Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Specialty coffee bar, retail and roastery in Bangsar (APW), Kuala Lumpur
PULP by Papa Palheta
Paper Mill, Coffee Lab
PULP sits in a converted paper-cutting factory in Bangsar, which is a neat bit of poetry for a place named after the part of the coffee cherry most people throw away. It belongs to PPP Coffee, the Singapore roaster once known as Papa Palheta, and it is that company's Malaysian flagship. A coffee guide updated in January 2026 has it celebrating ten years. In café years that is a long marriage.
The room is laid out for watching. The bar is close and open, the baristas talk, and nobody seems to mind questions. That is rarer than it should be. On any day there are four or five filter coffees on offer, and the staff will pour small tasting cups so you can compare before committing. On weekends they run public cuppings in the showroom, which is the cheapest coffee education in the city. There is also a retail side and a workshop that services espresso machines, which tells you how seriously the whole operation takes the gear.
Do not come for a big brunch. Come for coffee and conversation. Order a flight of filters, ask what the people behind the bar are drinking, and leave with a bag of beans. Breakfast Thieves is in the same compound if you need eggs.
- Order this
- A flight of the filter coffees on offer, Whatever espresso roast is on the hopper, Beans to take home from the retail shelf
- The damage
- $
- Go
- A weekend morning, when the cupping table is set out
- Find it
- 29-01 Jalan Riong, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur
- Website
- thewaytocoffee.com