Filter coffee bars in Singapore
Where Singapore takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
24 cafés · Singapore
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Apartment Coffee
Owner Qing He, a World Brewers Cup finalist, runs this Selegie Road studio with monkish focus, earning Apartment the…
Chye Seng Huat Hardware (CSHH)
Housed in a meticulously restored Art Deco shophouse on Tyrwhitt Road, CSHH is the flagship roastery and cafe of PPP…
Nylon Coffee Roasters
Tucked inside a quiet HDB block at Everton Park, Nylon has been Singapore's benchmark for direct-trade filter coffee…
The Community Coffee
A minimalist specialty roastery and cafe at Upper Cross Street in Chinatown that operates a visible Giesen W6A…
Toby's Estate
The Singapore flagship of the Australian specialty roaster occupies a renovated warehouse at 8 Rodyk Street with…
About Coffee Co.
Tucked inside the quieter wing of Katong Shopping Centre, About Coffee Co. is a minimalist filter-first sanctuary…
Dapper Coffee
Tucked on the second floor of a shophouse on Amoy Street, Dapper Coffee is a copper-clad hideaway serving precise…
Narrative Coffee Stand
A hole-in-the-wall specialty stand hidden inside Bras Basah Complex, run by a former Nylon Coffee Roasters barista…
Craftsmen Specialty Coffee (Robertson Quay)
Positioned in the Mohamed Sultan Road stretch of Robertson Quay, this Craftsmen outpost serves the same rigorously…
The Populus Coffee and Food Co.
A gastro-cafe on Neil Road powered by in-house roastery 2 Degrees North Coffee Co., which sources beans seasonally…
2050 Coffee
The Singapore outpost of the Kyoto-born brand created by the same team behind Kurasu, 2050 Coffee takes its name from…
Cata Coffee
Singapore's first standing coffee bar, Cata Coffee occupies a compact counter at 56 Joo Chiat Place with a rotating…
PPP Coffee (New Bahru)
The newest outlet from the roaster formerly known as Papa Palheta, occupying a prime corner of the heritage New Bahru…
Alchemist (Flagship Roastery)
The Khong Guan Building flagship houses Alchemist's in-house roastery at the rear and an island open-concept bar at…
Asylum Coffeehouse
Asylum occupies the ground floor of a Peranakan-coloured shophouse on Jalan Besar, setting a bold visual tone that…
Calligraph Coffee
Opened in 2024 inside DUO Galleria, Calligraph roasts distinctive seasonal single-origins and sources first-flush…
Craftsmen Specialty Coffee (Siglap)
The Siglap V outlet was Craftsmen's first foray into Singapore's east, occupying a corner shopfront with…
Dutch Colony Coffee Co. (Robertson Quay)
Dutch Colony's UE Square outpost at Robertson Quay is a go-to for approachable specialty coffee in a relaxed…
Homeground Coffee Roasters
After reopening at Bukit Timah in 2025 with a refreshed look, Homeground remains one of Singapore's most focused…
Kurasu Singapore
Kurasu's Waterloo Street outpost brings Kyoto-inflected minimalism to Singapore's Bugis neighbourhood, sourcing…
Maxi Coffee Bar
After a surprise eviction in mid-2025, Maxi Coffee Bar bounced back bigger along Ann Siang Hill with a full cafe…
Pacamara Boutique Coffee Roasters
Named after the prized El Salvadoran Pacamara arabica variety, this Upper Thomson boutique roastery-cafe brings a…
PPP Coffee (Kim Yam Road)
PPP Coffee's Kim Yam Road outpost extends the roaster's reach beyond the Jalan Besar flagship into a neighbourhood…
Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee
With over 50 years of roasting heritage behind it, Tiong Hoe brings rare institutional depth to the specialty scene…
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