隱身於台南水仙宮菜市場的一人咖啡店，只能靠著GOOGLE MAP的指引才找到店舖的位置。幾年前初次到訪台南，事先在網絡上搜尋咖啡店，意外得知有一間咖啡店開在菜市場，而且評論說老闆很健談風趣。
下午的菜市場很幽暗，因為大多的攤檔都只營業到中午，只有少數菜檔仍在半營業。穿過海味店和菜檔，左穿右插，看見眼前一片收掉的檔攤令人懷疑怎可能有咖啡店在營業。偏偏繼續直行，左方還有一個區域，不遠處有點幽微的燈光，就是欽欽咖啡。
老闆很年輕，大學畢業後在台北咖啡店工作，後來在台南開了這間小小的咖啡店。第一次到訪時剛好沒有其他客人，我們聊了接近兩個小時，由咖啡豆到金門高梁，平日生活到台灣的政治，後來要趕飛機才依依不捨地離開。後來又有一次到訪剛好是台灣大選，他還邀請我們一起去看點票。
咖啡自然是好喝，多數我也是點手沖咖啡和冰美式咖啡。下圖是數年前點的冰高鐵（高梁拿鐵），也是非常有趣的味道。其實能穿過一連串的檔攤找到欽欽已經是一種體驗，坐下跟欽欽邊喝咖啡邊聊天又是另一重體驗。
到訪日期：2022-2026年間數次到訪
店舖： 欽欽（TCHIN TCHIN）
地址： 台灣台南神農街32號水仙宮市場 （https://maps.app.goo.gl/18jnvtkRgGQzEDgC7）
P.S. 所有圖片為自己拍攝。
Tucked away inside Tainan’s Shuixian Temple Market is a little coffee shop run by just one person, so well hidden that we needed Google Maps to find it. Before our first trip to Tainan a few years ago, I was looking up coffee shops online when I stumbled across this one inside a market. The reviews described the owner as chatty and witty.
The market is dimly lit in the afternoon, as most stalls close around noon, leaving only a handful of vegetable sellers still doing business. We wove our way past dried seafood shops and vegetable stalls, turning this way and that. Looking at all the closed stalls around us, it was hard to imagine that a coffee shop could still be open somewhere inside. But a little further ahead, there was another section to the left, with a faint light glowing a short distance away. There it was: Tchin Tchin.
The owner is quite young. After graduating from university, he worked at a coffee shop in Taipei before opening this tiny place in Tainan. On our first visit, there happened to be no other customers, and we chatted for nearly two hours about everything from coffee beans to Kinmen kaoliang liquor, and from everyday life to Taiwanese politics. We only reluctantly tore ourselves away because we had a flight to catch. Another visit happened to fall on election day in Taiwan, and he even invited us to watch the vote count with him.
The coffee is, of course, delicious. I usually order a pour-over or an iced Americano. Pictured below is the “Iced High-Speed Rail” I ordered a few years ago—an iced latte with kaoliang liquor, which had a wonderfully intriguing flavour. Simply weaving through the market stalls to find TCHIN TCHIN is an experience in itself. Sitting down for a coffee and a chat with the owner adds another layer to the experience.
Visit dates: Several visits between 2022 and 2026
Café: TCHIN TCHIN（欽欽）
Address: Shuixian Temple Market, No. 32, Shennong Street, Tainan, Taiwan (Google Maps)
P.S. All photos were taken by me.
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