Our own visit (Friday morning, October 2, 2026), not sponsored. Bean details and prices are copied from the store's menu board and bean card on the day; the address, hours and phone come from Naver Place, checked on October 6, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Starbucks Reserve in Magok, Seoul — Magok Science Tower R Store: My First Iced Pour-Over with Reserve Brazil Beans
My first visit to a Starbucks Reserve, in Magok ☕
I go to Starbucks all the time,
but a Reserve store?
This was my first.
An iced pour-over and its bean card on a Reserve tray
1F Reserve · 2F regular Starbucks
⏰ Weekdays 07:00–22:00
Weekends & public holidays
09:00–22:00
💰 Iced pour-over
Grande 11,800 won
(Brazil São João, per the menu board)
📱 App order · for-here cup
📞 1522-3232
🏢 Reserve on 1F, regular Starbucks on 2F
The sign at the entrance says it too:
1F is the Reserve brewing bar,
2F is a regular Starbucks.
Walk in, and under
the swirl of wood covering the ceiling,
the long Reserve bar stretches out.
The 1F Reserve bar — the swirling wood decoration on the ceiling
By the windows,
leather armchairs and small round tables
stand in a row.
I sat by the window.
Leather armchairs and round tables by the window
📱 Ordering in the app, as the store suggested
I ordered in the app,
as I always do.
I like coffee with some acidity,
and I like it iced,
so I went with the Brazil beans
the store recommended.
I asked for it
brewed as a pour-over.
The app order screen — ICED · POC · Grande · for-here cup
The bean is called
’Sun-Dried Brazil
Fazenda São João’.
In the app’s order details,
the brew method showed up as ‘POC’.
It was my first time ordering like this,
so I was really looking forward to it!
It came in a glass with the Reserve logo,
on a wooden tray carved with the same logo,
together with a bean card.
An iced pour-over (GIF)
☕ How it tasted
The aroma was amazing.
Even though I’d ordered it iced,
it was an aroma I’d never smelled before.
The glass with the Reserve logo
Compared with my usual
iced Blonde Aerocano,
it tasted a little heavier,
with a slightly bitter edge.
I’d have liked
a bit more acidity.
The bean card puts acidity
at the 4th of 5 dots,
and the menu board says MEDIUM-HIGH,
but to me the body and the bitterness
came through first.
📇 Reading the bean card
Front of the bean card — SUN-DRIED BRAZIL FAZENDA SÃO JOÃO
The flavor note:
apricot and hazelnut chocolate
Body: the middle of 5 dots,
acidity: the 4th of 5
Sul de Minas, Brazil,
natural process
Brew methods: pour-over,
Chemex, espresso
Back of the bean card — body, acidity, region, process, brew methods
To be fair, the card’s description
does also mention a flavor that’s
”pleasantly bitter yet fragrant”.
Next time I’m thinking
of trying a different brew method.
👃 Smelling the beans first at the aroma station
Next to the bar is an aroma station
where you can smell
four kinds of beans before you order.
A note there says,
“Feel free to smell them —
you can also order them as drip coffee,“
so you can take a sniff without any pressure.
The aroma station — four beans under glass lids
The poster beside it introduces
a newly arrived Brazil bean, ‘Fazenda Recanto’
(semi-sweet chocolate and nut butter).
It’s also a sun-dried Brazil,
but a different bean
from the ‘São João’ I got.
The new-bean poster — BRAZIL FAZENDA RECANTO
São João vs Recanto
When you order,
ask which one you're getting
🛍 The Reserve merch corner
By the window near the entrance
there’s a corner with
Reserve bean bags, tumblers,
mugs and umbrellas.
The corner with Reserve beans, tumblers and mugs
The Reserve logo on the corner of the tray, too
📋 The Reserve bean menu
(Tall / Grande)
Malawi Sable Farms
12,000 won / 12,800 won
Vietnam Dung K’No
11,000 won / 11,800 won
Colombia Granos de Esperanza
14,000 won / 14,800 won
Brazil Fazenda São João
11,000 won / 11,800 won
Decaf Colombia
8,500 won / 9,300 won
(per the store’s menu board on the day we visited)
The Reserve seasonal bean menu
On the menu board,
the bean with the highest listed acidity
is this Brazil (MEDIUM-HIGH).
👍 Who this is for
✔ Anyone in Magok who wants to try
Reserve beans for the first time
✔ Anyone who’d like to try
a pour-over iced
✔ Anyone who’d rather smell the beans
before choosing (aroma station)
My first Reserve store —
a cup with a truly wonderful aroma.
To get more acidity,
next time I’ll try
a different brew method.
📍 Starbucks Magok Science Tower R — open in Naver Map
More Magok coffee — Mammoth Express (매머드익스프레스), Magoknaru Station Exit 5 · Hausly (하우슬리) · Blu Shaak Coffee (블루샥), Seoul Magok · Connects Coffee (커넥츠커피), Magok
As of our visit (Friday morning, October 2, 2026). Bean details and prices were copied from the store's menu board, the bean card and the notices at the aroma station (the menu board lists prices in thousands of won; we wrote them out in full). The address, hours and phone are from Naver Place (checked 2026-10-06) and may change. Reserve beans change every season. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Translated from our Korean post with AI assistance. Prices, hours and other numbers were checked against the Korean original and Naver Place on October 6, 2026. English bean names follow the store's bean cards and posters where they show them. Original post (Korean)