Chye Seng Huat Hardware (CSHH) is a specialty coffee destination run by PPP Coffee, set inside a beautifully conserved Art Deco shophouse on Tyrwhitt Road in Singapore's Jalan Besar district. The building was once home to a string of metal and hardware companies, and its name — chosen jointly by the landlord and PPP Coffee — means 'to flourish again', a nod to the site's trading heritage.
Within the shophouse, CSHH brings together several distinct spaces. The Roastery gives visitors a look at how green beans are transformed, with roasters on hand to bring out the coffee's intrinsic flavours. The CSHH Coffee Bar is built around a concept bar with a 360-degree view, letting guests watch and interact with baristas as they prepare each drink, alongside an all-day menu and a selection of baked goods. The Annex is the retail heart of CSHH, stocking coffee, equipment and accessories with staff on hand to talk through brew ratios, grind size and brewing practices. Upstairs, the C-Platform is fitted out with coffee gadgets and apparatus for those who want to learn about coffee beyond the cup.
Come evening, The Courtyard — an outdoor space at CSHH — transforms into a beer garden after 5pm daily, serving a curated selection of craft beers and bites. CSHH also runs a hands-on Roastery Tour, taking guests through the roasting process and a guided cupping session, and offers the venue for corporate hire and events. With every part of the space, PPP Coffee aims to contribute to the vibrant Jalan Besar community while serving honest coffee and food.
On Tyrwhitt Road in Singapore's Jalan Besar district stands a conserved Art Deco shophouse with a past life in metal and hardware trading. Today, that building is Chye Seng Huat Hardware (CSHH), a coffee destination run by PPP Coffee that turns its industrial heritage into part of the experience. The name itself — chosen jointly by the landlord and PPP Coffee — means 'to flourish again,' a quiet nod to the traders who worked the site before it.
CSHH isn't a single café so much as a small campus built around coffee. The Roastery sits at its centre, giving visitors a direct look at how green beans are transformed and roasted, with the CSHH team on hand to talk through how they draw out each bean's intrinsic flavour. It's coffee's mechanical, scientific side, laid bare before it ever reaches a cup.
From there, the CSHH Coffee Bar takes over — a concept bar with a 360-degree view that lets guests watch, and even interact with, baristas as they prepare each order. The bar runs an all-day menu alongside a rotating selection of baked goods, making it as suited to a quick coffee as a longer sit-down.
Coffee lovers who want to bring the experience home can browse The Annex, CSHH's retail space, which stocks whole beans, pods and drip bags, chocolate and tea, and coffee equipment. The team here are coffee specialists first, ready to talk through brew ratios, grind size and equipment choices rather than just ring up a sale.
Upstairs, the C-Platform goes a step further for the more curious visitor, kitted out with coffee gadgets and apparatus for learning about the craft beyond the bean. And once the sun starts to set, The Courtyard — CSHH's outdoor space — shifts gears entirely, becoming a beer garden every evening after 5pm with a curated line-up of craft beers and bites.
For a deeper dive, CSHH runs a hands-on Roastery Tour on alternate Fridays and Saturdays from 2pm to 3pm. Guests watch the roasting process up close, then head to the Cupping Room to taste what they just saw roasted, learning how origin and processing shape a coffee's flavour profile. A minimum of two people is required for a tour to go ahead, and each participant receives a S$10 voucher redeemable at CSHH's retail store or PPP Coffee's other Singapore locations. CSHH also offers a customised version of the tour for corporate groups.
Beyond the daily coffee and courtyard scene, CSHH's venue is available for corporate hire, whether that's a private event, a team outing or a client experience built around the Roastery Tour. It's one more way the building continues the spirit its name promises — flourishing again, this time through coffee rather than hardware.