Every room, checked.

Half bookshop, half coffee bar, with the quietest back room in the district.

A narrow lane shop with a window bench and a two-group machine older than most of the staff.

A counter under the elevated road, serving the market traders from six in the morning.

A light-filled room above the street, built around a long counter and a short menu of single-origin pours.

A courtyard café in a converted workshop, with the original concrete floor.

A low-lit room with paper shades, a long bench, and a filter list written in pencil.

Up a narrow stair, above a barber shop, with eight seats and a record player.

A narrow two-storey room near the station, busy at lunch and quiet by three.

A roastery-café near the old north gate, with the drum visible from every seat.