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Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee
Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee is one of 4 Singapore roasters tracked on day9, in Queenstown.
Since 1963 · Tan Tiong Hoe
Overview
Mr. Tan Tiong Hoe began his coffee apprenticeship at age 16 in 1960 with the Dutch trading firm Mirandolle Voute & Co. and founded Tiong Hoe & Company at age 19 in 1963 — making it Singapore's oldest local coffee roaster. The specialty arm was launched in 2014 by next-generation co-founders Jacob and Juliana, who converted Mr. Tan's twenty-year-old Queenstown Stirling Road office into the current café and roastery, now expanded to VivoCity (2019), Bukit Timah and Marine Parade.
Known for
- Singapore's oldest local coffee roaster — founder Tan Tiong Hoe started apprenticeship in 1960
- Pure-coffee philosophy — refused to add maize or margarine when those were standard Southeast Asian shortcuts
- Twice-weekly small-batch roasting (Mondays and Thursdays)
- 30-minute custom roast-to-order at the VivoCity outlet — pick green, pick roast level, leave with beans
- Dalla Corte espresso machine dealer for Southeast Asia
Why it matters
Singapore's only true heritage specialty operation — the 60-year family lineage gives Tiong Hoe a credibility no third-wave entrant can manufacture, and the 2014 generational handover from Mr. Tan to Jacob and Juliana made it a working model for Southeast Asian family coffee businesses crossing into specialty.
Production
- roastery location
- Stirling Road, Queenstown, Singapore
- espresso equipment
- Dalla Corte (also retailed)
Café
Blk 170 Stirling Road #01-1133, Singapore 140170
Recognitions
- Singapore Heritage Brand