I was doing some school work about coffee and came across this. So much so for being a Singaporean when I don't even know the names of the bevarages here. I had always wondered what name was for what type of coffee/tea. Well, can't blame me, I am no coffee-drinker.
Local names for coffee and tea
At kopi tiams, coffee and tea are usually ordered using their local names.Coffee
- Kopi, coffee
- Kopi-gau, coffee (strong brew – "gau" is "厚" in Hokkien)
- Kopi-po, coffee (weak brew – "po" is "薄" in Hokkien)
- Kopi-C, coffee with evaporated milk
- Kopi-C-kosong, coffee with evaporated milk and no sugar ('kosong" means empty in Malay)
- Kopi-O, coffee with sugar only
- Kopi-O-kosong, coffee without sugar or milk
- Kopi-O-kosong-gau, a strong brew of coffee without sugar or milk
- Kopi-bing or Kopi-ice, coffee with milk, sugar and ice
- Kopi-xiu-dai, coffee with less sugar
- Kopi-gah-dai, coffee with extra sweetened milk
- Teh, tea with milk and sugar
- Teh-C, tea with evaporated milk
- Teh-C-kosong, tea with evaporated milk and no sugar
- Teh-O, tea with sugar only
- Teh-O-kosong, plain tea without milk or sugar
- Teh tarik, the Malay tea described above
- Teh-halia, tea with ginger water
- Teh-bing, tea with ice, also known as Teh-ice
- Teh-xiu-dai, tea with less sugar
- Teh-gah-dai, tea with extra sweetened milk
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