A Mangwon Cafe Where You Can Customize Your Tea, Coffee, and Cocktails with Your Desired Sentence

Hello. Today, I'm going to recommend a slightly special cafe. When you go to a cafe or a cocktail bar and order a drink, how do you order? Usually, you'll choose from the menu. However, this place is special in that you can order the drink you want. You can customize your drink by specifying the exact ingredients, or you can order metaphorically by writing a sentence or phrase. It's truly your own unique drink. Want to know more? Then let me introduce it.

Dadalab

The cafe and bar I'm going to introduce is 'Dadalab'!

They also offer vegan menu options. You can make a reservation through Naver. While reservations aren't mandatory, it's recommended as there may be a waiting time if you don't. It's already become famous on SNS for its system where if you order coffee, tea, or a cocktail with a specific sentence, it's customized to match that sentence.

Let me tell you the location. It's located in the basement of 17, World Cup-ro 15-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul. If you're using the subway, it's 204 meters from exit 2 of Mangwon Station on Line 6. It's about a 2-minute walk, so it's very close. Operating hours are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and from Wednesday to Friday, it's open from 2 PM to 2 AM, and on Saturdays and Sundays, it's open from 1 PM to 2 AM.

The shop owner also introduces Dadalab as a "sentence blending" workspace that translates your story into taste and aroma.

I'll introduce the menu in more detail. There's Sentence Coffee (₩8,800), Sentence Tea Blending (₩9,800), Sentence Cocktail (₩15,800), and Sentence Reply (₩25,800).

• Sentence Tea is a tea blend made using tea leaves, herbs, flowers, and teagen, which is brewed in warm water and served. It's recommended to drink it warm, and if you need an ice glass, you can request it separately on the work instruction sheet.
• Sentence Coffee uses about 12 types of specialty beans, and after blending them using the cupping notes based on the sentence you write, it's extracted using hand drip brewing and served. It does not include milk or cream or other ingredients. Depending on the sentence, a very small amount of tea leaves or teagen can be blended together.
• Sentence Cocktail is a work that expresses the taste, color, temperature, and texture you feel in the sentence into a cocktail using various liqueurs and alcoholic beverages. If you specify your desired alcoholic beverage, liqueur, alcohol content, preferred/disliked ingredients, etc. on the work instruction sheet, they will refer to it and translate the sentence into a cocktail.
• Sentence Reply makes a drink as a reply to the sentence. However, you don't know what kind of drink, whether it's coffee, tea, or a cocktail, you'll get. Actually, that's what makes it intriguing.

Besides the Sentence Cocktail, there are various other menus, so if customizing your own drink seems difficult or burdensome, you can choose other options. They also have vegan drinks, so it's a great place to visit with vegan friends.

They also offer a one-day class where you can experience making your own drinks, so check it out.

Let me explain how to order a drink at Dadalab.

First, you'll receive a sheet of paper. It's labeled with Work Instruction Sheet, Recipient, Raw Material, Accessories, and Materials. The Work Instruction Sheet asks you to write down any sentence you want to write today. If you write the sentence you want or the exact style of drink you want, the staff will be able to understand your intentions better. Many people seem to choose from song lyrics, book passages, or movie lines. I think this part requires a lot of creativity from the bartender.

In the Materials section, you can write any additional requests like your desired alcohol concentration. In Recipient, you write your table number. In Raw Material, you check the box for Coffee, Tea, Cocktail, or Reply. In Accessories, you can write any additional orders like desserts, snacks, or other drinks.

Since it's a creative process, it usually takes time. When your drink is ready, you'll receive a sheet of paper along with it. On the stiff paper, the staff's sentence is written. They'll write what ingredients are in the drink along with the customer's requested sentence.

The interior is a duplex structure with the first and second floors. There are bar tables for solo seating and tables for groups.

If you want to learn more, refer to their official Instagram or phone number.

https://www.instagram.com/cafedadalab

The phone number is 0507-1342-8305, so feel free to call for more information.

It's been a few years since I first wanted to go... Dadalab seems like a truly charming space for book lovers. A cup of tea, coffee, or cocktail paired with work and a sentence. The words "work" and "sentence translation" make me think of printed materials from a publishing house. I think it's quite romantic to enjoy a drink while reading.

Dadalab, a place I've wanted to visit myself. If you're looking for a unique cafe, I highly recommend this one.