For those of you in the know, Vietnam is actually the 2nd largest producer of coffee in the world, after Brazil. They mainly produce Robusta beans, which has a stronger, more robust (duh) flavour than Arabica, grows at lower altitude and contains about 50% more caffeine. Its resistance to disease, higher yield per tree and… [Read more…]
October 11, 2011
Geishas remind me of beauties primed for admiration. Japanese women they were; trained to impress both with their beauty and with their knowledge. But no, you won’t be finding any male entertainment here at Burlington Square. Not when it is located barely metres away from Sim Lim Square, the true male playground. Walking into this… [Read more…]
September 1, 2011
Jimmy’s been good. I usually try not to publish 2 CBT posts back to back, but I can’t help it. There are so many cafes popping up in different places that I really can’t catch up! Serious. I think we have reached a stage where we can now confidently say that coffee in Singapore is… [Read more…]
August 26, 2011
Smitten. Ah yes. That kind of a feeling of love which makes you go weak in the knees, and the feeling of warmth just travails the path down into your gut, when you feel an instant of faint tremors overtaking your body for just that few seconds. And yes, I get glimpses of that each… [Read more…]
July 5, 2011
Ah yes. With a picture like that, don’t you think this place could pass off easily as somewhere in London? Or Australia? Too bad you can’t feel the Singaporean heat, but no, friends, a new artisan cafe is in town! Soho Coffee is the latest player on the increasingly popular indie coffee market in Singapore.… [Read more…]
May 29, 2011
For thinking that you had just entered a lab when you walk into this new place, you would be forgiven. Scales, beakers, thermometers, spatulas, vials, bunsen burners and more beakers. Scientific precision indeed. What’s this new place, I hear you ask. Well, take a look. It is a MOVEMENT, no less. The guys at Papa Palheta’s… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
After what seemed like a surge of openings of exciting new indie cafes in the 2nd half of last year, I haven’t really heard of any new places that have opened recently. Was a little bit tired of the same old places, and so I decided to try out a place that had just opened… [Read more…]
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