The long black bar at Afloat Coffee Roaster with an espresso machine, shelves of bagged beans glowing under warm strip lights and baristas working behind the counter

Kuala Lumpur

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Kuala Lumpur's specialty scene is young and ambitious, with roasters and brew bars spread from Bangsar and Damansara to the old streets around Petaling Street and Bukit Bintang.

Afloat Coffee Roaster

Bukit Jalil · Kuala Lumpur

roasted weekly on siteBeans to go

Coffee Stain

Solaris Dutamas · Kuala Lumpur

siblings run every stepsingle origins every week

Curio Coffee Roaster

Jalan Ipoh · Kuala Lumpur

spiral staircase micro roasteryBeans to go

Ghostbird Coffee Roastery

Seputeh · Kuala Lumpur

school of specialty coffeeBeans to go

Penguin Specialty Coffee

Bandar Menjalara · Kuala Lumpur

roasting beside the counterBeans to go

Pale plywood steps leading up to a steel hooded counter with the Stellar script on its front, inside a high ceilinged room with a red concrete floor and a leafy courtyard beyond the glass doors

Stellar Coffee

Chinatown · Kuala Lumpur

quiet Petaling Street getawayBeans to go

Transparent Coffee

Kampung Attap · Kuala Lumpur

hidden in apartment blockseasonal single origins

Yunshu Coffee

OUG · Kuala Lumpur

terrace house hideawayBeans to go