Metal Hands (Yongjia Road)

铁手咖啡 Metal Hands

The Beijing roaster that invented the fried-egg latte

⚠ Closes at 6 p.m.

Hours

Daily 09:00–18:00 (May 2026 guide)

Budget

Drinks ¥38–42

Address

37 Yongjia Road, Huangpu

A Beijing specialty coffee brand with several Shanghai shops, and one that writers keep pointing to as a barista favourite. Its famous drink is a latte that looks like a fried egg: a pumpkin-powder yolk on milk foam with a cold-cream white, copied all over China since. The Yongjia Road shop is a cosy room of props and books, a good break from shopping on Huaihai Road.