Kopi Coffee and Craft: A Personal Brew of Singapore’s Coffee Soul

<p>Coffee in Singapore is a story of people tradition and change. It’s the kopitiam uncle pouring kopi with practiced ease the barista in a specialty café adjusting the grind for the perfect espresso and the entrepreneur turning a dream into a café. It’s a city where old and new sit side by side where a strong kopi O belongs just as much as a delicate pour-over.</p><p>Kopi Coffee & Craft is a personal journey through this world exploring what coffee means as a drink a craft and a way to bring people together. This book is also about what it takes to build a life in coffee. I take you behind the counter and into the daily lives of baristas and café owners where long hours early mornings and an unwavering commitment to quality shape everything they do. I share the discipline skill and resilience needed to thrive in this industry along with my own experiences in the high-stakes world of barista championships where precision storytelling and taste all come together in a matter of minutes.</p><p>A big part of my journey has been Dutch Colony Coffee Co. where I became a co-partner. I take you behind the scenes of building this coffee brand from developing a roasting philosophy to training a team to creating a space where people come together over a shared love for coffee.</p><p>Singapore’s coffee culture keeps growing and changing but one thing stays the same. Whether it’s a cup of kopi at a hawker stall or a carefully brewed V60 in a café every cup holds a story.</p><p>This is mine.</p>