The Coffee Academics

Caffe Latte and home made carrot cake. A heavenly combo! Must try!!! With its cozy atmosphere and a large open window with bar seating that brings the outside in, this place is definitely one of the best cafés in town!

The food and coffee here is delicious! I really like the atmosphere, music and interior as well. The service is good, and very fast. Impeccable!

Really cool spot in Hong Kong. Hipster vide with lots of fun coffees, desserts and food to try. Its a must stop in if your in the neighborhood.

The food is good, don’t get me wrong, but the prices are just too high for what it is. The Chicken & Guacamole pita lunch set is $ 168, and while I love a good guacamole, and the curly fries were well done, the price doesn’t match the food.

This coffee shop atmosphere is totally well done and beautiful.
The process of ordering a cup of coffee is also fantastic. They are using traditional techniques of grinding the beans and manually brewing the coffee, which is entertaining to watch.
However, as an avid coffee drinker, the taste did not meet my expectation. The price is also very high for the poor quality taste of the coffee.
The tea is really good and it is served in a stainless pot, which keeps the tea nice and hot.

Cool little coffee shop.
Good vibe, good coffee.

The service is slow, ordered breakfast with coffee breakfast come out in 15 mins was made to wait another 15 for a coffee. Ended up taking coffee to go.
Won’t go back.

I paid this place a visit before I knew how to appreciate coffee, so I cannot give my review for the coffee.
The décor is superb. I can give 3 stars just for that!
It’s been a while since my visit, but I tried the banana layer crêpe cake, it was average. Nothing I haven’t tried somewhere else.
The service wasn’t exactly on point either.
I will have to give this place a second chance next time I visit HK, but for now I will give it 3 stars.

This place is as hipster as they get. But worth the visit. Personally I think the coffee at 18 grams was better, but this place has the atmosphere — so it depends what you are looking for.
The staff here are friendly, but the store is filled with tourists or expats — you won’t find your HK coffee experience here.

This café is located in Wanchai on Johnston road just one block from the Southorn Playground. It’s great if your looking for a cool place to use some wifi, or chill after exiting the Wanchai MTR station.
I came here on a weekday to do some studying and grab a cup of coffee. I really like the atmosphere in here which is laid back and a bit sophisticated at the same time. The baristas were very attentive, and I enjoyed watching them make various cups of joe. Their seating gives you many options. If you’re rolling solo like me, they have bar seating with plenty of space to study and view the baristas working their magic. They also have a high table option that is good for larger groups. For more if an intimate setting there are tables down a short hallway towards the bathroom. For those of you who like to people watch, there’s also plenty of window seating available.
I wanted to try something different, so I orders the Okinawa. It’s served with a chunk of artisan brown sugar made in Japan. I never knew that brown sugar could be artisan, I only thought light or dark were the options. This artisan brown sugar was so sweet and added an unique flavor to the coffee. I will definitely return and have this again when I have some downtime in Wanchai.
Sitting out at the tables, service was not horrible, but it seemed like they could’ve used one more wait staff. If you want a good cup of joe, and an option to try something exclusive, come visit The Coffee Academics.

Ask anyone in Hong Kong about good coffee and, after the mandatory eye rolling, one of the names that usually pops up is Coffee Academics. Pretty much opposite that venerable expat landmark — the Pawn — it’s pretty easy to get to and does a great coffee (by Melbourne standards not general Hong Kong ‘Oh thank goodness’ standards). You can actually order a flat white — rather than the cappuccino you usually ask for as it’s so much harder to stuff up.
Now, ironically as I am currently writing a coffee bar review, I don’t actually drink coffee — can’t stand the stuff! But before you use that against me and discount everything I’ve just said, my husband is a very discerning coffee snob who mainlines the stuff when we are back in places where ‘good’ coffee is readily available and walks miles out his way (in deep snow if necessary — New York I’m looking at you) to find it in places where it’s not.
The point of that little sidebar is because while I eschew coffee, I LOVE a good hot chocolate, and, in my experience, a place that takes it’s coffee seriously usually does an absolutely rubbish hot chocolate. It tends to just be hot, brown, sugary milk — BOO — especially when I’ve been dragged from pillar to post to get to the establishment in the first place.
However, I am happy to say that at Coffee Academics this is not the case. The hot choccie lovers amongst us can accompany our coffee swilling loved ones to the stylishly decorated café and sip away to our sugar loving hearts’ content.
Oh — and the food’s not half bad either! I wolfed down the suckling pig and apple pizza and will happily go back for seconds. In short, this haven of barristas is a delight to find in Hong Kong and should become part of anyone’s routine who enjoys a good hit of caffine.