Get Your Cold Brew Fix From These 12 Local Coffee Stores
With most bubble tea stores closed, and most restaurants and cafes offering takeaway menus, there has been a silent drink on the rise: meet the cold brew.
Even before the circuit breaker, cold brew coffee has been emerging as a popular beverage choice and an item included in menus of most specialty coffee shops here in Singapore. And with most available in glass or can, it is easily purchased and to be enjoyed from the comforts of your home.
But make no mistake about it: cold brew coffee isn’t simply just regular coffee kept cold. The difference between cold brew and a regular brewed iced coffee lies in its preparation. Ground beans are soaked in room temperature water for up to 24 hours, which produces a smoother, sweeter, and less acidic drink, as compared to regular coffee, as a result.
This makes it the preferred drink of choice as you’re stuck at home: Unlike regular hot coffee or iced lattes, a cold brew’s flavour profile will not change according to temperature, and keeps in the fridge for longer, making for a highly convenient option.
Ahead, we list all the roasteries, cafes, and companies offering this special bottled brew to keep you well caffeinated over the Circuit breaker period, and beyond.
Bootstrap Beverages
If you’re looking for a fuss-free, constant (or even just one-off) supply of cold brew delivered straight to your home, look no further than with Bootstrap Beverages. They’ve got a wide variety of flavours to choose from, including less common offerings such as cold brew in milk & manuka honey, to coconut milk. Beans are sourced from Bali from local family run farms, and you can get an assorted six pack of flavours at just $35.
Get it here.
Chye Seng Huat
This cafe familiar to the Singapore coffee scene has been offering cold brews available in packs of six (from $45), with beans sourced from PPP coffee. You can also get a curated care package which includes 2 bottles of cold brew, along with other treats such as cake loafs, drinking chocolate, chocolate bars, and a personalised message card to send to your loved ones.
Order via grab food or from their online store at www.cshhcoffee.com.
Kafve
Kafve is a specialty coffee bar that offers mobile coffee services for events and functions. They’ve also got a regular range of cold brew bottles for consumption, featuring a customer favourite blend of their Brazil Cerrado & India Monsoon Malabar. Flavours come in black and white, with an option of plant-based milk bundles of six bottles starting from $33 each. You also get free shipping when you purchase two bundles.
Get it here.
Parallel Singapore
Parallel offers a wallet-friendly alternative to cold brew delivered straight to your doorsteps. Their cold brew bundles of six (starting from $25) can be kept up to 10 days, and they offer weekly and bi-weekly subscriptions for those who know they’ll always want more.
Get it here.
Maxi Coffee Bar
Most of our favourite coffee haunts are closed due to the ongoing restrictions, but you can still enjoy their offerings from the comfort of your homes. Maxi Coffee Bar is one such example. They offer their bottled cold brews in black ($4), white ($5) in dairy or dairy free options, and also in their signature cereal milk ($6.5).
Simply whatsapp them at 97767400 with your orders.
The Glasshouse Singapore
Known for their insta-worthy interiors and excellent coffee, Glasshouse is offering bottled cold brews in black ($7) and white with oat milk ($9) in 400ml sizes, and even coffee granolas for your enjoyment at home.
The Populus Coffee & Food Co
This cafe offers single origin cold brewed black coffee ($&) in a concentrated bottle, so it’s best to enjoy this over additional ice, or even with a whiskey, or tonic or soda. They come in a 150ml vintage glass bottle in 2 portions.
Get it here.
Old Hen Coffee Bar
This tiny cafe in Rangoon Road comes with a highly recommended white cold brew on their menu ($6.90) that comes silky smooth with nutty notes and mildly sweetened with brown sugar. Since the circuit breaker, they have upsized their offering to a bulk package of 1 litre ($19.90), perfect for home consumption. Their other offerings include cold mocha and cold dark cocoa.
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Free The Robot
This cafe offers three servings of seasonal single origin bottled cold brew ($16) which can be kept up to one week in the fridge. You can even choose to add on a round ice ball ($1/each) to top off your cold brew experience at home, and a coffee and cocktail care package (with cocktails from speakeasy Bitters & Love) at $80 to last you from day to night.
Get it here.
Candour Coffee
This cafe adds a touch of the Melbourne cafe scene to Singapore, and has come with a wide variety of cold brew coffee flavours during this circuit breaker period, from regular black to sea salt caramel coffee (all at $6.50). You get free islandwide delivery with just 6 bottles.
Get it here.
Common Man Coffee Roasters
A specialty coffee roaster familiar to the Singapore coffee scene, Common Man Coffee Roasters’ beans are brewed in-house. They offer a black cold brew ($8) and a nitro - cold brew charged with nitrogen for a rich, creamy head, in honey oat flavour ($9.50).
Get it here.
Narrative Coffee Stand
This local cafe is offering a bottled series of drinks, from Cold Brew Black Coffee ($6.50) to chilled Hojicha ($7.50). There is a minimum order of $15 and free delivery for orders over $40
Send your orders via DM to their instagram or whatsapp 94884493
