Pu’er Coffee

Because I love coffee, I find myself filled with extra motivation and a quiet kind of joy. That passion pushes me to go farther, to explore more places, and to discover those hidden, small-but-beautiful gems. What is the meaning of travel, really? I think everyone has their own answer. For me, I simply enjoy living for a while in a place where no one knows me—wandering through unfamiliar streets on my way to yet another café. Along the way, you encounter moments that can feel even more beautiful than the scenery itself. It’s not that I insist on leaving the city center and traveling all that way by train. It’s just that the roastery I want to visit can only exist somewhere a little more tucked away. And honestly, that’s part of the charm. Today’s café isn’t your typical first pick for casual coffee drinkers. Its location makes it clear: it either serves the surrounding community or it’s a true destination café. Far from downtown and removed from the usual tourist attractions, it’s the ...

 Beep, beep, beep—after a 2-hour-and-45-minute flight from Brisbane with Qantas, I landed in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Funny enough, the first time I ever heard the name Adelaide was years ago, back when I was still a student, from a lyric in the song Melbourne, Sunny : “the view from the Adelaide Hills…” Somehow, at that moment, a tiny seed was planted in my mind. Adelaide —nice name. I want to go there. Time passed. I fell in love with coffee, and with Australia. I often joke that Australia is my “happy homeland.” Now, on my second visit, I’m continuing a deeper exploration—almost like a quiet calling that pulled me from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern. As Australia’s fifth-largest city, Adelaide is special for one key reason: it was planned before it was built. With a population of about 1.3 million, seeing it from the air honestly felt a bit like The Truman Show . The city has preserved more historic architecture, and the pace of life here feels calme...