1. Knead Kopi
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Fancy having Ya Kun at home? Knead Kopi is a unique home-based café that serves traditional-style breakfast foods and drinks from just $1.60. Unlike most home-based cafés that focus more on atas coffee, Knead Kopi offers local-inspired breakfast, and they even use retro dishware to mimic that old-school vibe. The café’s owner previously ran a home bakery before deciding to expand into a home café, operating on the front porch of their semi-detached house in Bukit Timah.
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The set up features a counter where you can see the day’s bakes displayed, as well as folding tables and chairs for dining in. Bakes and kaya are freshly homemade, and on the menu are items like: Knead Kopi Set ($8.50), Mochi Brownies ($5), Egg Tarts ($2.50) and more.
Knead Kopi
Address: 7 Watten Rise, Singapore 287290
Opening Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 6am-5pm; Friday, 6am-5pm; Saturday, 7am-7pm
2. Two Sisters’ Smoothie
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Singapore now has our very own version of the viral Hailey Bieber smoothies from upscale LA grocery store Erewhon, and you don’t even have to fork out $20 for it. Two Sisters’ Smoothie serves aesthetic and freshly-blended fruit smoothies from the front porch of their semi-detached house in Siglap, starting from a pocket-friendly $5.90 a cup. Their smoothies are inspired by the viral Erewhon versions, but made much more affordable.
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Two Sisters’ smoothies are made with your choice of base: apple juice, coconut water or almond milk; with about 10 different flavour options to choose from. The various layers in the smoothies are also swirled to mimic the IG-worthy aesthetics of the Erewhon smoothies. Some flavours you can get include Strawberry Glaze (from $5.90), Bananas 4 You (from $6.90), The Islander (from $5.90) and more.
Two Sisters’ Smoothie
Address: 5 Frankel Cl, Singapore 458119
Opening Hours: Saturday-Sunday, 9.30am-5pm
3. State of Mind
TikTok: @yongweikai
Coffee from a window anyone? State of Mind serves unique artisanal coffee brews and espresso from a window of a HDB flat in Yishun. What’s great about this home-based café is their dedication to serving barista-quality drinks that are comparable to those you’d get at cafés, but at pocket-friendly prices.
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Many customers have also raved about how good their coffee tastes, and how affordable the drinks are, starting from $4 a cup. Must-try sepcialty drinks from the menu include Iced Aerocano (4), Espresso Tonic ($5.50), Black Sesame Hojicha ($5.50), Earl Grey Yuan Yang ($5.50) and more.
Note: State of Mind is temporarily closed and will be back in business around April 2025.
State of Mind
Address: Blk 935 Yishun Central 1, #02-37, Singapore 760935
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9.30am-2.30pm; Saturday, 11.30am-2.30pm; Sunday, 11.30am-2.30pm
4. Brewprint Coffee
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If you’re an Eastie, you might want to swing by Brewprint Coffee, a Muslim-owned home-based café with unique handcrafted coffee brews and matcha drinks. Brewprint Coffee is located in a HDB flat in Tampines Central, and they’re known for their premium coffees brewed with 2 different types of beans sourced from global growers: Brazil Rio Brihante or Ethiopia Sakicha.
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Their drinks are also served in generous tall takeaway cups starting from an affordable $4. Customer favourites from the menu include Strawberry Matcha Latte ($6.80), Black Forest Macchiato ($6.90), Cinnamon Latte ($5.90), Avo Matcha Latte ($7) and more.
Brewprint Coffee
Address: Block 285, Tampines Street 22, Lift B, Singapore 520285
Opening Hours: Saturday-Thursday, 8am-7pm; Friday, 8am-12.30pm & 2.30pm-7pm
5. Koat.
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Koat. is much more than just a home-based café, they’re more like a creative house offering venue rentals, curated pop-up markets, workshop experiences and more. The space is super aesthetic and moody, with a rustic and intimate ambience. Currently, they don’t operate the café regularly, only on a pop-up basis, with the next café pop-up event happening in April 2025.
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There’s no fixed menu, and food/drink offerings will vary with each café pop-up. The next café experience is called The Tactile Table, and features a tasting menu for $88 per person. On the menu are items like Pumpkin Butternut Soup, Small-batch Shokupan, Sakura Ebi Mentaiko Cream, Strawberry Reserve with Champagne and more. For more details and to book your spot, see here.
Koat.
Address: Albert Centre Market & Food Centre, Queen St, Singapore 180271
Opening Hours: By appointment only
6. The Sunday Bunch
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Sundays just got even better with The Sunday Bunch, a home-based café that only opens on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month. They serve themed brunch experiences from the front yard of their landed house, with limited dine-in space that’s strictly available on a booking basis, no walk-ins allowed.
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Their menu is constantly changing with each edition, and they serve a different theme/cuisine each month: burgers, pasta, pies, Mexican and more. The upcoming menu focuses on Vietnamese fare, with items like Beef Pho ($12), Chicken Pho ($10), Spiced Vietnamese Egg Coffee ($6) and more. Keep an eye out for bookings at The Sunday Bunch once they’re released online here.
The Sunday Bunch
Address: Fernvale Sengkang (exact location given upon booking)
Opening Hours: 10am-4pm
7. Baobei Coffee
TikTok: @acuppa.app
Say hello to Singapore’s first-ever pet-friendly home-based café: Baobei Coffee. Located in a HDB flat in Tampines, you can feel free to bring along your furry friends for a café run at this home-based spot. Otherwise, you can also play with the owner’s own adorable corgi.
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Baobei Coffee is also a mobile coffee cart business, so if you’re looking to have gourmet coffees served at your event, you can always hit them up. On the menu are specially curated drinks like Cloud Hug ($4), Vanilla Horizon ($4.50), Bed of Roses ($4.50), Cocoa Hugs ($4.50) and more.
Note: Baobei Coffee is temporarily closed this week and will be back in business on 5th April 2025.
Baobei Coffee
Address: 645B Tampines Street 62, Singapore 522645
Opening Hours: Monday, 8.30am-6pm; Friday, 8.30am-6pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-3pm
8. Hue Banh Mi
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This Vietnamese home-based spot has been making waves on TikTok, serving up authentic Vietnamese banh mi from a HDB flat in Choa Chu Kang. The business is run by a Vietnamese lady herself, and she used to operate an actual hawker stall before opening the home-based café, so you know the food’s got to be the real deal. Customers are also welcome to wait for their orders in their living room (and watch some TV, maybe?).
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The café is a takeaway-only spot, so no dine-ins are allowed. Prices start from a pocket-friendly $5, with items prepared to order fresh on the spot. Some banh mi options include: Beef Cheese Banh Mi ($6.30), Roasted Pork Banh Mi ($6), Beef Stew Banh Mi ($10) and more. You can place your orders for Hue Banh Mi via WhatsApp at 8611 8599.
Note: Hue Banh Mi is temporarily closed for 2 weeks from 10th March 2024 and will be back in business around April 2025.
Hue Banh Mi
Address: 807C Chua Chu Kang Ave 1 #02-540, Singapore 683807
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-8pm
9. Whisk & Waddles
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Started as a school project by a trio of friends, Whisk & Waddles jumps on the matcha craze with their home-based café located on the front porch of a landed home. All matcha drinks are hand-whisked to order, with ingredients like cold foams and syrups all made from scratch.
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Drinks available at the café include the likes of Glacial Green ($5.40), Rosy Tuxedo ($6.40), Golden Drift ($6.40), Arctic Wave ($6.40) and more. You can also get bakes like Matcha Brownies ($4), Cinnamon Roll ($4.20) and Chocolate Chip Cookies ($3.40 for two), among others, courtesy of another home-based bakery, Our Daily Loaves. They operate on a pre-order basis, so make sure to fill out the online form here before heading down.
Whisk & Waddles
Address: Yio Chu Kang/Lentor area (exact address given upon order confirmation)
Opening Hours: Sunday, 11.30am-6.30pm
10. Coffee Near Me
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Coffee Near Me is a home café concept born from the owner’s love for making coffee and baking for family and friends; which led her to open up her landed home to share the love with fellow neighbours and strangers. The café opens only on weekends and public holidays, where visitors can dine-in on the camping tables and chairs set up on the front porch.
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The café’s offerings are quite affordable: with a selection of coffee and non-coffee drinks from $3.50, as well as fresh bakes from just $2. For drinks, there’s Americano (from $3.50), Spanish Latte (from $5), Matcha Latte (from $5), Earl Grey Latte (from $5) and more.
Coffee Near Me
Address: 20 Casuarina Walk, Singapore 574078
Opening Hours: Saturday-Sunday & PH, 9am-3.30pm
