Have my coffee here every morning and my office regularly order from here as well for our morning breakfast. My favorite coffee place every morning as I need at least 2 shots espresso every morning to jump start my brain.

For the past couple of weeks, I have been attending a training course in the CBD. To tell you the truth, the amount of technical information that I need to acquire and memorise can be mind boggling. To help me endure through the day, I require a shot of caffeine to kick start the morning.

To say I am very particular when it comes to drinking coffee would be an understatement. It is not easy to brew up a good cup of quality coffee with so many things that need to take into account.

- Type of coffee beans
- How coffee beans are roasted
- How coffee beans are ground
- Water quality and temperature
- Ratio of ground coffee and water
- Ratio of milk and froth
- Steaming of milk (desired temperature)
- Type of coffee machine may impacts on the outcome of a coffee
- Skill and experience of a barista

How would I judge a cup of exceptional coffee. There are certain things that need to avoid.

1. Request to have your coffee extra hot (the result is burned coffee/burned milk or both).
2. Add sugar to the coffee (destroyed the coffee aroma and flavour).
3. Busy time and long queue (no matter how good a barista is, the amount of care maybe affected).

Before heading to the training facility, I stopped by a cafe (Kaefei) to order a cup of coffee to prepare myself for a long training session. When a waitress delivered a latte to my table, I could smell the robust aroma. Upon that first sip, it had that delightful smoothness and depth. The organic coffee beans used exhibit a hint of natural sweetness.

At first, I thought it could be a one hit wonder. The following day, I went back to have another coffee...same result (excellent coffee). I had a chat with the barista, he told me he is still plying his trade on how to make better coffee every day despite having a wealth of experience. I said to him I would most definitely miss your coffee when my training is finished.

Over the years, one thing I've noticed is that dine-in standard latte glass and the take-out paper cup vary in size, hence the coffee would taste very different. So I decided to order a take-out coffee from Kaefei to prove my point, I was intrigued to find that the paper cup (small) was crafted to the same size as the latte glass. In my opinion, the coffee was as good as diner-in one if not better.

VERDICT:
This cafe ticks all the boxes for great consistent coffee. Attention to details and a highly skilled barista with a passion and love for coffee. I would give it 2 coffee beans out of three.