If Starbucks is THE coffee shop in America, then I would say Toast Box is THE coffe shop here in Singapore (setting aside TCC that is). Whenever I’m on the A.M. shift, my breakfast composes of either orange marmalade toast, kaya toast or peanut butter toast with Teh and sometimes Kopi from toast box. It makes my morning lightly full and goddamn awake! The kick of their teh and kopi i must say comes with a punch. So if you need a major caffeine intake in the morning, go to toast box. Everything is relatively cheap compared to TCC and STB.

If you’re planning to go there, below definition of drinks (applies to all coffee shops here in SG) might come in handy (Singaporeans, pls feel free to correct me if im wrong):

kopi – dark coffee with condensed milk and sugar
teh – tea with condensed milk and sugar (cold/hot)
teh c – tea with evaporated milk and sugar (cold/hot)
teh o – just tea with no nothing
kopi o – just dark coffee with no nothing

Where i learned all these? From local colleagues of course. Meanwhile here’s a picture of their huge mountain of butter!

There are some terms that you need to used if you want your teh and kopi to have more or less sugar or less water but they are all in Mandarin so my reliable memory can’t remember them anymore. Can anyone help?