Coffee Cantata - Singapore

Forty years of globe trotting on at least one cup of coffee a day represents a minimum intake of 14,600 cups (horrors). A lifetime of perfect on the palate notes, enhanced by the settings and surrounds I have chosen to enjoy this endearing and enduring stimulant.
With a background in travel - over a ten year period I was Sales and Marketing Manager for three Corporate Travel Agencies, four years as an International flight attendant, and a degree in Nutrition, I feel that I am well qualified to comment on where to find a good cup of coffee on your travels.

I'm not a coffee purist, nor do I claim to be a beans and blends expert,  but I do recognise a good cup of coffee when I taste one.
By choice I drink cafe espresso or long black in Europe, Soy Cappuccino (without chocolate on top) in Australia, and a 'normal' Cappuccino in the countries that aren't yet into Soy Milk - from recent experience, Croatia and Singapore

Not many of the 14,600 cups have registered on my required level of perfection scale, but some have come really close. In some places the cafes have been more enticing than the products they serve. To score both is a bonus. In Prague there are Cafes whose surrounds are so elegant that you would excuse an inferior blend. In Paris the passing parade counters some of the lesser and most expensive cups of coffee I've experienced

As my contribution to the pleasures of the palate I intend to run Coffee Cantata as an 'open ended' blog. Coffee enthusiasts will be able to tap into my sources, and hopefully add their own. This is the start of a world Coffee Cantata movement.

Let's start off in Singapore where I spent the Christmas/New Year period. My daughter is not a coffee drinker (apparently I'm "a coffee tragic") so turned to her caffeine fixated friends to "provide a list" of their top tips. They did well - I scored at three very different interpretations of - 'a cafe that serves coffee'.

Papa Palheta, 140 Bukit Timah Road. Open 9am to 7.30pm, closed Monday. Their philosophy "to bring out the best in the beans" is executed to perfection.

Maison Kayser (Paris) 6 Scott Road, Scotts Square, is as French as the French, serving brilliant pastries and baguettes to enjoy with your coffee.

Trung Nguyen (Vietnamese Coffee), The Heeren Centre, 260 Orchard Road serves the best creema I've come across in my travels. This cafe is up a long escalator from Orchard Road. Early morning coffee addicts take note - it doesn't open until 11:30am and closes late.