BREW ISLAND 煮屿

The everyday,
worth keeping.

Library / A photographic journal

From a beachside coffee stand in Batukaras, Indonesia, to everyday moments on Liyang Road, Shanghai.

28 photographs
Coffee on the beach in Batukaras, Indonesia, beside the sign “1 cup of coffee = 1 Hug”
An embrace and smiles by the sea in Batukaras, Indonesia
A front view of the Brew Island coffee bar, with brewing equipment, ceramic cups and vinyl records
A coffee preparation demonstration at an espresso machine
Brew Island storefront in sunlight, with a yellow sign and outdoor seating
A wooden table, folding chairs and plants outside the café
A wooden counter and seating beside the street-facing window
The café counter with coffee equipment and records on the wall
Ceramic cups and jars arranged on wooden shelves
A wooden chair casts a shadow across the sunlit floor
An amplifier and vinyl records on a wooden shelf
A potted fern beside shelves of ceramic cups
Water pours from a gooseneck kettle onto coffee in a dripper
Two white cups of coffee on a wooden tray
Espresso flows from the machine into a glass
A cup of coffee with latte art on a wooden tray
Roasted coffee beans in a small white dish held in a hand
Two people look at brand cards beside the café window
People share a conversation about coffee across the café counter
A person holds a wooden tray with cups of coffee
Two people embrace outside the Brew Island entrance
Leaf shadows fall across a sunlit wall
Green leaves in sunlight
A takeaway cup with a black lid and a screw-top tin with yellow Brew Island labels beside a wooden table
Two yellow and blue cards with a mountain motif held in hands
Founder Chris at the Brew Island entrance, with a passerby in the foreground
Two cups of coffee on a wooden tray beside Hawaii books and a record
Milk being poured into a ceramic cup to form heart-shaped latte art

Come ashore.

739 Liyang Road, Hongkou, Shanghai

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