu Village, the exterior

Coffee Dripper, a café in Gangneung, sits inside Chodang Sundubu Village. The shop opened in a new space back in May, so it was really clean and fresh-looking!

Inside, a white wood interior

The whole space is decorated in clean, warm white wood. It has a really sentimental atmosphere, great for relaxing over coffee.

It's also a drip coffee spot where you can enjoy coffee brewed from beans roasted in-house.

What we ordered and prices

• Master's recommended drip coffee ₩8,000
• Sundubu pudding ₩7,500
• Salted vanilla financier ₩3,500

Coffee Dripper's strength is drip coffee made from beans they roast themselves! We ordered one cup each of the master's recommended beans, Ethiopia Aricha and Kenya Ungoranu.

Ethiopia Aricha vs Kenya Ungoranu

Ethiopia Aricha centers on a rich acacia flower aroma, with notes of honey, black tea, and raspberry milk chocolate! Kenya Ungoranu apparently features plum, blackcurrant, and hibiscus with a berry-forward profile and a round body. I like coffee that's rich and full-flavored, and both cups matched my taste perfectly! The cups were pretty too, so it was fun just to look at them while drinking, haha. After we finished the coffee, they also gave us pine needle tea to sip, which wrapped things up nicely.

The salted vanilla financier that paired perfectly with coffee

The financier we ordered for dessert was really delicious too. Nutty on the outside, moist on the inside, with the sweet aroma of vanilla and a salty edge — that sweet-and-salty combo was, as always, the best. Even my husband, who's not really into desserts, ate it up happily, haha.

Sundubu pudding, a must-eat in Gangneung

And here's the sundubu (soft tofu) dessert you must try when visiting Gangneung! Fitting for a café inside Chodang Sundubu Village, they sell desserts made with sundubu. The soft, cloud-like tofu pudding sits in a pretty cup, and the visual alone is a knockout!

Sweet syrup is served on the side, so you can drizzle it on to taste. The pudding is soft and melts gently, with a subtle, nutty tofu flavor that made it really appealing. If you're in Gangneung, this is a dessert you have to try at least once!

Close to Gangmun Beach, easy to fit into a travel route

Being close to Gangmun Beach makes it easy to fit into a travel itinerary, and with convenient parking, Coffee Dripper, a café in Gangneung, was a comfortable place to visit. From drip coffee brewed with house-roasted beans to sundubu pudding that captures the character of Chodang-dong, every item on the menu was memorable! The coffee is rich and aromatic, so I'd recommend it to anyone who loves drip coffee. If you're like us, looking for good drip coffee in Gangneung, stop by Coffee Dripper!