A coffee sock is a versatile coffee brewing tool you should have in your pantry. It can be used regardless of your coffee preference; specialty coffee or nanyang kopi. Cloth coffee filters like the coffee sock allow a good amount of coffee oils through without letting the microfines into your cup. Hence, you end up…
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tl;dr: Store your kopi in a airtight container, kept away from direct sunlight or heat. Always protect your kopi from direct exposure to air, moisture and heat. Kopi powder tends to have a long shelf life if kept properly. If you decide to purchase a large quantity for your own consumption, here’s what you need to look out…
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Coffee aside, Alliance Coffee also serves tea for the non-coffee drinkers via our specialty mobile coffee carts. (update: we no longer serve yerba mate) A common request we get is for non-caffeinated drinks and healthy teas. This got us searching, exploring and tasting exotic teas from across the globe. Yerba Mate is one of them:…
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Coffee is grown and farmed in countries located within the ‘Coffee Belt’, the region surrounding the Equator. This region provides optimal environment required for coffee to flourish. Asia, African, South and Central American countries fall within the coffee belt. Let’s dive into the origins of coffee and some of the key characteristics of coffee from…
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So, you like coffee and want to know a little bit more about it. Or maybe you have learnt to brew some delicious coffee at home, but don’t know what type of coffee beans to choose. Here are 3 specialty coffee books that you can easily pick up and bolster your personal coffee vocab and…
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Reaching out to new customers is THE way for most business to grow. However, today’s consumers are smarter, more skeptical and more wary of advertising and marketing done by companies. Plus, you’d probably agree that it is getting difficult to capture the attention of your market and to convince them that you can help them…
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