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In this series, I'm going to show you some of the best things to do in Beijing.
Each episode will focus on a different aspect of the city, which is home to over 21 million people.
In recent years the coffee shop culture has started booming here in Beijing. With an influx of cool coffee shops rivaling big chains I checked out Beijing's most Instagrammable coffee spots to show you some of the best this city has to offer.
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This was such a fun video to make, spending the cold winter days in coffee shops!
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Hello Nico! I'm moving to Beijing this August and I really appreciate your videos. One of my favorite things to do is take my camera and photograph cafés. This video really makes me want to get to Beijing sooner! Great job!
Oh thats awesome this is perfect for you! There are so many cool places in Beijing to photograph you will love it! You should check out this area when you arrive too th-cam.com/video/jy5tdDobN4w/w-d-xo.html. What are you moving to Beijing to do?
I’m from Beijing but now doing my PhD in the uk. I didn’t even know most of the coffee shops you went to. Will definitely visit them once I’m on my annual leave to Beijing. Thanks for sharing Nico. Your Beijing videos make me feel very proud to be a Beijinger.
Aww thanks! I love living here and these places are great. Also Alba cafe I missed it out as I was going to make another video about brunches but I never got round to it and really that is my favourite coffee shop by far. Where are you in the UK?
Nico I’ve been in Liverpool for 4 years. It’s absolutely my second home and I have a bunch of great friends here as well. But once I hand in my thesis, I’ll probably go back to Beijing to get a job. It’s amazing to see my home town from a different perspective. Are you two still in Beijing now? I also watched your other videos and you mentioned you live in Nanjing.
I have been working for an Australian coffee company for more than 5 years, i cannot start the day without having my coffee! I normally drink 2 to 3 coffees per day. I will check out these coffee shops when I go to China next time. Thank you for sharing
Me too! I love coffee and there are some great places here!
I always see content like this for japan or south korea and it’s so refreshing to see this in China! I’m going in a couple of months I hope to check out your recommendations, thank you for sharing.
Oh thats cool where will you be going? Yes Japan and South Korea are popular destinations but lucky for us we live in China so we are able to focus on China content which there doesn't seem to be as much as.
and thank you for watching, I'm glad you find my videos helpful :)
Haha, I lived in Beijing '06-'08 and I recognise none of these places, they're all new. Will have to check them out next time I'm there, hopefully soon!
You should they are really great!
For some reason Alba has my heart. I think it's the combination of warm food and mimosas... One of my favourite spots in Beijing
OMG I totally agree. So, we actually had plans to do a brunch video and we were going to include Alba in that instead but we have never got around to it and now I'm sad as actually it is my favourite place and it's not in this video.
As a native of Beijing, my favorite is Metal Hands(Qianmen), Seesaw(Sanlitun), TheCorner(Ditan). And If you want to try something fresh and fancy, go to Tianroast and Ourbakery!
Oooh thanks! So many new ones to try I have been to Metal hands but not the others.
Great video, really good insight on the coffee shops here, they look awesome!🤙
Thank you! There are so many good places to enjoy!
Very nicely done! I really enjoyed my visit to Beijing this year too!
Ah awesome! Did you manage to get to any of these places?
great coffee tips for Beijing ;))) thank you for the guide ♥️
Thanks! There are so many good places here!
Excellent video
Grand! I am so excited to be moving to Beijing and obviously hooked on this channel!
That's so exciting when are you moving here? I'm pleased you are hooked hopefully I'll keep making videos you like :)
Your videos have amazing cinematography. That's why I subbed.
Aw thank you that is so kind and I appreciate your sub!!
Cool video. Thanks for sharing 🤩
Thank you I'm pleased you liked it!
Very cool and interesting video. Keep going on!!
Thank you!
Great video!
Thank you! Hopefully it will come in useful
Very informative
Thank you, hopefully, you will get to try a few!
Another cool video! Keep it up!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Hahaha, now you’re just showing off with your videography! :) Thanks as always for the tips!
Aw thank you! Have you been to any of the cafes before??
Another great video. Feels like we watching a travel video on the travel channel! Love the transitions❤️
Aw thank you!! That would be the dream haha
All your videos are so Instagrammable!
haha oh thank you!! I'm pleased you like them!
Nice stuff. Morning coffee afternoon tea, can you cover some tea houses next time?
Good idea! I might need some help as I haven't been to any tea houses yet.
Just visited voyage coffee as a result of this video! 🤗 thanks nico
Ahhh that's awesome did you like it?? Did you try the cookies?
Nico of course. And the tiramisu - mmm! I showed them your video and they loved it!!
@@jonnyboyuk Oh I'm not a big tiramisu fan but I could eat those cookies ALL day!! ahh really that's awesome I actually meant to send the guy it the other day but I forgot, thanks for reminding me!!
I really love how you film everything, it really looks like you are a professional journalist. i dont know..maybe you are? lol do you mind me asking, how long does it take you to edit a video? just as refernce to know the work put in:=
Aw thanks that's so kind! Actually we are not but we did get our current jobs through making these videos. My partner is a full time video editor which is why they look so slick it really depends on the type of video we make as we also spend a lot of time pre planning. If its a smaller film like this then maybe a couple of days to edit, if its one of our city guides then a lot longer. This is why we can only put content out every few weeks haha. I am also a kids TV presenter for an English language school which has helped with my presentation of the films, some of the first we did I wasn't very good haha
before i go to sleep i will have myself a cup or rather three cup of coffe,makes me crave while watching this...
I wouldn't be able to sleep if I had a cup haha
Nice
Thanks
The Cat Cafe is my fave, since i have 7 furry cat children. There is now a Cat Coffee Shop in San Francisco too. It was started by those 2 Canadian guys from Montreal.....i don’t know if the one in Bejing is one of their Franchises, as the one in San Francisco. Before i saw your videos about how it is to live in Bejing i would have never thought about it. I only lived in Hong Kong & Shang Hai.......but now after having watched most of your videos i am really considering to move to Beijing. I am tired of living in the US, California and the SF Bay Area are nice but the street violence is at an all time high & yes in 2008 i became myself the victim of an attempted murder, got stabbed 4 times into my abdomen. If there were at least already international flights to China than a move would be still possible this summer. But as It looks it will be august / October until the first flights to china will leave from SFO
There are loads of cat cafes here in Beijing so you will be in your element, I just showed one. I'm really sorry to hear that, China is one of the safest countries I've been too. Walking around on my own even in the evening I never feel unsafe.
Pizza in a bun, I like that! Zarahs' looks like a nice place to 'Chill'!
OMG I can not describe how amazing they are!! I have to get them every time haha Yeh its really nice and now its a bit warmer the court yard is lovely to have a few drinks as well as coffee.
OMG I can not describe how amazing they are!! I have to get them every time haha Yeh its really nice and now its a bit warmer the court yard is lovely to have a few drinks as well as coffee.
OMG I can not describe how amazing they are!! I have to get them every time haha Yeh its really nice and now its a bit warmer the court yard is lovely to have a few drinks as well as coffee.
My go-to was Alba Cafe. Close to home and delicious simple breakfast. I also would head out to Qianmen for Soloist Coffee ever once in a while.
Yes I totally agree with you! Actually, our plan was to put Alba in a 'best brunches' video with some others but we haven't got round to making it yet. They have also refurbished so it looks great inside but have since taken off pretty much all of my favourite dishes off the menu :( (It's still our go-to). I only just recently went to Soloist and your right it was great the coffee was really tasty!
@@Nicofilms Now that I'm back I'll have to go check it out soon and see what they did! 😮
@@AdamAnttt It looks beautiful inside and their pizza is really good! But their menu switch is a little annoying!
May be visiting Beijing next week!
Awesome you will have to try out some of these places! It would of been good to catch up but we are actually heading to Yunnan and Guangxi next week hahaha
@@Nicofilms Awesome! When are you going to be in Yunnan?
@@DestinationChina May 8th-19th we are going to go to Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
@@Nicofilms That's great! We can probably meet in Kunming :)
@@DestinationChina Oh cool that would be good!!
I miss Voyage so much!
We love coffee! We will have to go check some of these out. We know many of them, but a few are new to us..... Is it the weekend yet?
haha I know I wish! Yeh you will really like them we had such a fun time making this as it was nice thing to keep us warm in the winter!
haha I know I wish! Yeh you will really like them we had such a fun time making this as it was nice thing to keep us warm in the winter!
haha I know I wish! Yeh you will really like them we had such a fun time making this as it was nice thing to keep us warm in the winter!
Mmmmm... I want a coffee now!
I NEED a coffee now to get through Monday! haha
is it possible to survive on a thousand dollar per month on beijing?
It depends, if that includes your accommodation then no but if you get accommodation provided then that is more than enough. Day to day life is pretty cheap here unless you only eat at Western places and drink craft beer etc!
No dummy...
It is very possible, after all the average monthly salary in Beijing is little under 2K usd. But you won’t be able to rent a studio or one bedroom, you’d have to find roommates(yes, more than 1 roommate) and live little bit far, but yeah, you’ll totally get by with 1k, provided you don’t eat western food often.
Which software you are using for video editing? thanks
We use Premier Pro to edit our videos :)
hi Nico what’s the name of the cat cafe you visited. I want to get the exact address when I go there
I'm sorry I don't know the name it's on Gulou East Street near the top of Nanluoguxiang which is a popular tourist street. There are a few cat cafes in Beijing and in this area so I think you will find one :)
Had a few friends visit the Friends Cafe and said that it was a bit hard to find. Do you think going out of your way to visit there is worth the trip?
Its really hard to find!! haha We spent a while wondering around the mall. It's really fun and if you have a spare afternoon then I would go but if you are short on time in Beijing then I would head to somewhere else.
Hey miss beautiful Nico, how are you doing? Ooh Beijing, the most populated capital city in the world, if I may say in Chinese, wo ai Zhongguo!!!!
Thank you! Yeah I love Beijing it was really fun getting to work our way around all these coffee spots!
Thank you! Yeah I love Beijing it was really fun getting to work our way around all these coffee spots!
Thank you! Yeah I love Beijing it was really fun getting to work our way around all these coffee spots!
@@Nicofilms It sounds too fun, and Beijing looks so gorgeous, by the way, how big is beijing? Is it super huge?
@@Nicofilms And you're welcome, can't wait to see more of your amazing videos.
is that a huawei phone ur using ?0.o
Yep that's a Huawei I didn't like it though so I have now got a Xiaomi phone which is better.
If you mix Beijing traditional drink 豆汁 with coffee and some cilantros, you will be shocked🐸👏
Oh really??? Where can I try this! haha
Oh really??? Where can I try this! haha
Oh really??? Where can I try this! haha
Nico you cant cuz it is my secret recipe, but you can buy 豆汁 coffee cilantros and make it yourself. I recommend you go to 地安门小吃店, their 豆汁 is the best, and beware you might not like 豆汁’s taste, it is really a local drink for local people😌
hahaha ok I might have to get a Chinese friend to help me try this!
Gentrification done mostly right.
你会说汉语吗？
No not really.