How we will differentiate between the coffee that either is it Kopi O Kosong, Kopi or Kopi Peng as all are a form of black coffee?
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Hi kopi o kosong is just black coffee without sugar, kopi is coffee with condensed milk and kopi peng is just kopi with ice
Singaporean traditional coffee culture uses a variety of terms originating from Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese etc. Here are the usual terms for kopi:
Term | Meaning | Etymology |
---|---|---|
Kopi | Coffee with condensed milk and sugar | Malay kopi |
[Kopi]-O | Without milk | Hokkien 乌 |
[Kopi]-C | With evaporated milk | English Carnation |
[Kopi] Kosong | Without sugar | Malay kosong |
[Kopi] Siew Dai | Less sugar | Cantonese 少底 |
[Kopi] Ga Dai | More sugar | Cantonese 加底 |
[Kopi] Peng | Iced | Hokkien 冰 |
[Kopi] Gau | Strong coffee | Hokkien 厚 |
[Kopi] Por | Weak coffee | Hokkien 薄 |
Yuenyeung | Half kopi half tea | Cantonese 鴛鴦 |