The poison of coffee

Friends from out of state traveled to Penang and mentioned to me when they got back that the whole downtown area of Penang was filled with the smell of coffee.

Really? As a native of Penang, such as living in abalone for a long time, I have no longer heard of it.

Do you want to be a modern man? Friends out of town made a little mockery. In this day and age, if you don't drink coffee, you are behind the times.

It is easy to have a cup of coffee. In Penang, it is a culture that has long been deeply engraved into the life of Penang people. The ridicule of a friend can not pierce the authentic Penang people at all.

Wake up every morning and have a cup of coffee in order to start the day. If you drink three drinks a day, it's called "I drink very little". No one has conducted a survey, but according to the information obtained by individuals who traveled to Malaysia, including East Malaysia and Na Min, and chatted with local friends, Penang is well qualified to become 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." Data show that people in New Orleans drink at least four cups of coffee a day, twice the national average. Local people also pay attention to supplementary food when drinking coffee, usually dessert. "

Since the 19th century, desserts with coffee have had different foods in different ages.

In 1856, all kinds of cakes were eaten with coffee (American style, of course). It was bread and cream in 1880. Four years later, it turns into bacon and green beans (similar to the dots used to serve wine). After a year, desserts such as pretzels or coffee cakes were favored by coffee people. In 1916, it became a curly pancake. The snack eaten with coffee in 1923 was changed to Doughnut, which is called doughnut DOUGHNUTS by Malaysians. After 2000, the shape of the doughnut changed to square, the method is the same as the doughnut, also sprinkled with white snowflake-like powdered sugar, the name is Bennett.

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

It can be said that their love of coffee has reached a "very serious" level. No matter in the morning, afternoon or evening, I don't care. Some people never order tea when drinking morning tea and eating Chinese snacks. Instead, they eat Chinese snacks such as shrimp dumpling, barbecue and glutinous rice paste, steamed ribs, etc., and drink a cup of hot coffee. In the afternoon tea time, coffee is also used as tea, and the small spot for coffee is the bread and cream of New Orleans in 1880.

It is said that the custom of drinking afternoon tea is left over from the British colonial era. As a result, people in Penang stopped their work around four o'clock in the afternoon and sat down to sigh a cup of refreshing tea. However, if today's tourists inadvertently enter Penang Island at this time, they immediately find that the whole island floats in a lazy atmosphere, because the British have left, and the afternoon tea habit remains. But Penang's afternoon coffee and bread with cream is different not only from the British, but also from the citizens of New Orleans in the United States. The richness of multi-race and multi-culture has a particularly obvious impact on diet. Penang people's bread shows a special flavor unique to Malaysian people, that is, the bread is coated with a layer of cream and a layer of coconut stewed with coconut milk, eggs and sugar (KAYA-- Penang people laugh that they will be rich after eating. The Mandarin KAYA means to have money.) . The bread is slightly baked and coated with cream and coconut while it is hot. These two ingredients are not heat-resistant and dissolve when hot, so it is not enough to describe the delicacy when eating it while it is hot and eating it in one bite. If it is only called bread and cream, then, most of the time, one or two hard-boiled eggs will be added, broken, burnt, sandwiched in bread and cream, and even put into a coffee cup to let the crispy bread with egg yolk, touch with black coffee, do not need to be softened, taste immediately. People watching may find it strange, but the eaters are so interested that you can't help but sit down and order a cup of coffee, bread with cream, and a hard-boiled egg while it's hot. It may not feel good at first. After living in Penang for three days, with the way Penang people eat, after learning it, you will become half a Penang native.

There are a large number of people in Penang who are poisoned by coffee. People as old as 70 or even 80 years old will not change because of their wrinkled face and skin. If you are kind-hearted, you don't have to take the time to tell Penang people the disadvantages of drinking coffee. They don't listen, and when they face coffee, their ears are temporarily closed. After sipping a cup of hot coffee in my hand, I will raise my eyes and ask, what are you talking about?