The Soot Kopi Experience
What’s in Your Kopi (or Coffee)? The Difference Between Robusta vs Arabica Coffee Beans
Coffee (or kopi – an endearing colloquial term for the beverage) is a much-beloved staple of Singaporeans from all walks of life. From traditional glasses of kopi-c at your friendly neighbourhood kopitiam to your modern coffee chains like Starbucks, wherever you look, you’ll find someone sipping on their coffee at any time of day. But while coffee lovers like yourself indulge in your daily cup (or cups?) of coffee regularly, how much do you really know about what goes into your cup of “life-sustaining” liquid? Keen to learn more about what goes into making an amazing cup of kopi or...
Finding The Solution to Same Taste without Sock - Our Adventure
From our previous blog post, we mentioned that we heard some of you loud and clear - Sock cleaning is a hassle! So, we went on an adventure to find a solution. Mission: Convenience without compromising taste a.k.a. Same Taste without Sock. Methods we tried: V60 Moka Pot French Press Sachet Bags Screaming "WHYYY" at the sock Our Solution (read more to find out) In our experiments, we always made a reference cup of kopi using our sock recipe to taste side by side for better comparison. We compared Kopi O Kosong and Kopi in our taste tests. As...
Kopi Brewing 101: Traditional Kopi vs Soot Kopi Brewing Method
Sock Kopi sibo?
Using the sock is the BEST method of brewing traditional kopi - believe us, we have experimented with close to 10 other methods to brew our kopi. And we can tell you confidently that kopi brewed using the sock beats all other brewing methods hands down! Finding it hard to believe? We strongly encourage you to try it for yourselves!
Recommendations aside, we thought we'd share with you how our kopi brewing journey began.....
What the Soot!
Hi friends, Welcome to our very first blog post! Our aim of this blog is to share all our research and experiences with all you kopi and coffee lovers out there. Soot Kopi was created because we felt more and more people around us are starting to appreciate traditional singapore kopi and we felt that there is a need to preserve this kopi culture in Singapore. Being avid kopi drinkers ourselves, we are definitely not experts, but we can definitely agree on what a good cup of kopi should taste like. I'm sure most of us have that 1 or 2...