• Asian Flavors,  Baking Recipes,  Bread-making,  Experiments & experiences,  Yeasted breads

    Coffee buns, kopi roti, kopi buns

    PLEASE REFER TO UPDATED VERSION OF RECIPE HERE. It confuses me sometimes when people call this as Mexican Coffee Buns. I believe this bread originated mostly from Singapore (or is it Malaysia?) because many of my Singaporean acquaintances who know that I bake always ask if I have made these before. My favourite coffee bun bakeshop, Roti Mum, originated from Singapore as well. I call these buns mostly kopi roti or simply coffee bun (or kopi bun to conjugate), but I’ve never known them as rotiboy (which is actually the name of a popular Malaysian bakery selling these buns) until I begun looking for recipes on the Internet. You learn…