Apartment Coffee - World’s 6th Best Coffee Shop located in Singapore

Apartment Coffee occupies a renovated shophouse on Selegie Road, operating out of a space that strips everything back to let the coffee speak. Founded in 2018 by Yeo Qing He — the Singapore Brewers Cup Champion that same year and a sixth-place finisher at the World Brewers Cup in Brazil — the roastery café has built its identity around a deliberate philosophy: a concise, seasonally rotating menu of single-origin coffees, brewed to order using Hario V60 pour-overs, with sourcing that traces each cup back to its farm of origin.

Coffees are roasted on a Giesen W6 roaster, with green beans selected through sourcing trips and trusted traders with a focus on transparency and quality. For the second consecutive year, Apartment Coffee was ranked 6th best coffee shop in the world and 1st in Asia on the World’s Top 100 Coffee Shops 2026 list. Takeaway is not available — an intentional policy held since the café’s earliest days.

Single Origin Filter — from $4

Filter coffee is the primary reason to visit Apartment Coffee. The menu changes with the seasons, offering a rotating selection of single-origin lots sourced from regions including Colombia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Peru, among others. Each offering is presented with full provenance information — origin country, producer or farm name, processing method, and tasting notes — allowing guests to understand precisely what they are drinking. Brewing is done by hand using Hario V60 pour-overs, with separate water filtration systems applied to pour-over and espresso brewing to ensure extraction consistency. Specific brew water calibration, rather than equipment upgrades, is the team’s stated focus for achieving balanced results. Past offerings have included Colombian Pink Bourbon lots and Peruvian Gesha single origins, though the current selection shifts depending on what is in season and what the team has sourced. Prices vary by lot, with the range starting from around $4 for the house blend option and running to approximately $7.50 for premium single-origin selections.

Blend — from $4.50

For guests who prefer a consistent reference point across visits, Apartment Coffee offers a house blend alongside the rotating single-origin menu. The blend is designed to provide a more familiar and stable flavour profile, while still reflecting the sourcing standards applied across the broader menu. It is available as a hand-brewed filter, giving guests the same pour-over preparation as the single-origin options.

Espresso — from $5.50

Espresso at Apartment Coffee is prepared on a two-group Synesso Cyncra machine, with grinding handled by a Victoria Arduino Mythos One for espresso and a Mahlkönig EK43 for filter work. The espresso menu includes a Black and a White option, with milk-based drinks priced at approximately $5.50. Like the filter menu, espresso offerings draw on the café’s in-house roasted beans, with the same sourcing rigour applied to lot selection. The espresso programme is the secondary focus here, sitting alongside the filter menu rather than leading it.

Non-Coffee Beverages — from $5.50

For guests who do not drink coffee, Apartment Coffee carries a small selection of non-coffee options including Green Tea, Oolong Tea, and Hot Chocolate, priced from approximately $5.50 to $7.50. The selection is intentionally limited, consistent with the café’s approach of keeping the menu focused. These beverages are prepared with the same care applied to the coffee programme.

Beyond the physical café, Apartment Coffee operates a monthly coffee subscription service that delivers freshly roasted whole-bean coffees. Subscribers receive selections from the same pool of transparently sourced, seasonally rotating lots available in the café. The subscription is available for delivery both locally and internationally, allowing the café’s roasting programme to reach those outside Singapore.

Apartment Coffee is among the few cafés in Singapore where the menu exists to frame the sourcing and roasting work behind it rather than the other way around. Each visit will likely present a different filter selection from the last, shaped by what the team has sourced and roasted in that period. With brewing precision calibrated down to the water chemistry, and a track record of competition accolades from the founder through to the café’s global ranking, it is a destination for those who approach coffee as a craft to be followed closely.

Address: 139 Selegie Road, #01-01, Singapore 188309
Opening Hours: Daily, 10am – 6pm
Website: apartmentcoffee.co
Instagram: @apartmentcoffee

Takeaway is not available. No reservations — walk-in only. Credit cards accepted.