Xen Coffee

Xen Coffee

Company type	Coffeehouse
Industry	Restaurants Retail coffee and tea Retail beverages
Founded	2008;17 years ago (2008)
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Products	Coffee, tea, smoothies, chocolate drinks, panini, sandwiches, healthy lunch, Fair Trade products
Website	xencoffee.com

Xen Coffee was an independent coffee bar in Hong Kong. Xen Coffee's first coffee shop was in Quarry Bay.

Awards and recognition

Xen Coffee was awarded Best Fair Trade Cafe in Hong Kong ^[1] for its effort as a pioneer in promoting Fair Trade products like chocolate from Ghana, organic coffee from Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and the rainforest of Guatemala ^[2] in Hong Kong. Time Out magazine (Hong Kong edition) has selected Xen Coffee as one of Hong Kong's 20 Best Coffee Spots. ^[3] Xen Coffee has also been covered in My Coffee Guide ^[4] written by Moses Chan, a coffee geek and celebrity in Hong Kong. Helen Chow, the head Siphonist of Xen Coffee was awarded the title of World Siphonist by the Specialty Coffee Association of Japan (SCAJ) to honor her achievement as second runner-up in the World Siphonist Championship (WSC) 2010. ^[5] The founder of Xen Coffee, Dixon Ip, ^[6] is the first person in China to obtain certifications from both the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) as SCAA Cupping Judge and CQI Licensed Q Grader.

See also

• Siphon coffee
• UCC Ueshima Coffee Co.

References

1. World Fair Trade Week in Hong Kong. Fair Trade Hong Kong & Oxfam Hong Kong press release. 17 May 2009.
2. 哪裡有好喝的公平貿易咖啡?. 飲食男女. 12 March 2010.
3. Hong Kong's 20 Best Coffee Spots Archived 26 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine . TimeOut Hong Kong. 24 July 2009.
4. 《給咖啡偷一杯時間》 My Coffee Guide Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine . 作者：陳豪. 30 July 2009.
5. World Siphonist Championship 2010 – Helen Chow from Xen Coffee won Bronze Award Archived 22 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Specialty Coffee Association of Japan . 24 September 2010.
6. Dixon Ip, Coffee Quality Institute Licensed Q Grader Archived 15 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine . 20 August 2010.

General

• 品味速遞咖啡 Archived 27 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine . UFood.com. 4 February 2009.
• 300秒等一口香醇咖啡. 新假期. 2 March 2009.
• 【生活著數台】. Asia Television 亞洲電視 本港台. 27 March 2009.
• 飲出咖啡新文化 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine . 成報, p6. 22 May 2009.
• Gourmet Goldmine Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine . HK Magazine. 10–12 July 2009.
• 咖啡的輕和重. 明報周刊. 26 December 2009.
• Green Coffee. 飲食男女. 5 February 2010.
• 虹吸式咖啡【生活加油站】. Asia Television 亞洲電視 本港台. 11 March 2010.
• 手調沖泡咖啡【生活加油站】. Asia Television 亞洲電視 本港台. 18 March 2010.
• 有机咖啡馆 (Part 1 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}) (Part 2 Archived 22 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine )【乐活时尚坊】. China Entertainment Television 华娱卫视. 18 March 2010.
• Hong Kong coffee experts share their love of the brew Archived 17 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine . CNNGo . 15 April 2010.
• 簡單生活料理 – 有機咖啡【美食法庭】. i-CABLE 有線寬頻. 25 April 2010.
• 穏やかな香りに包まれて本格珈琲を Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Pocket Page Weekly. 1 June 2010.
• World Barista Championship Go Live Partners Asia/Pacific Region Archived 9 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine . World Barista Championship . June 2010.
• Dixon Ip – Coffee Expert【Morning Brew】. Radio Television Hong Kong RTHK Radio 3. 28 July 2010.
• Liquid highs in Hong Kong Archived 15 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine . CNNGo . 13 August 2010.

External links

• Official website