Metal Hands: Yet Another Third-Wave Coffee Shop in Beijing

By Noelle Mateer, March 21, 2017

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No hutong, no matter how obscure, is safe from the invasion of third-wave coffee shops. This month (and we swear there's a new one every month), it's Metal Hands on Jiaodaokou Toutiao. 

It falls into a familiar formula: Solid coffee, cute space, disappointing snacks. Rager Pie and BigSmall Coffee continue to hold the coffee gauntlet in this area; we continue to be very skeptical of anyone else trying to cash in on this trend.  


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