Coffee with condensed milk, as strong as it gets, straight from the sock with no water added. Here’s what’s in the cup, and how to say it like a regular.
Coffee with condensed milk, as strong as it gets, straight from the sock with no water added, hot, in a cup and saucer.
In the cup: 4 pours of kopi · 2 squeezes of condensed milk
| Kopi | Coffee, Nanyang style: beans roasted with sugar and margarine, brewed through a cloth sock. |
| (no O or C) | Condensed milk: thick and sweet, so it’s the sugar too. |
| di lo | The strongest: straight from the sock, no water added. |
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Coffee with condensed milk, as strong as it gets, straight from the sock with no water added, hot, in a cup and saucer. Kopi: Coffee, Nanyang style: beans roasted with sugar and margarine, brewed through a cloth sock. (no O or C): Condensed milk: thick and sweet, so it’s the sugar too. di lo: The strongest: straight from the sock, no water added.
Say “Kopi di lo”: the drink, then the milk (O or C), then how strong, how sweet and hot or cold. Iced, it’s “Kopi di lo peng”. To take it away, it’s “Kopi di lo tapau”.
Yes, it’s the sweet one: the condensed milk is the sugar. Say siew dai for less, or C kosong for none.
4 pours of kopi, 2 squeezes of condensed milk, hot. Every stall pours its own, so it’s a picture, not a measure.
Kopi di lo is strongest; Kopi is normal strength: coffee with condensed milk, hot, in a cup and saucer.
From the kopi order decoder: type any order and see what’s in the cup. Think you can make them fast? Play the kopi game.
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