Each order of coffee before 11am comes with a complimentary set of bread and toppings, offering good cost/performance for a simple but filling breakfast.
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Buying African beans from Blue Bottle Coffee in Samcheongdong
A wide selection was on display, together with their origins, tasting notes and prices. They were sold in unusually large 300gm bags, with blends going for ₩25,000 and single-origins for ₩35,000.
Continue readingStrawberry tea and desserts at bright and breezy Mil Toast
The Wife went with a hot Strawberry Tea, not knowing exactly what to expect but confident that it was a good choice. South Korea was, after all, famous for their high quality strawberries.
Continue readingI finally made it back to Nylon Coffee after eight long years
Let me just say upfront that, sometimes, I’m a terrible customer. I was looking back at some old photos and realised that the last time I visited Nylon Coffee Roasters was eight years ago, all the way back in the September of 2013.
Continue readingA trip down (coffee) memory lane
During the period of August 2013 to February 2014, we visited 11 cafés across Singapore to try out their flat whites, piccolo lattes, white double ristrettos, mochas, iced coffees, pour overs and one Prosecco. Guess how many are still in operation today?
Continue readingBrewing freshly roasted beans from Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee
I’d read about how good Ethiopian beans resulted in coffee with a prominent blueberry note, but I’ve always been skeptical. How can coffee taste like blueberry? But I finally understood after tasting it for myself. It had good balance and body, with a wonderfully floral scent and that amazingly addictive blueberry flavour.
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