It doesn’t seem to long ago that Nanyang Kopi Kia Claypot Coffee had first introduced the concept of claypot coffee in Singapore — no doubt that the said item has become a trend in the neighbouring country of Malaysia, but Nanyang Kopi Kia Claypot Coffee is undoubtedly the first establishment that had brought us a taste of claypot coffee around the island here. Nanyang Kopi Kia Claypot Coffee has had multiple outlets operating at locations like Smith Street and Alexandra Village at one point of time; however, these folks had since closed off those locations and consolidated their operations at their brand new space at International Plaza. While Nanyang Kopi Kia Claypot Coffee had ceased operations at Alexandra Village Food Centre for a while now, we ended up finding yet another hawker stall serving up claypot coffee that had moved into the same stall tenanted by Nanyang Kopi Kia Claypot Coffee previously; the new tenant being named J&J 瓦煲咖啡茶. Essentially not too different from most other beverage stalls serving up Nanyang-style Kopi and Teh that can be found in coffeeshops and hawker centres all around except for its focus on claypot coffee, J&J 瓦煲咖啡茶 does also serve up Kaya Butter Toast as well — other more “interesting” food items include Mini Chicken Ham & Cheese Burger, as well as Yuan Yang Buns with Kaya Butter and Creamy Peanut Butter. Apart from Nanyang-style Kopi that is being served out from a claypot, they do also serve up Thai tea, a monk fruit beverage, as well as other common concoctions like Lime Juice and Sour Plum just to name a few.

It is interesting to note that the Yuan Yang Buns (Kaya Butter & Creamy Peanut Butter) actually comes in a set of two; one being spread with Kaya and a wedge of butter in between, while the other bun comes spread with creamy peanut butter in between — the auntie was actually pretty nice to have considered slicing the Kaya and Butter Yuan Yang Bun into half for us, though the photo illustrating the Yuan Yang Bun spread with Creamy Peanut Butter is actually the end result of pulling the bun apart into two pieces. The buns used for the Yuan Yang Buns (Kaya Butter & Creamy Peanut Butter) are actually soft buns which one may find being served up at Hainanese-style Western cuisine stalls that still actually serves up soft buns with the main courses. These are toasted in the oven, and then sliced apart with the spreads being applied on thereafter. We actually do suspect that there is some margarine being spread on the undersides of the buns since it did carry a note similar to margarine; not to mention that the bun does come with a yellowish underside as well. The soft buns are toasted to a crisp on the exterior, with the interior maintaining some softness and fluffiness; we do think that there is a good proportion of kaya and butter here where the balance of flavours from the coconut jam and the saltishness of the butter was fairly on-point. That being said, we did wish that they could pay more attention to wipe the knife clean of peanut butter before spreading the Kaya on the other bun. Since we did not try the Creamy Peanut Butter Yuan Yang Bun, let’s just rely on our dining partner’s remark that the Creamy Peanut Butter is quite thick and likely to whet the appetites of peanut butter lovers in general.

In any case, for those wondering how their Claypot Coffee is like, we thought that the Claypot Kopi was slightly more roasty than most usual Nanyang-style Kopi that we had come across; this also meant that the level of sweetness feels more balanced out, though some may note feel that the difference is quite significant enough to be said as “unique” when compared to the typical cup of Kopi. Truth to be told, we probably would not say that J&J 瓦煲咖啡茶 is a spot that warrants a special trip made to give their Claypot Kopi a go; there isn’t that much of a difference that would warrant one to just head straight there to check it out. That being said, I we do feel that the Claypot Kopi served up at J&J 瓦煲咖啡茶 is pretty decent; something worthy of giving a try if one is looking for Kopi to pair up with their food orders whilst at Alexandra Village Food Centre — more of an interesting option to chance upon it one has an opportunity to check it out being around the vicinity.