Jongno 5(o)-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Taking Coffee Seriously

Anyone who's been to Seoul knows how coffee-crazed South Korea's capital is: There are well over 200 Starbucks locations in Seoul alone!

But this independent coffee shop, a few blocks down from the city's medieval East Gate, takes it to a whole new level: "God in a cup!"—religiously (blasphemously?) dedicated in its quest for caffeination.