Hapjeong Station café: most acidic drip & thick tiramisu, Central Site

Central Site Hapjeong hours and parking

Central Site Hapjeong is a hand-drip coffee specialist near Hapjeong Station. It's open daily 08:00–22:00, with last order at 21:30. There's no parking at the café, but you can use the paid underground lot at Homeplus Hapjeong.

• Hours: daily 08:00–22:00, last order 21:30
• Groups welcome, takeout, delivery
• Separate men's/women's restrooms, pets allowed
• No parking; paid parking at the Homeplus Hapjeong underground lot

What is the atmosphere like at Central Site Hapjeong?

The café has an open layout, so you can sit outside like at a street-side café, and inside there's a bar seat facing the street. Central Site opened its Yeonnam branch first, and the Hapjeong branch is the recent one. It's great for solo café time, and just as comfortable with a group!

There's a roasting space inside the café too! The beans get roasted live right there, and I caught myself zoning out watching it, haha.

You can also help yourself to cold lemon water.

Central Site Hapjeong menu and prices

At Central Site Hapjeong, an Americano is ₩5,000, lattes run ₩5,500–6,500, and tiramisu is ₩8,500 for the classic and ₩9,000 for the Lotus.

• Americano ₩5,000
• Café latte ₩5,500
• Flat white ₩5,500
• Cappuccino ₩5,500
• Vanilla bean latte ₩6,000
• Oat latte ₩6,500

• Classic tiramisu ₩8,500
• Lotus tiramisu ₩9,000

You can smell the drip beans before choosing

At Central Site Hapjeong you can smell the beans they roast in-house. There are so many hand-drip beans that choosing was hard, but after smelling them it was easy to pick by my own taste!

What did I order?

Ordered: Ethiopia Gesha Village drip coffee, Guatemala Entre drip coffee, classic tiramisu

Since it's a hand-drip specialist, I went with drip coffee. The dessert was the classic tiramisu. Central Site Hapjeong brings your order right to your seat, which was convenient. When you finish, you can just leave everything at the table.

How does Central Site's classic tiramisu taste?

The classic tiramisu at Central Site Hapjeong isn't small. It's dusted with cocoa powder on top, and it looked delicious at first glance.

The tiramisu is thick, with the cream and sponge nicely mixed together.

The tiramisu at this Hapjeong Station café is definitely different from mass-made ones. It's soft, but the cream doesn't melt the moment you eat it; it has a bit of texture, so you can really savor the flavor!

I liked that the cream wasn't too runny. And it was less heavy too! I'm really curious what the secret is! It tasted worth the price, which I liked. It also went very well with the drip coffee.

The most acidic drip coffee: how was it really?

The hand-drip coffee at Central Site Hapjeong comes with one huge block of ice in it! I don't know why, but it felt extra special, and I liked that.

When you order hand-drip coffee, you also get a paper explaining the beans. After reading it and knowing about the beans, I could smell the aroma more and it tasted better, which I loved!

I picked the drip bean with the most acidity, but it didn't taste that acidic. It was just the right amount of brightness to enjoy. There's a subtle orange-blossom aroma that felt fresh and put me in a good mood.

Being hand-drip, it goes down smoothly. I think the great thing about hand-drip coffee is enjoying both the aroma and the taste together! I'll probably be here often whenever hand-drip coffee crosses my mind, so consider me a regular in the making! That was Central Site Hapjeong, a café near Hapjeong Station.