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1st floor, Grand City Plaza, Area A, Sai Lau Kok Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
MTR Tsuen Wan Line at Tsuen Wan
Mon - Sun 08:30 - 18:00

Coffee, Tea or Me

Socially Friendly

A specialty coffee shop with a good course. Coffee Tea windows next to the cafe. This is the kind of cafe environment
or Me is a socially responsible company, co-organized with in which you would also enjoy a nice reading or working
different charities, providing a decent working environment session along with coffees. The espresso machines and a
for those who are under rehabilitation or employment diffi- whopping 9 syphon brewers, which are not actually used for
culties, and have aims for a career being a barista. With ex- filter coffee but for brewing speciality tea, all reside on the
tended experience working in specialty coffee shops, the coffee bar. The espresso base is a medium dark roast blend
owner also conducts comprehensive training for baristas so with notes of roasted almond, cane sugar, with great sweetness
as to equip them with the required skills. and a creamy body. Not only delicious, but also suits the
There are 3 core components from the cafe – “Coffee” public’s general preference given its location being close to
and “Tea” as the core products offered of the cafe, and “Me” the commercial areas in the district. It is sometimes considered
as the people behind the cafe who provides workshops, train- solely an act of philanthropy to visit a social enterprise, but
ing opportunities for the staff, and making this place possible. Coffee, Tea or Me proves there’s additional value – customers
The interiors are relatively simple and spacious: Long get quality as well as supporting the charity. So there’s an ad-
wooden benches and a brightly lit environment with large ditional meaning in having a nice cup coffee.

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