Quarry Bay offers more than an office coffee run. Start around King’s Road and Hoi Kwong Street, or make Islet at Quarryside the anchor for a slower eastern-Island outing.
FINEPRINT Quarry Bay storefront with outdoor plants and a passing red taxiPhoto: FINEPRINT
Useful when a Taikoo Place coffee break becomes lunch. The PCCW Tower branch has indoor and outdoor seating, plus sandwiches, toasties and breakfast bowls, making it a flexible choice for meeting someone whose appetite differs from yours.
OUR ORDER
A flat white and a sandwich; ask what is freshly available at the counter.
Coco Espresso’s Quarry Bay coffee counter with white subway tiles and COCO floor lettering.Photograph date not supplied.Photo: Coco Espresso / Koko Roaster
A useful street-level counterpart to Quarry Bay’s larger coffeehouses. Coco’s espresso focus and Koko’s roasting background make a straightforward milk coffee a sensible starting point.
Swap the office-tower circuit for the Quarryside branch of this Hong Kong coffee lab. Islet’s interest in origins, roasting and brewing gives you plenty to ask about, with a location that lends itself to a coffee and a wander.
OUR ORDER
Ask which of the current coffees suits a black cup, and choose beans to continue exploring at home.
