Pillar C · Wednesdays
Specialty Coffee
Industry-certified barista training on the ASEAN Coffee Federation pathway — espresso, milk craft, latte art, brewing and sensory. Real, professional-grade skills.
Explore the craft
Opening September 2026 · Beach Road, Singapore
Learn coffee.
Learn coffee.
Build character.
Find hope.
A new kind of academy in the heart of Singapore — where specialty-coffee craft, life-changing soft skills, and a community of faith come together to help people write a brand-new chapter.
You're on the list — see you in September.
Be first through the doors. No spam, just one email when we open.
ACF-certified coffee
3C Mastery
Faith & formation
94%
find a job after release.
We help them keep it.
We help them keep it.
Since 2017
One academy · three pillars
Skill, character & calling —
Skill, character & calling —
woven into one
Most training gets people a job. Keeping it takes more. Our tripartite curriculum builds all three at once.
Pillar B · Tuesdays
3C Mastery
Consistency, Communication, Commitment — the proprietary soft-skills series engineered to close the gap between getting a job and keeping it for the long run.
Build the habits
Pillar A · Mon & Thu
Faith & Formation
A Christ-centred track of discipleship, mentoring and community — because lasting change is rooted in a new identity, a steady hope, and people who walk with you.
Find the hope
Statements of action
From where you've been
From where you've been
to who you're becoming
The TCE Academy is, at heart, an entity of God — and we are simply stewards, walking with every willing person from one chapter into the next.
MessMinistry
2 Corinthians 1:4
ESV · KJV · NASB
ESV
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction.
KJV
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble.
NASB
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction.
ChainsChange
John 8:32
ESV · KJV · NASB
ESV
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
KJV
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
NASB
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
PrisonPassion
Psalm 18:19
ESV · KJV · NASB
ESV
He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
KJV
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
NASB
He brought me out into an open place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
GuiltyGrace
Romans 5:20
ESV · KJV · NASB
ESV
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
KJV
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
NASB
The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
FearFreedom
2 Corinthians 3:17
ESV · KJV · NASB
ESV
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
KJV
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
NASB
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
AddictionAspiration
Philippians 3:14
ESV · KJV · NASB
ESV
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
KJV
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
NASB
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Why we exist
The job isn't
The job isn't
the hard part.
Keeping it is.
In Singapore, 94% of referred ex-offenders find a job before release. But only about 60% are still employed six months later.
That drop-off isn't about skill — it's about consistency, relationships, and hope. The very things a barista course alone can't teach.
The TCE Academy is built to close that gap.
94%
find a job pre-release
60%
still employed at 6 months
<15%
our recidivism target
Built on a track record
Not a start-up idea — a proven mission, growing up
The Academy is the evening training arm of The Caffeine Experience, a Singapore social enterprise quietly changing lives since 2017.
2017
brewing 2nd chances since
120+
people walked with
$1.71M
paid in wages & CPF
~90%
of our team are ex-offenders
The countdown is on
The doors open
The doors open
September 2026
Be first to hear about open days, enrolment, and how you can be part of the story.
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