How #Singapore and #Malaysia’s #coffee names reveal the region’s history of multiculturalism
“Stroll into a #kopitiam – a traditional #coffee shop in #Singapore and #Malaysia. There you will be spoiled for choice”
"The word #kopitiam itself – included in the Oxford English Dictionary – comes from the Malay kopi #coffee, adapted from the Dutch koffie, plus the Hokkien tiàm ‘shop’
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3262052/how-singapore-and-malaysias-coffee-names-reveal-regions-history-multiculturalism
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