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Lam Yeo Coffee Powder Factory is a Singaporean traditional style coffee roaster which specializes in both local Singaporean ‘kopi’ and modern gourmet coffee. The name “Lam Yeo” is a Hokkien translation of the word “Nanyang” – meaning South Sea – a phrase commonly associated with new opportunities, hopes and dreams.
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For a different experience altogether, visit the Lam Yeo Coffee Powder Factory at Balestier. Standing strong since 1959, this family-run coffee roaster has amazing blends you must try if you live and breathe coffee. They bring in exotic coffee beans from Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, South Africa and India. You can buy what you fancy and get them grinded at the roaster itself before taking it home.
Lam Yeo Coffee Powder was founded in 1959 by Tan Thian Kang, a former assistant editor at the now-defunct newspaper, Nanyang Siang Pau. The idea to start Lam Yeo Coffee Powder came at a period of time when Mr Tan worked as a salesman at a coffee factory. He and a fellow colleague were inspired to start their own coffee business which sold only the best, quality handpicked beans.
Although the venture started off humbly – with Mr Tan selling his beans door to door out of the back of a van – the business grew steadily and surely as people came to love the quality in each cup that was brewed. Mr Tan attributed his success to three simple factors – skill in harvesting the best beans, skill in roasting them in the right way, and skill in creating original blends.
Although the venture started off humbly – with Mr Tan selling his beans door to door out of the back of a van – the business grew steadily and surely as people came to love the quality in each cup that was brewed. Mr Tan attributed his success to three simple factors – skill in harvesting the best beans, skill in roasting them in the right way, and skill in creating original blends.
