Afloat Coffee Roaster will soon surface its new contemporary espresso bar, Submerge, immersed with its exploratory roasting space below its main cafe in Bukit Jalil.
Launching later this month, Submerge is an intimate setting that evolves the experiential potential of a Malaysian coffee bar: While Afloat celebrates lightness, Submerge dives into depth, championing the complexities of single-origins with exacting care.
The seasonal One Coffee, Two Expressions is an Ethiopian Alo Chilaka 240-hour anaerobic natural, pulled through two different baskets on a Kees van der Westen Spiritello to reveal contrasting profiles. Reshaping the coffee’s character through extraction strategy, one cup leans syrupy with palate-coating pleasure, while the other is bright with clarity, crema and conviction, served with intricate tasting and technique notes.
Take a Breather, inspired by a trip to Italy’s Cinque Terre, exhales effervescently with juniper berries, pink peppercorn, Earl Grey and CO₂, enlivening the Ethiopian espresso with winey oakiness.
Grounded in nature, remaining true to Afloat’s roots as a roaster with a strong sense of people, patience and place, Good Things Take Time toasts to this fresh milestone with apple-cinnamon-infused rum, fennel syrup, elderflower tonic and cranberry hibiscus leaves.
Ten months in the making, meticulously assembled by Afloat’s veteran founders Leng Leng and Jimmy, spotlighting the skills of top-talent baristas JT and Jacky in Submerge, this street-level location will also host coffee masterclasses, alongside a retail selection of beans and merchandise.