Filter coffee bars in Kuala Lumpur
Where Kuala Lumpur takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
15 cafés · Malaysia
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103 Coffee
Founded in 2014 by a team of national and international barista champions, 103 Coffee at its Sri Petaling flagship at…
Afloat Coffee Roaster
Founded by husband-and-wife duo Jimmy Leong and Loo Choy Leng, Afloat Coffee Roaster at 15-17 Lorong Tiong Nam 2 in…
Aitch Coffee Roasters
Founder Tunku Hadi runs this small-batch micro-roastery from a nondescript shophouse at 27-1 Jalan PJU 7/16A in…
Artisan Roast TTDI
Reopened in early 2024 at 25 Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7 in TTDI sharing a space with Seniman Kakao, their in-house cacao…
Common Man Coffee Roasters KL
The KL outpost of the acclaimed Singaporean specialty roaster occupies the ground floor of Plaza Vads at 1 Jalan Tun…
Feeka Coffee Roasters
Positioned on Jalan Mesui beside the No Black Tie jazz club in Changkat Bukit Bintang, Feeka has been one of the…
Ghostbird Coffee Company
Occupying a characterful bungalow lot at 9 Jalan Seputeh off Old Klang Road adjacent to Midvalley, Ghostbird is KL's…
Kissa {X} Coffee TTDI
Located on the first floor at 86A Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi in TTDI, Kissa takes its name from the Japanese word for…
Kopenhagen Coffee Bangsar Roastery
The Bangsar location of Kopenhagen Coffee doubles as their roasting facility, with guests watching the central…
Kopenhagen Coffee Mont Kiara
The original Kopenhagen Coffee outlet sits at Shoplot 7 of Vista Kiara on Jalan Kiara 3, directly opposite Garden…
PULP by Papa Palheta
Nestled inside Art Printing Works (APW), a repurposed 1965 industrial printing factory on Jalan Riong, PULP is the…
Sprezzatura Coffee at Buna Market
Located inside Block E of the Phileo Damansara office complex at 116 Pusat Perdagangan Phileo Damansara, Sprezzatura…
The Hub Coffee Roaster OUG
The founding outlet of The Hub Coffee Roaster at 61 Jalan Hujan Rahmat 3 in Taman Overseas Union is where one of KL's…
VCR Bangsar
The Bangsar outpost of KL's most decorated specialty roaster occupies a ground-floor shophouse on Jalan Telawi 3 with…
VCR Galloway
Housed in a 1927 colonial bungalow on Jalan Galloway, VCR put KL on the third-wave map and has appeared on multiple…
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