Brewing hot and cold: New tea and coffee joints to have a cuppa

The Straits Times finds out what is brewing at these new drinks stores. PHOTOS: HENG YI-HSIN, WARABIMOCHI KAMAKURA, WUSHILAND BOBA, LOUISA COFFEE
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SINGAPORE – Coffee, tea or warabimochi? A wave of new tea and coffee concepts has been making a splash in recent months. 

These include famed Taiwanese brand Louisa Coffee in Bugis with coffee beans roasted on site; home-grown brand amps tea, which launched ambitiously in 2024 with 14 outlets; and Japan’s Warabimochi Kamakura at One Holland Village, known for its beverages with a jelly-like warabimochi base.

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