The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (National University Hospital)

A very pleasant tart with elements of cinnamon, hazelnut and lemon essence inside. Topped with raspberry jam, which was smooth with no seeds. Not much different from a cake. Delicious.

Very hot, slightly bitter.

Almost empty on a Christmas afternoon. Nice, clean and comfy.

My go-to at CBTL and seriously the best vanilla bean cold brew I’ve had in Singapore. The right level of sweetness coupled with immensely fragrant vanilla bean sweet cream. Best way to cool down on a warm humid day.

Only $6.75 for NUH staff :)

Lucky enough to get the cold brew today as they were out the last two times I went down to CBTL. With NUH staff discount, this cup only costs $6.75. Great for a midday perk as it’s strong, yet the vanilla bean masks any bitterness of the coffee very well. My favourite thing to order on the CBTL menu :)

I usually drink Starbucks especially when there’s 1 for 1 but my colleague is a CBTL supporter through and through so we ended up going to CBTL for our ang moh coffee fix today. I ordered a small cafe mocha and requested for a swap to soy milk, which comes at no additional cost (!!!!!). That was a pleasant surprise, given that I’m used to paying for soy milk at Starbucks. If you’re an NUS/NUH staff, you also get 10% off the bill so my coffee ended up costing about $5.60 only :) cheaper than Starbucks for sure.

I really enjoyed the coffee from CBTL. The taste of the coffee was a lot smoother, and I didn’t find the mocha too sweet although I didn’t request for less syrup as I usually do at Starbucks. I also felt that the coffee was stronger and gave me more of a perk me up than Starbucks coffee does. While I would still choose Starbucks if there’s a 1 for 1 promotion, I wouldn’t mind the occasional visit to CBTL for their coffee too :)

didn’t want a caffeine induced drink so i got this! it was really thick and sweet, i think i would’ve preferred it a bit thinner but then again wouldn’t it taste like milo? 🙃 would’ve preferred iced milo over this tbh.... but was there for a meeting so i guess part of the money goes to the venue/ambience. also never knew that nuh coffeebean was THAT popular. it was almost full! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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