Coffee Hanyakbang Euljiro

Tucked into a narrow alley a couple of minutes from Euljiro 3-ga Station, Coffee Hanyakbang has been brewing since 2014 on the site long linked to Hyeminseo, the Joseon-era public clinic. The name means coffee herbal pharmacy, and the room plays the part: mother-of-pearl cabinets, dark timber, old tiles and medicine-drawer details fill all three floors. Black coffee here is hand-dripped one cup at a time, and you pick from several single-origin beans at the counter; the signature Sujeonggwa coffee riffs on the cinnamon-ginger punch Koreans drink after meals. In spring 2026 the sister dessert shop Hyemindang across the lane closed for redevelopment, so its cakes and pastries are now sold at the Coffee Hanyakbang counter, and newly opened seating on the second and third floors replaced the old building. Order on the ground floor, then climb the steep stairs to sit. The small second-floor terrace and the mother-of-pearl wall panels upstairs are the photo spots most people go for, and drip bags wrapped like herbal medicine packets make an easy souvenir.