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Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). First there was a milk tea shop opened by the post office, then there was a coffee shop opened by the police station—full of official vibes. In this era where nothing is impossible and only your imagination is the limit, have you ever imagined that a coffee shop would actually open inside a wet market! Yes! You read that right! A wet market! Everyone's impression

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First came the milk tea shop opened by the post office, then came the coffee shop opened by the police station—filled with an official atmosphere. In this era where nothing is impossible and everything is imaginable, could you have imagined that a coffee shop would actually open inside a wet market! Yes! You read that right! A wet market!

Most people's impression of a wet market might be puddles on the floor, an environment filled with unpleasant odors, and randomly discarded trash scattered around. But this place is clean, tidy, and the floor is dry.

According to a report by "Metropolitan Express" under "Hangzhou Daily," this market coffee shop opened inside the Hongshiban Agricultural and Aquatic Products Market in Hangzhou. The market coffee shop opened in September 2019, managed by a post-90s couple, owner A Li and his girlfriend May. Because the rent in the wet market is more affordable than outside, they came up with the idea of opening a coffee shop inside the market. The shop area is only 5 square meters, appearing somewhat cramped from the outside looking in, but the interior decoration is warm and inviting.

Due to the unconventional location of the market coffee shop, it has attracted many young people who rush to visit and check in before the uncles and aunts occupy the market. Just like its unique location, besides being unconventional, the prices on the market coffee shop's menu are also very affordable. A medium-sized Americano from Starbucks outside costs you 24 yuan, while at this wet market coffee shop filled with local atmosphere, it only costs you 12 yuan. The coffee shop sells over 100 cups of coffee daily, and if customers bring their own cups, they can get a 5-yuan discount.

Since it's a coffee shop in Hangzhou, it must have Hangzhou's characteristics. On the market coffee shop's menu, two coffees incorporate the soul of Hangzhou. Sitting in a Hangzhou wet market savoring the taste of Hangzhou. The shop's iced drip cold brew is made by adding osmanthus Longjing tea to the coffee powder, placing it in ice water, and extracting it at low temperature through an iced drip pot.

Manager A Li said in an interview that the original intention of opening the shop was to make coffee part of everyone's daily life. And he has achieved that now. A Ms. Chen who lives nearby says she goes at least once a week; Xiao Wang, a Hangzhou girl who lives above the wet market, has also made coffee an essential part of her life because she takes online classes at 3 AM every day.

Many friends who have been to the location say it's great, and some netizens initially thought this coffee shop in the wet market was just an ordinary coffee shop, but after visiting, they felt the surprise that life brings. The market coffee shop is really opened inside the market, right next to the egg and meat stalls, and the environment is clean and warm.

In fact, the market coffee shop might seem novel to us, but it's quite common in Europe. In China, however, there are very few who dare to open coffee shops in places like wet markets where not many young people go.

In this era where holding a Starbucks while walking through office buildings in downtown skyscrapers makes one feel like an urban sophisticate, how many could imagine that there's actually a coffee shop right in the wet market downstairs from their home. The wet market, a place considered unrefined by many, has now been entered by young people.

The wet market, this place filled with local atmosphere, has been re-examined by the world because of the market coffee shop. Have you ever thought about it—on a sunny morning, wearing slippers, strolling through the wet market to buy groceries, then sitting down in the coffee shop inside the market for a cup of coffee and a chat. Experience the local atmosphere and enjoy a lazy morning. Why not do it?

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