Ginger tea with condensed milk. Here’s what’s in the cup, and how to say it like a regular.
Ginger tea with condensed milk, hot, in a cup and saucer.
In the cup: 2 pours of teh · ginger · 2 squeezes of condensed milk
| Teh | Tea, strong and brewed through a cloth sock. |
| (no O or C) | Condensed milk: thick and sweet, so it’s the sugar too. |
| halia | Ginger, pounded and brewed in. |
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Ginger tea with condensed milk, hot, in a cup and saucer. Teh: Tea, strong and brewed through a cloth sock. (no O or C): Condensed milk: thick and sweet, so it’s the sugar too. halia: Ginger, pounded and brewed in.
Say “Teh halia”: the drink, then the milk (O or C), then how strong, how sweet and hot or cold. Iced, it’s “Teh halia peng”. To take it away, it’s “Teh halia 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 teh, ginger, 2 squeezes of condensed milk, hot. Every stall pours its own, so it’s a picture, not a measure.
Teh halia is with ginger; Teh is plain: tea 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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