Questions
What is Kopi-O?
Coffee with no milk, with sugar, hot, in a cup and saucer. Kopi: Coffee, Nanyang style: beans roasted with sugar and margarine, brewed through a cloth sock. O: No milk. With sugar unless you say kosong.
How do you order Kopi-O?
Say “Kopi-O”: the drink, then the milk (O or C), then how strong, how sweet and hot or cold. Iced, it’s “Kopi-O peng”. To take it away, it’s “Kopi-O tapau”.
Is Kopi-O sweet?
Yes: sugar is spooned in. Say siew dai for less, kosong for none.
What’s in a cup of Kopi-O?
2 pours of kopi, 2 spoons of sugar, hot. Every stall pours its own, so it’s a picture, not a measure.
Kopi-O vs Kopi: what’s the difference?
Kopi-O is made with no milk (O); Kopi is made with condensed milk: 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.