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you're on bade road section 2, somewhere in the middle of zhongshan district, where the lane numbers start getting specific and the foot traffic thins out just enough to feel like you found something. balance cafe shop x coffee artisanal roastery sits at lane 300, and the dual name isn't an accident so much as a statement: this place roasts its own, which means what ends up in your cup started as a decision made here, not sourced from a third party and repackaged. zhongshan has plenty of coffee options, but a roastery operating out of the same address as the cafe is a different proposition entirely. the regulars clearly noticed. if you're in the neighborhood in the morning, that's probably the moment to show up.

curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated

nri score71
buzz0
local cred16%
what these three numbers mean

nri is our 0-100 quality index (review consistency, volume, web presence, specialty signals). buzz is social momentum right now. local cred is the share of reviewers who live nearby rather than visit. how the nri score works

hours

6 days listed, view hours
mon
09:30-18:00
tue
09:30-18:00
wed
09:30-18:00
thu
09:30-18:00
fri
09:30-18:00
sat
13:00-18:00

price

$

social pulse

new wave0/ 100

newly on the taipei radar. balance cafe shop x coffee artisanal roastery is building momentum at buzz 0/100.

google reviews

324

avg rating

4.7

local cred

16%

google figures as of . the editorial copy above may predate them.

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