Confused by Kopi Terms? Hereโ€™s How to Order Coffee in Singapore

If you walk into a Singaporean hawker centre and order a โ€œcoffee,โ€ donโ€™t expect a barista to ask whether you want oat milk or caramel drizzle. Instead, youโ€™ll hear a symphony of short, cryptic phrases: โ€œKopi-O kosong!โ€, โ€œKopi peng!โ€, โ€œKopi-C siew dai!โ€ For first-time visitors, this can sound more like code than coffee. But hereโ€™s … Read more