Do you really know anything about coffee? Including Nanyang coffee?

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You said you knew about coffee, huh?

The editor wants to say that if you can explain the coffee in Nanyang clearly, then you really know about coffee.

Why would you say that? You first take a small test, pass before it counts!

Singaporeans call Coffee Kopi.

Question: Kopi=?

Kopi Cruise?

Kopi Orange?

Kopi O Kosong=?

Kopi Poh=?

Kopi Siew Dai=?

Kopi Gar Dai=?

Can you answer it?

Do you still say you know everything about coffee?

Whoa, ha.

All of these will not appear on coffee shop's menu.

The editor will explain it to you.

Kopi=coffee+ condensed milk

In Singapore, the traditional coffee brewing method is to put condensed milk and granulated sugar at the bottom of the cup in advance, and then pour in the boiling hot coffee. The shopkeeper will not stir it for you, but will give you a spoon and do it yourself.

Kopi Clearee + Sugar + Light Milk

In fact, C means "fresh" in Hainan dialect. In the early years, most of the population of Singapore came from China's Hainan, Chaoshan, Fujian and other places, so most of the grandmothers and grandfathers here spoke Minnan dialect.

This kind of Kopi is much lighter, and it is the first choice for many Singaporean girls.

Kopi Odyssey + Sugar

O, the best demonstration of the meaning of "black" in Minnan dialect is the lyrics in Stefanie Sun's "it's dark": "it's dark, it's going to rain" ~ so it's also called black coffee.

But Kopi O is only added sugar but no milk. It is not our understanding of western black coffee.

Kopi O Kosong=black coffee

Kosong means "emptiness" in Malay. Let me tell you a little secret, it's not difficult to read Malay, even if you don't know what it means, look at its spelling and read it according to the pronunciation of Hanyu Pinyin is basically ok. So Kosong is basically pronounced as "buckle and send".

And so on, Kopi C Kosong=coffee+ light milk + no sugar, understand?

According to the concentration of coffee, it can also be divided into

Kopi Gao= thick coffee

Gao is Fujian dialect, meaning thick, and its pronunciation is the same as "do".

Kopi Poh= thin coffee

Poh means thin, and its pronunciation is the same as the "thin" of "mint".

A little more difficult to understand:

Kopi Siew Dai=coffee is less sweet.

Siew Dai means less sweet, and the pronunciation of Siew is a little strange. The word "siyou" can be pronounced quickly. The pronunciation of Dai is "at least", and "miss you at least" means less sugar in coffee.

Kopi Gar Dai=coffee sweetening

Gar Dai means adding more sugar. Gar pronounces "ga" and Gar Dai pronounces "Gah".

You have to make up for these two by yourself. it's really hard to understand.

Do you understand? No? That's right. Because if you want to fully understand the order method of Nanyang Coffee, you have to learn Hokkienese, then Malay, and finally Hainan dialect.

Forget it. I know you don't understand. I'll throw you a picture and watch it together. Maybe it's better.

Don't freak out. This order method is only used in Singapore, occasionally in Malaysia, and English in other places.