39. – 42. Na-Neun Coffee, Cafe Corea, Best Beans, Cafe Cantata (Busan)

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Na-neun Coffee. Or, in English,
Na-neun Coffee. Or, in English, “I am coffee.” Located on the way to Gwanganli Beach, this independent coffee shop has a warm interior, coffee academy classes and a lot of bean varieties. That said, the iced coffee was incredibly weak and damn expensive (7,000 won).
Cafe Corea. I was informed by an associate that this was very much of the old coffee shop guard, having been here in Namcheon for many years. It's hard to imagine there being a coffee culture in Korea prior to the explosion (save the 300 won machines delivering a shot of coffee-flavored sugar after some barbecue), but it did actually exist.
Cafe Corea. I was informed by an associate that this was very much of the old coffee shop guard, having been here in Namcheon for many years. It’s hard to imagine there being a coffee culture in Korea prior to the explosion (save the 300 won machines delivering a shot of coffee-flavored sugar after some barbecue), but it did actually exist.
Best Beans Coffee. Are they really the best beans? Really? I'll have to go find out. Located in Namcheon, Busan.
Best Beans Coffee. Are they really the best beans? Really? I’ll have to go find out. Located in Namcheon, Busan.
Cafe Cantata. Located in a building very close to the Gwangan subway entrance, the only other time I have ever seen this brand has been in convenience stores, on cans and aluminium bottles of Americano. I do not know which came first, the coffee chicken in the shop, or the coffee egg in the GS25.
Cafe Cantata. Located in a building very close to the Gwangan subway entrance, the only other time I have ever seen this brand has been in convenience stores, on cans and aluminium bottles of Americano. I do not know which came first, the coffee chicken in the shop, or the coffee egg in the GS25. Also, I will claim zero knowledge of much of popular Korean media, but I will make a pretty solid assumption the two yutzes in the front hawking joe are some kind of celebrities.

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JPDdoesROK is a former news editor/writer in New Jersey, USA, who served a one-year tour of duty in Dadaepo/Jangnim, Saha-gu, Busan from February 2013 to February 2014. He is now a teacher in Gimhae.