Do you enjoy coffee on the go? Perhaps you picked up your favourite coffee beverage this morning on the way to work or school in a cup made from paper or styrofoam. But do you remember when takeaway cups used to look like this?
Not sure if anyone still order ‘take-away’ kopi in such cans, but I’m sure we remember these ‘cans’ kopi from earlier days. Those were the days when styrofoam cups were uncommon, and coffeeshops re-used the milk can to make kopi (it also make use of the last bits of milk in the cans!). Somehow coffee served in such cans taste better than those in styrofoam cups.
Find out about coffee in takeaway tin cans in crappies’ rantings.
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Judging by the no. of empty cans that the coffee people prepare, I would say that this practice is still quite common. But there a slight difference from our kampong days of course. In those days, not only they do not use styrofoam, they also do not use rafia strings. Like the case of bak changs (dumplings) they use a straw which I believe is made from trunk of banana tree.
Posted on January 5th, 2009 at 9:31 am
If I recall correctly, it was referred to as ‘Kopi Gayung’?
Well, what do I know…I don’t drink coffee anyways….
Fox.
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
What a coincidence, I just had takeaway coffee from a tin can 3 weeks ago. You can still taste this kind of coffee from Fajar Shopping Centre’s (located in Bukit Panjang Ring Road) foodcourt coffee stall.
And you are right … it tastes authentically old school, and I mean that as a compliment.
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Fajar? I must go and try. Which one? The air-conditioned one or the other?
I remember how it tastes different from that which is plastic bags and consumed via a straw. If the coffee or tea is good, I would say give me this instead of Starbucks or Coffee Bean any day.
Posted on January 15th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
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