Brewing the Aroma of 2nd Chances

Speciality coffee, roasted and poured by people writing a new chapter.

Marginality is not destiny

Every cup is someone's second chance.

Since 2017 we have trained and hired people coming home from prison, young people at risk and adults starting over — real wages for real craft, behind a real bar.

A barista making drinks behind a café bar
  • 120Lives hired
  • S$1.7MWages paid
  • 2017Pouring since
  • 2Cafés open

Our cafés

Come in for a cup

Every flat white you order pays for a learner's next shift behind the bar.

Every café and its hours

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Built alongside

Our partners

  • Yellow Ribbon Singapore
  • Singapore Prison Service
  • Temasek
  • Lee Foundation
  • NVPC
  • raiSE — Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise
  • ASEAN Coffee Federation
  • Singapore Coffee Association
  • Breakthrough Missions
  • The Helping Hand

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Soli Deo Gloria

To God alone be the glory.

The Caffeine Experience · Brewing the Aroma of 2nd Chances

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