Kopi ping@Kluang Station

With so many local kopi shops opened in Klang valley, sometimes you wonder which serves the best local brewed coffee. The first that came to the foodie scene is Old Town. They did actually serve nice white coffee - but later on, the quality deterioted and what you get is super sweet coffee! Nowyou have plenty of choices - Pappa Rich, Uncle Lim, Uncle John, Kluang Station just to name a few. Here's how I would rank each cafe

Old Town - come here for their kaya toast and half boiled eggs. Wouldn't recommend anything else. Used to serve great coffee but no more.

Papa Rich - loads of good variety of local food. My favs are their kueh teow soup, cendol, laksa and their nice soft fluffy steamed white bread with kaya! Their drinks. Variety are also aplenty. Coffee ain't good!

Uncle Lim - yummy nasi lemak (best among the lot) but again I won't go for their coffee.

Kluang Station - food are so so but I would highly recommend their coffee!! Super kau!

Espresso machiato@Departure Lounge

@Solaris 4, Mont Kiara
Was recommended by a fellow cuppa mate(Justin) and after missing it on one visit(it closes on Tuesday), finally got a chance to try. It's a small cafe which serves all day breakfast. Very similar to Wild Honey in Spore but on a much smaller scale in terms of variety. Let's talk more bout the coffee here. Serves Australian coffee beans as compared to many of the Italian beans served by most coffee places. I tried the cappuccino, latte and the espresso machiato. The best for me was the machiato as it was the strongest and really met my caffeine needs. The cappuccino was also nice, just not that strong. What's also good here is that you have latte art with each cup!

Coffee variety:4/5
Caffeine kick:4/5
Cup experience:4/5

Joe&Dough

Found this place recommended by a fellow cuppa. This is located at Suntec City just at the entrance to Carrefour on Level 1. Serves pretty good coffee which comes with nice latte art. Do try the pastries as well. I would recommend the piccolo latte or the vanilla latte.

Variety : 5/5
Caffeine kick : 4/5
Cuppa experience : 4/5

Cappuccino at Wild Honey

@Mandarin Gallery
After such a long time, we finally managed to get a seat at Wild Honey! Famous for it's all day breakfast menus. The food was great and of course I just have to try the coffee. Ordered a decaf cappuccino. It was good as it was strong! Even for a decaf! A bit on the pricey side though - cost $6 per cup!

Variety: 3/5
Caffeine power : 5/5
Cuppa experience : 3/5

Piccolo latte@Black Cafe

Whoa! Found this gem just opposite the famous Oriole cafe (award winning piccolo latte) at 111 Somerset. They also have a branch at Hitachi towers. It's a small outlet and when we were there at around 3pm+, it was totally packed! The highlight here of course are the coffee. I actually had 2 within almost an hour. I first tried the picollo latte and then I went onto the cappuccino. Both were really good. My wife tried the mocha and she also gave her praise (and what more it was decaf!). You should also try their chocolate banana cake which was very moist! My son literally finished the entire slice on his own=)

Coffe variety: 3/5
Caffeine power: 5/5
Cup experience: 3/5

Cardamon coffee@ Halia

Found this restaurant at Spore Botanical Garden. The food is great and of course I took the opportunity to try out their coffee. What stood out was a French pressed coffee with cardamon, ginger! This was one herby coffee! Interesting I must say and had a nice gingery aftertaste which really warms your heart!

Variety: 2/5
Caffeine power: 2/5
Cuppa experience: 4/5

Cedele @ Great World City

Cedele is a lovely restaurant for nice sandwiches, soups and cakes. Reputed to have the freshesh ingredients, you can rest assured that you're eating the good stuff. Came here for their coffee and cakes. Had a flat white, which was ok but had a bit too much milk and foam - as such it tasted more like a cappuccino/latte. Their cakes are good - am a big fan of their cheese cake, particularly the apple, cinnamon crumble.

Variety: 3/5
Caffeine power : 3/5
Cuppa experience : 2/5