Coffee poison? There's a smell of coffee.

Friends from other states visited Penang and mentioned to me after returning that the whole Penang city was filled with the aroma of coffee.

Is that right? As Penang people, such as long-lived abalone shop, long ago did not smell its taste.

Do you want to be a modern man? Friends from other places sneered slightly. In this age, if you don't drink coffee, you are out of date.

A cup of coffee is always available. In Penang, it is a culture that has long been deeply engraved into Penang people's lives. The sarcasm of friends cannot pierce the genuine Penang people.

Wake up every morning and have a cup of coffee to start the day. If you drink three glasses a day, it's called "I drink very little." No one has ever done a survey, but based on information obtained by individuals who have traveled all over Malaysia, including East Malaysia and Labuan, and chatted with local friends, Penang is qualified to be the state with the largest coffee drinking population in Malaysia.

Information obtained online: "New Orleans has the largest coffee drinking population in the United States. New orleans drink at least four cups of coffee a day, twice as much as the national average. Locals drink coffee with a side dish, usually dessert."

Since the 19th century, coffee has been served with desserts, and different foods have been served in different ages.

In 1856, coffee was accompanied by pastries (American, of course). In 1880 it was bread and butter. After 4 years, it turns into bacon and green beans (similar to the small dots used to accompany wine). After a year, cookies or coffee cupcakes gained popularity among coffee drinkers. By 1916, it was crispy pancake. In 1923, the snack eaten with coffee was changed to doughnuts, which are called doughnuts by Malaysians. After 2000, the shape of the doughnut changed to square, the same way as the doughnut, but also sprinkled with white snowflake-like sugar powder, the name is Bene fried cake.

When it comes to drinking coffee, Penang people are absolutely regardless of time and place.

They love coffee to the extent that they can be said to have reached a "very serious" point. Morning, afternoon, evening, it doesn't matter. Some people never order tea when they drink morning tea and eat Chinese dim sum. They eat Chinese dim sum such as shrimp dumplings, siu mai and glutinous rice, steamed ribs, etc., and drink a cup of hot coffee with their stomach. Afternoon tea time is also coffee when tea, coffee under the small point, is the city of New Orleans in the United States in 1880 bread and cream.

It is said that the custom of drinking afternoon tea is a legacy of the British colonial era. Penang people therefore stop their work at around 4 p.m. and sit down to sip a refreshing cup of tea. However, today's traveler who accidentally walks into Penang at this time immediately finds the whole island floating in a lazy atmosphere, because the British are gone and the afternoon tea habit remains. But Penang's afternoon coffee and bread with cream are not only different from those of the British, but also different from those of New Orleans citizens in the United States. The richness of multi-ethnicity and multiculturalism is particularly evident in diet. Penang people's bread presents a special flavor unique to Malaysian folk, that is, bread coated with a layer of cream, but also add a layer of coconut milk and eggs and sugar stewed with coconut (KAYA-Penang people laugh, eat will be rich. KAYA in Mandarin means rich.) The bread is lightly toasted and when hot is coated with butter and coconut. These two ingredients are not heat-resistant and have the characteristics of being soluble when hot. Therefore, when eaten hot, when bitten down, the delicious taste is not enough to describe. If it were just bread and butter, then, most of the time, one or two half-boiled eggs would be added, cracked open, the yolk burned, sandwiched between bread and butter, and even put into a coffee cup, so that the crispy bread, with the yolk, and then dipped in black coffee, did not wait to soften, immediately ingested. Those watching might find it strange, but those eating it so enjoyed it that you couldn't help but sit down and order a cup of coffee, bread and butter, and a half-boiled egg, and eat it while it was hot. At first, you may not feel very good. After staying in Penang for three days, you will become half Penang people after learning how Penang people eat.

The number of Penang people poisoned by coffee is quite large. Age 70 or even 80 years old, not because of wrinkled face and skin changes. Good hearted you, don't spend time telling Penang people the bad things about coffee, they don't listen, face coffee, ears temporarily closed. After sipping a cup of hot coffee in his hand, he raised his eyes and asked, What did you say?