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WELCOME COFFEE

Nevsky avenue, 48 Gostinyy dvor station Mon – Sat 10:00 – 22:00, Sun 11:00 – 22:00 Central location,
filter coffee

I went to this café right after I arrived to
St. Petersburg. It is located at Nevsky Prospect.
Just as its name, WELCOME COFFEE, it is a
friendly and easy café with doodles all over the
place. There are 2 floors in the store, upper floor
is for brewed coffee while first floor is for
espresso. Once enter the shop, you can notice
the shining La Marzocco coffee machine and a
handsome barista. Following barista’s advice we
went upstairs to enjoy brewed coffee. There are
only bar seats on the first floor, so they are
mainly for take-away coffee drinkers.
After passing a sign of WELCOME COFFEE
at the entrance of second floor. You can choose
between AeroPress and brewing method. In
Russia, it is very hard to see a menu with good
English translation, but you can find it here.
What’s more, their baristas’ English is so good
that you can freely communicate with them.

Interior design of the first and second floor is the same, which
means 2 wooden bars. But the bar in second floor is much more
colorful as well as the tea pots, which makes the atmosphere
much more pleasant.
The barista one the second floor is called Bro Carrot
Beard as he has symbolic carrot-red hair and beard. Bro Carrot
Beard is a celebrity barista in WELCOME COFFEE. He speaks
fluent English and makes best brewed coffee. I still remember
the rich and unforgettable taste of fruity sweetness coming
from the coffee he brewed for me.
In the store, you can find only some simple handmade
biscuits to enjoy with specialty coffee. The taste and mouth
feel of the biscuit reminds of Guangzhou traditional walnut
crisp. The store lies in a shopping mall that consists of indi-
vidual designers stores. You can see the structure inside the
beautiful building, which is very artistic.

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