description of a certain kind of coffee in Singapore

A certain kind of coffee in Singapore has been described as ‘too bitter and too sweet at the same time’, if I am not mistaken in my recollection.

“When we tail ministers or members of parliaments in their tours of the orderly housing estates, I buy them [the camera crew] little plastic bags of milky tea or coffee. These brews are always too sweet and too bitter at the same time…” - Joanne Leow, 2016. “Journalism and Jiujitsu: The gentle arts of a dictatorship”.

Coffee, when bought in Singapore, is not necessarily in the style of an Americano, espresso, Long Black and the like. In my experience, the ones that cost SGD$0.70 to $1.50 tend to not be espresso-like or even latte-like - the latter cost, maybe, upwards of SGD$3.

This might be an alert to seekers of coffee who are new in Singapore.