Coffee with condensed milk. Here’s what’s in the cup, and how to say it like a regular.
Coffee with condensed milk, lukewarm, not piping hot, in a cup and saucer.
In the cup: 2 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. |
| pua sio | Lukewarm: “half hot”, ready to drink straight away. |
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Coffee with condensed milk, lukewarm, not piping 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. pua sio: Lukewarm: “half hot”, ready to drink straight away.
Say “Kopi pua sio”: the drink, then the milk (O or C), then how strong, how sweet and hot or cold. Iced, it’s “Kopi peng”. To take it away, it’s “Kopi pua sio 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, hot. Every stall pours its own, so it’s a picture, not a measure.
Kopi pua sio is lukewarm; Kopi is hot: 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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