If Xiamen starts to wear you down, hide out in this atmospheric Taiwanese coffee shop in an old house near Zhongshan Park. The coffee is brewed with aplomb and the decor is mid-century Europe: velvety reds and browns, towering wine racks, abstract artwork and hard leather lounges. Lean back and percolate.
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