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這天算是個特別日子，先前有幾次想來吃，惟見set lunch不合意，今天的set lunch雖也不是自己很喜歡的，但還是一進以嚐吧..點了set lunch: 橄欖油+煙肉+雜菜+扁意粉配雜菌湯 ($49)並 +$ 5 點了進口果汁 - 橙汁一進去，無人招呼，以為是去收銀處先買才坐下，問店員，雖語氣不是好好，但仍叫我先坐下。近門口的bar枱一連四個位，選了第3個坐下，但店員叫我坐近門口的....(怕有兩位來的沒有位吧!到時才移動都不遲丫!!)我最後還是要求坐回原來的位置雜菌湯怪怪的用透明碗子送上，但份量OK，湯中是磨蓉了的菌類，很西式的湯，味道OK。橄欖油煙肉雜菜扁意粉早前看到隔離位一小碟的已有心理準備..份量真的不是飽肚那種..一上枱已嗅到些味精味，(!!)但一看之下覺得那些應該是調味粉..料不算少，但油油的最欣賞的是瓜類有燒過，因此做得算徹底。至於橙汁，我是喜歡的，清清甜甜得來又不會太甜，有喝到橙肉，是進口果汁的功勞吧相信這個是我最喜歡的Anyways 吃完後覺得set lunch不值早餐、下午茶與午餐的價錢有明顯落差，令我覺得有"食水"的感覺...不過此店用很西式的煮法，又用上

這天算是個特別日子，
先前有幾次想來吃，惟見set lunch不合意，
今天的set lunch雖也不是自己很喜歡的，
但還是一進以嚐吧..
點了set lunch: 橄欖油+煙肉+雜菜+扁意粉配雜菌湯 ($49)
並 +$ 5 點了進口果汁 - 橙汁
一進去，無人招呼，以為是去收銀處先買才坐下，
問店員，雖語氣不是好好，但仍叫我先坐下。
近門口的bar枱一連四個位，選了第3個坐下，
但店員叫我坐近門口的....(怕有兩位來的沒有位吧!到時才移動都不遲丫!!)
我最後還是要求坐回原來的位置
雜菌湯
怪怪的用透明碗子送上，但份量OK，
湯中是磨蓉了的菌類，很西式的湯，味道OK。
橄欖油煙肉雜菜扁意粉
早前看到隔離位一小碟的已有心理準備..
份量真的不是飽肚那種..
一上枱已嗅到些味精味，(!!)
但一看之下覺得那些應該是調味粉..
料不算少，
但油油的
最欣賞的是瓜類有燒過，因此做得算徹底。
至於橙汁，
我是喜歡的，清清甜甜得來又不會太甜，
有喝到橙肉，
是進口果汁的功勞吧

相信這個是我最喜歡的

Anyways 吃完後覺得set lunch不值
早餐、下午茶與午餐的價錢有明顯落差，
令我覺得有"食水"的感覺...
不過此店用很西式的煮法，又用上外國材料，
因為不算很差。
喜歡很西式味道的人應該會喜歡。

***因眼見環境、食具、食物整整潔潔，所以給予更高分數。

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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Black as the devil!

As I had the espresso at Café Little, this wording came to my mind. Googling the internet and I found the whole thing, “Black as the devil, Hot as hell, Pure as an angel, and Sweet as love.” Feel old? That’s how I felt about the coffee here.

Let me step back a bit on Café Little. Café Little started at the same time I became more serious about good coffee about two years ago. The proprietor learned her trade from Barry Yuen, one of the judges of the first Grand Barista Championship (GBC) in Hong Kong and, through the grapevine, a latte art course from Felix, the proprietor of Coffee Assembly/Café Corridor. The other café I know of that learned the trade from Barry Yuen is Color Brown in Sai Kung.

***The reason I mention the background is definitely not for promotion/propaganda of any sort but I believe this is one way to understand the trait of each coffee shop and how it progresses. One might be able to deduce about other shops that shared the same background with Café Little.***

Also, Café Little was very famous at the time for its espresso machine, Victoria Arduino manual espresso-maker, that lots of coffee lovers had to come to Café Little just to take a look and, for the lucky ones, pull the lever of this machine once. It was quoted that this is the “only” machine in Hong Kong. However, from the grapevine again, there is the other machine at the same time this manual lever was ordered but it may be for a personal use or something.

Back to what’s in the cup, the double espresso I had was very dark roasted one can easily sense the domination of the roast profile in the cup it’s almost bordered the charred taste. Mind you this is a rather freshly roasted coffee but the roaster, the proprietor herself, chooses to roast it very very dark which sort of reminding more of imported bean than freshly and locally roasted bean. While I can still sense some other tastes and fruit/flowery notes, it’s very very faint at best. The roaster roasts its own beans using a famous “Hottop” home roaster.

As I mentioned earlier, this is quite an old school coffee. These days, Indie café worldwide tends to preserve the taste of the origin of the coffee considering the hard work they put in scouring the world for the best bean. Besides, the lighter roast tastes more like what cuppers experience when they make a decision to buy the bean from the farmer. IMHO, this experience would be akin to what sound engineers enjoy when they work with artists in mixing the music and this is the soughtafter experience that audiophiles put loads of $$$ into their systems, hoping to create the exact same experience that the sound engineer has.

One of the tricks the roast master used for lower quality commercial grade bean is to roast the bean darker which helps hide any blemish the bean might have. Besides, the darker roast helps boost consistency lots to lots, creating a signature coffee, as coffee crops vary in quality year in year out. While I classified Café Little as more of an Indie café, particularly it was formed during the start of the wave of the Indie café in Hong Kong, it chooses to go the “old school” way, roasting its bean quite dark and withering away most of the goodies in term of the origin flavor of the bean.

The cappuccino was really a very weak point here. Apart from its unique look with foam filled up to brim more like a soufflé than coffee, the good thing I can say about the cup is the foam top was quite sweet. The drink has a temperature on the high side of the acceptable range but there is absolute no sweetness of a good frothed milk in the cup. Also, the milky taste of the cup was really distracting, reminding me of what Babedolphi complained elsewhere on this website about milk in Hong Kong.

I remembered vividly, even it’s two years ago, that Café Little used Pauls UHT milk for its beverages. I did not see any serious café use UHT milk for its beverage those days and I’ve hardly seen any used them until these days with the exception of one time at Crema which uses Pura’s UHT milk once over the past two years that I visited its café. Usually, its milk is Pura’s fresh milk. With UHT milk, I remembered vividly that its milk texture was OK, the temperature was spot on but there was absolutely no sweetness of the milk which is very similar to what I had at Café Little. This time, I didn’t know whether Café Little still uses UHT milk as everything was worked behind the counter and the espresso machine. However, I wouldn’t be surprised from what’s in the cup and the texture of the foam that was quite hard but fragile which feels kind of odds vs. cappuccino I had. Absolutely no velvety texture in the cup.

Regarding the deco, it was quite cold and wasn’t really inviting to sit there for a long time. I recalled its old location, which is currently occupied by Soft Aroma, has the same style but much better feel.

The barista was very nice and friendly, not up to the point of Coco Espresso but better than Soft Aroma. The price, however, is very $$$ for its location, deco and, for me, its offerings. Double espresso will set you back $28, cappuccino $30.

All I could say for Café Little is each to his own. For me, it’s definitely not my cup of tea and I considered the café more of an anachronism during the period most Indie progressively promote and meticulously preserve the taste of the origin of the coffee. To me, Soft Aroma, the café that opens during the same time as Café Little, evolves into a respectable Indie café while Café Little continues to maintain the cup character it had vs. what I had when it just opened. Some may find its coffee great and this reminds me of the recent experience with espresso I had from Fuel Espresso though. My best rating for this café is just OK, bear in mind that it’s my personal preference that plays a significant role in this rating.

Espresso... Black as the devil!

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路過，見店子門面裝修很有意思，便進去嘆杯咖啡。店內設計裝修有點兒簡陋，跟門口不太相稱，但引起我興趣的是吧枱上的虹吸壺，小型烘培機，古老espresso機及一些咖啡用具。坐下，店員便送來一杯有點 lemon 味的清水，心想有小小食物入口，於是點了法包加果醬的 tea set，餐飲加錢換了埃塞俄比亞單品咖啡。周六 tea time時間，店里只有我一個顧客，在商業區真無辦法。見店員在吧枱後磨了豆，未幾就端上一杯咖啡和一小瓶看似打過的奶（因為上面有些泡），想知咖啡制作方法，詢問之下，原來是用espresso機（那些虹吸壺等只是裝飾品了），咖啡用普通杯盛載，應該有double espresso 的分量，咖啡上面看不見咖啡油，喝下去味道不太濃，可能是攫取不足，不過味道水準還可以，這個價錢算抵飲。再上來的兩片法包冷冷的，烘熱一點會好些，旁邊則隨便放了一小堆普通果醬，略欠心思。店內的冷氣十分強勁，不一會咖啡給吹涼了，得趕快喝完。小店中午有餐供應，下次有機會試試。總的而言，這里的咖啡可以一試，其他細節則優點改善。

路過，見店子門面裝修很有意思，便進去嘆杯咖啡。店內設計裝修有點兒簡陋，跟門口不太相稱，但引起我興趣的是吧枱上的虹吸壺，小型烘培機，古老espresso機及一些咖啡用具。

坐下，店員便送來一杯有點 lemon 味的清水

，心想有小小食物入口，於是點了法包加果醬的 tea set，餐飲加錢換了埃塞俄比亞單品咖啡。

周六 tea time時間，店里只有我一個顧客，在商業區真無辦法。見店員在吧枱後磨了豆，未幾就端上一杯咖啡和一小瓶看似打過的奶（因為上面有些泡），想知咖啡制作方法，詢問之下，原來是用espresso機（那些虹吸壺等只是裝飾品了），咖啡用普通杯盛載，應該有double espresso 的分量，咖啡上面看不見咖啡油，喝下去味道不太濃，可能是攫取不足，不過味道水準還可以，這個價錢算抵飲。

再上來的兩片法包冷冷的，烘熱一點會好些，旁邊則隨便放了一小堆普通果醬，略欠心思。店內的冷氣十分強勁，不一會咖啡給吹涼了，得趕快喝完。

小店中午有餐供應，下次有機會試試。

總的而言，這里的咖啡可以一試，其他細節則優點改善。

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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It's a fairy tale to find Cafe Little in an old district (Sheung Wan). Although there're many coffee houses in this area, Cafe Little's theme and decoration attracted all my attention.

This is my first visit to Cafe Little, I was first confused a bit by the coffee menu as there's a pretty good selection of coffee from various origins. So, I chatted with the nice lady (must be the owner of this cafe), she explained in details that they make all coffee with their very special "antique" manual espresso machine. Well, in consideration of this very rare piece of espresso-antique, it's worth every dime to enjoy the espresso dipping out of it. However, I'm not a big fan of espresso-based drinks. Lady suggests their house blend.... so, it's a "long black" made with an espresso machine; better than a cup of americano I guess.

Alright, I ordered a Tomato sandwich with Bacon and some special Mustard sauce to come with my long black.

Wow! The sandwich well exceeded my expectation in term of both size and taste

... it's really good but for $39

maybe it's the norm for Sheung Wan. The coffee is good... they roast their own beans I guess.... long black is long black. I'm energized and ready to hit the road. Thank you!

Tomato Sandwich with Bacon & Mustard

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幾個星期前和朋友來Cafe Little食午餐叫了Set Lunch.Appet: 湯Main Course: 有Spaghetti或Sandwich點了蒜片煙肉Spaghetti... 味道... 很淡Set唔跟drink, 要加$8至有...一試無妨, 不過唔會再試

幾個星期前和朋友來Cafe Little食午餐

叫了Set Lunch.
Appet: 湯
Main Course: 有Spaghetti或Sandwich

點了蒜片煙肉Spaghetti... 味道... 很淡

Set唔跟drink, 要加$8至有...

一試無妨, 不過唔會再試

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CAFE LITTLE 無疑是上環區咖啡質素最好的小店。前陣子以為結業了，原來是搬了舖。跟朋友相約下午茶，依舊是要我的摮愛哥倫比亞espresso。CAPPUCCINO的奶泡很大堆頭，看上去反倒有點可愛。咖啡跟品茶一樣，各人的口味和標準可以相差很遠。對我來說，能喝到一杯上好質素的咖啡，就是最大滿足。

CAFE LITTLE 無疑是上環區咖啡質素最好的小店。
前陣子以為結業了，原來是搬了舖。
跟朋友相約下午茶，依舊是要我的摮愛哥倫比亞espresso。
CAPPUCCINO的奶泡很大堆頭，看上去反倒有點可愛。
咖啡跟品茶一樣，各人的口味和標準可以相差很遠。
對我來說，能喝到一杯上好質素的咖啡，就是最大滿足。

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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在附近開工，要找處地方上網交功課，吃得簡單一點，Cafe可以了，上環區飯市這裡也算比較易找位又坐得舒服的一間，感覺不錯小店。幾張四人小檯，獨個來還是坐到對窗的吧檯，放下行理由幾味菜中點了南瓜忌廉汁燴雞，一部意國經典手動咖啡機，這裡的咖啡出品應該不錯，但午市，簡單的House Blend好了。先來洋蔥湯，清新輕盈，洋蔥煮耐一點，味道會更好，自家出品有誠意；南瓜忌廉汁燴雞，雞已切成細件，炆得鬆腍亦醃得夠味，雞胸的位置鬆軟易入口，微微香草提起味道，加上南瓜與忌廉打成的甜汁，撈飯吃簡單美味。餐後，邊打著字，喝口消膩的濃咖啡，帶點甘濃不太酸的，合口味；店員會在適當時換碟、冬天斟上暖水，閒聊兩句，帶著窩心的暖意而去，約好會再來喝杯咖啡的。

在附近開工，要找處地方上網交功課，吃得簡單一點，Cafe可以了，上環區飯市這裡也算比較易找位又坐得舒服的一間，感覺不錯小店。

幾張四人小檯，獨個來還是坐到對窗的吧檯，放下行理由幾味菜中點了南瓜忌廉汁燴雞，一部意國經典手動咖啡機，這裡的咖啡出品應該不錯，但午市，簡單的House Blend好了。

先來洋蔥湯，清新輕盈，洋蔥煮耐一點，味道會更好，自家出品有誠意；南瓜忌廉汁燴雞，雞已切成細件，炆得鬆腍亦醃得夠味，雞胸的位置鬆軟易入口，微微香草提起味道，加上南瓜與忌廉打成的甜汁，撈飯吃簡單美味。

餐後，邊打著字，喝口消膩的濃咖啡，帶點甘濃不太酸的，合口味；店員會在適當時換碟、冬天斟上暖水，閒聊兩句，帶著窩心的暖意而去，約好會再來喝杯咖啡的。