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\n\nIt’s hard to imagine Singapore’s landscape today without Kopi.
\n\nFrom its distinct sweet taste, to its many variations of C, Gao, Kosong, to the iconic way it is prepared by being poured and filtered multiple times through a cloth sock filter, this is a drink that is now a timeless part of our landscape.
\n\nFor many of us, it has become our go-to perk-me-up drink in the morning. Plus, who can forget how this drink has even become part of a byword for having a chat: “la kopi”.
\n\nAnd yet, as ubiquitous as the drink is now in Singapore, it’s worth noting that once upon a time, Singaporeans were not kopi guzzlers, nor was the drink itself a part of our landscape.
\n\nIn fact, Kopi is very much a foreign import given that neither the Chinese, Malays or Indians have a tradition of coffee consumption, according to Culturepaedia.
\n\nMost of the elements that we now take for granted in kopi such as sugar, condensed milk and even filtering the coffee through a cloth bag actually have European origins, with the sock filter technique referenced in European records as far back…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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