Dankoff Coffee Specialist in Queen Avenue, Cheras

I have been missing in action for quite a while,ain't I? But don't worry, I am still actively searching and exploring new good coffee in Malaysia. ;)

One of my coffee friend recommended Lavazza's coffee from Dankoff. I'd heard about it but never had the chance to go there because it's located at Cheras - very far from where I stayed. Luckily, last week when I was going to Hospital Ampang for job duty (that's why I love my current job so much!), I had a chance to 'snake' for 30 minutes and dropped into Dankoff Coffee since it's on the way!

Disclaimer: I did not take this photo- In fact, I didn't take any photo during the visit, ahh, still a long way from being a professional blogger. ;(

My impression was that it should look like a small shop lot inside one of the big shopping mall - that's what I thought what Queen's Avenue is anyway. Boy, I was totally wrong. The Queen's Avenue is more like a commercial area with plenty of 3 stories shop lots. To be honest, Dankoff is not that obvious if you're just passing by - a very humble and low-profile shop.

From the outside, you can obviously see a coffee bar and the naive me thought that's a coffee serving cafe. Once I got in, I realized again how wrong was I about Dankoff. They're a coffee machine distributor in Malaysia, quite a major company there! According to one of the bosses there, the bar is only for their own employee use, God I am jealous!(Can I work there too?Haha) And I got to met another coffee lover there - Boyd. We chat for quite a while, all coffee things and it was so enjoyable! Unfortunately I was on work and in rush of time.

Pic: That's Boyd! I could recognize him even from the picture. Again, I did not take this photo. Credit to KF Chan for this.

Anyhow, I had bought their Santino Gielleto coffee - sounds a lot like gelato, very creamy! RM15 for 250gm, a very good price if the coffee tastes good. And how did it turn out? Pretty good - a traditional Italian-style espresso. Very heavy in body also, definitely a lot like gelato!

Medium Dark Roast

Super creamy and heavy body. Overall taste profile is decently balanced.

p/s: I later only Google and found that Gelato actually means Ice Cream in Italian. I had no idea why I had thought it meant jelly all along.