Tea with less condensed milk, so less sweet. Here’s what’s in the cup, and how to say it like a regular.
Tea with less condensed milk, so less sweet, hot, in a cup and saucer.
In the cup: 2 pours of teh · 1 squeeze 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. |
| siew dai | Less sweet: less condensed milk. |
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Tea with less condensed milk, so less sweet, 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. siew dai: Less sweet: less condensed milk.
Say “Teh siew dai”: the drink, then the milk (O or C), then how strong, how sweet and hot or cold. Iced, it’s “Teh siew dai peng”. To take it away, it’s “Teh siew dai tapau”.
Less than plain: less condensed milk, so less sweet. Siew siew dai is even less.
2 pours of teh, 1 squeeze of condensed milk, hot. Every stall pours its own, so it’s a picture, not a measure.
Teh siew dai is made with condensed milk; Teh-C siew dai is made with evaporated milk (C): tea with evaporated milk and less sugar, 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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