Coffee with condensed milk, with a knob of butter melting on top. Here’s what’s in the cup, and how to say it like a regular.
Coffee with condensed milk, with a knob of butter melting on top, hot, in a cup and saucer.
In the cup: 2 pours of kopi · 2 squeezes of condensed milk · a slice of butter
| 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. |
| gu you | A slice of butter on top. |
Change it in the decoder · Every word, and where it comes from
Coffee with condensed milk, with a knob of butter melting on top, 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. gu you: A slice of butter on top.
Say “Kopi gu you”: the drink, then the milk (O or C), then how strong, how sweet and hot or cold. Iced, it’s “Kopi gu you peng”. To take it away, it’s “Kopi gu you tapau”.
Yes, it’s the sweet one: the condensed milk is the sugar. Say siew dai for less, or C kosong for none.
2 pours of kopi, 2 squeezes of condensed milk, a slice of butter, hot. Every stall pours its own, so it’s a picture, not a measure.
Kopi gu you is with butter; Kopi is plain: 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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