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the city where the chinese are more impolite than the shanghainese; where the chinese talk louder than the northern chinese; where it is dirtier than shanghai, hangzhou. sigh. guangzhou. i hate this place.

 

wo0aAH.. auntie BunnNNIE...  where on earth in China are you??? 

 

Anyone knows which kopitiam offers good kopi? I know one at Bishan St 22 24hr kopitiam. Have been going there to drink for some years now..

 

Manikam...;)

How about Earl Grey and Turkist Apple Tea for a change of taste?

 

greetings from china! :)

wah, now to coffee, tea (and mee?! me?!) talk. uncle kiasu/grandma choohian, yummy-licious when coffee is mixed with kahlua or baileys. i used to do that too, but stopped when my colleagues teased me being an alcoholic.

asterisk, too much of everything is nv good, but i think a little caffeine helps to keep the heart beating steadily :) same effect as a rush of adrenaline.

$kam$go, tea has more caffeine than coffee u knw?

where's uncle 4ever?

bunbun bumming around... this feeling of not working is good. kekeke.

 

 

Closer to home, I also like Boh tea from Cameroon Highland.. esp Gold Blend

 

hazelnut flavour.. won't it taste weird?

 

cks: no, can't recall anymore think... don't know how to describe the taste.. I don't think it's anything special because they bought the powder whenever the van came (there wasn't any minimart or grocery stalls nearby and transport was inconvenient during those days... so every morning there was actually a 'cai-chia' vegetable car which drove into the village to sell vegetable and limited grocery. The coffee powder car came every few weeks..)

 

cks: another one in my basket.. that's Chinayuanbang... i've contributed  in YB thread. Vested with long term view..However, it's untested.. ipo-ed but under water most of the time. Coming out of the water slowly.. think it got noticed yesterday and today..

 

Indian Tea is not my taste (Dilmar, I believe) ...

but I just love Liptons tea, especially the one with hazelnut flavour...

Anyone heard of Hazelnut Liptons Tea?...

 

hi fairygal..  I went to that "fig tree" beside the Museum and examine it closely for fruits but didnt spot any...  perhaps it might have dropped because of the rains...  I will go then to Changi to check Choo Hian's spotting in Changi.. it will be a long drive for me.. but I also like to do some shopping in Giants...

oh, Eastonbay.. re the sua-teng coffee can you recollect more info? I know in those days, they also roast the coffeebeans with butter/margarine and add maize/corn (jargon)..  but back to local coffee I find the excellent stalls are at Tiong Bahru market, Holland Close, Toast Box, Kiliney Kopi tiam, Yat Kun, and .....

 

choohian, thanks for the explanation.. But why do they use the word 'tai' for sugar.. is it some kind of dialect? 'siu and kah both sound like cantonese but not 'tai'..

 

tea: $$...is it becos of your part indian influence.. darjeerling tea.. hmm tell us more about tea since india/ceylon(sri lanka) are major producers of tea.

 

Let's talk about tea, baby...

Lets's talk about tea !...

 

sorry, the article below did not talk about Parkinsons & coffee drinking, this aspect is cover in:

Abstract

Results of case-control studies and of a prospective investigation in men suggest that consumption of coffee could protect against the risk of Parkinson's disease, but the active constituent is not clear. To address the hypothesis that caffeine is protective against Parkinson's disease, we examined the relationship of coffee and caffeine consumption to the risk of this disease among participants in 2 ongoing cohorts, the Health Professionals' Follow-Up Study (HPFS) and the Nurses' Health Study (NHS). The study population comprised 47,351 men and 88,565 women who were free of Parkinson's disease, stroke, or cancer at baseline. A comprehensive life style and dietary questionnaire was completed by the participants at baseline and updated every 2-4 years. During the follow-up (10 years in men, 16 years in women), we documented a total of 288 incident cases of Parkinson's disease. Among men, after adjustment for age and smoking, the relative risk of Parkinson's disease was 0.42 (95% CI: 0.23-0.78; p for trend < 0.001) for men in the top one-fifth of caffeine intake compared to those in the bottom one-fifth. An inverse association was also observed with consumption of coffee (p for trend = 0.004), caffeine from noncoffee sources (p for trend < 0.001), and tea (p for trend = 0.02) but not decaffeinated coffee. Among women, the relationship between caffeine or coffee intake and risk of Parkinson's disease was U-shaped, with the lowest risk observed at moderate intakes (1-3 cups of coffee/day, or the third quintile of caffeine consumption). These results support a possible protective effect of moderate doses of caffeine on risk of Parkinson's disease.

 

Choo Hian - I have the opposite view about coffee.    I read an article that tell me that drinking coffee actually keeps away Parkinsons, diabetes, heart and even cancer
I think the problem may be the sugar one puts in coffee, so I drink my coffee with very little or even no sugar at all.  The following is the article: 


By NICHOLAS BAKALAR               

Published: August 15, 2006
  Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink. Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments, including diabetes, heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver.

Among them is a systematic review of studies published last year in The Journal of the American
Medical Association, which concluded that habitual coffee consumption was consistently associated with a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. Exactly why is not known, but the authors offered several explanations.


Coffee contains antioxidants that help control the cell damage that can contribute to the development of the disease. It is also a source of chlorogenic acid, which has been shown in animal experiments to reduce glucose concentrations.

Caffeine, perhaps coffee's most famous component, seems to have little to do with it; studies that looked at decaffeinated coffee alone found the same degree of risk reduction.

Larger quantities of coffee seem to be especially helpful in diabetes prevention. In a report that
combined statistical data from many studies, researchers found that people who drank four to six cups of coffee a day had a 28 percent reduced risk compared with people who drank two or fewer. Those who drank more than six had a 35 percent risk reduction.

Some studies show that cardiovascular risk also decreases with coffee consumption. Using data on more than 27,000 women ages 55 to 69 in the Iowa Women's Health Study who were followed for 15 years, Norwegian researchers found that women who drank one to three cups a day reduced their risk of cardiovascular disease by 24 percent compared with
those drinking no coffee at all.

But as the quantity increased, the benefit decreased. At more than six cups a day, the risk was
not significantly reduced. Still, after controlling for age, smoking and alcohol consumption, women who drank one to five cups a day - caffeinated or decaffeinated - reduced their risk of death from all causes during the study by 15 to 19 percent compared with those who drank none.

The findings, which appeared in May in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that
antioxidants in coffee may dampen inflammation, reducing the risk of disorders related to it, like
cardiovascular disease. Several compounds in coffee may contribute to its antioxidant capacity,
 including phenols, volatile aroma compounds and oxazoles that are efficiently absorbed.

In another analysis, published in July in the same journal, researchers found that a typical serving of coffee contains more antioxidants than typical servings of grape juice, blueberries, raspberries and oranges.  "We were surprised to learn that coffee quantitatively is the major contributor of antioxidants in the diet both in Norway and in the U.S.A.," said Rune Blomhoff, the senior author of both studies and a professor of nutrition at the University of Oslo.
 
 These same anti-inflammatory properties may explain why coffee appears to decrease the risk of alcohol-related cirrhosis and liver cancer. This effect was first observed in 1992. Recent studies,published in June in The Archives of Internal Medicine, confirmed the finding.

Still, some experts believe that coffee drinking, and particularly caffeine consumption, can have negative health consequences. A study published in January in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, for example, suggests that the amount of caffeine in two cups of coffee significantly decreases blood flow to the heart, particularly during exercise at high altitude. Rob van Dam, a Harvard scientist and the lead author of The Journal of the American Medical Association review, acknowledged that caffeine could increase blood pressure and slightly increase levels of the amino acid homocysteine, possibly raising the risk for heart disease.
"I wouldn't advise people to increase their consumption of coffee in order to lower their risk
of disease," Dr. van Dam said, "but the evidence is that for most people without specific conditions, coffee is not detrimental to health. If people enjoy drinking it, it's comforting to know that they don't have to be afraid of negative health effects."

 

Eastonbay, siu-tai means less sugar, kah-tai means more sugar.

 

I've been wanting to ask the kopi-sho (kopi aunty) what kopi siu-tai means but didn't dare to because I don't want to appear stupid. Now that cks mentioned it. Can someone tell me what's that?

 

Old style coffee: I like this particular type of local coffee which my (maternal) grandmother used to make when they lived in Pasir Ris farm area. I used to go there and stayed throughout the 6 weeks year end holiday. They called it sua-teng kopi. No idea what's that... I've been trying to find it but to no avail. I even tried a few of those Ipoh coffee hoping that it is the same. I'm not sure is it just a nostagic feeling associated with that coffee or did that coffee really has a special aroma.

 

cks: thanks for the congrat on cosco... congrats to you on your SPC too..

 

Thanks cks. I don't drink any wine. I bought it because it's duty- free. Hahaha.

 

thank you Tiandi...I think SPC certainly will go pass 7.00 too... and coffee for 50cts, you must be talking of kopi-o (at selected stalls)...  I take my kopi see siu dai...

hi Choohian...some travia on your Chateau Teyssier - France. I think it is a Saint Emilion Grand Cru  Wine has been made at the estate (Chateau Teyssier) since the 1700?s.  But
  a completely new team has transformed the wine and the estate. Renovation in every sense ? estate, vineyard, winery, barrel cellar, and the fundamental approach to making wine means that Château Teyssier is widely regarded as a new-wave, modern-style wine from Saint Emilion. Most importantly the wine is now sought after by a loyal following.

Eighty-five per cent Merlot with the remainder being met by Cabernet Franc, the wine originates from the communes of Saint Sulpice de Faleyrens and Vignonet. These communes provide terroir that produce a wine that may be attacked on release or laid down for a few years. The approach in winemaking, which has all the benefits of the modern equipment afforded by the more senior wines, is new world in style.

Château Teyssier, is award winning, spicy, velvety, and ripe, but above all, pivots on its expression of fruit.

 

hmmm, Kopi-o ( even without suger), Sake, Red wine, white wine,  are all my favorite...

Like Choohian, I like old style kopi-o served in the old style cup. I still paid 50cents for one cup.. getting harder to get this price since most coffee shop charge for 70 cents nowaday. 

CKS, nice to read your post on SPC. I still hold on to them, cheers. 

 

Wonder if anyone can tell me about the duty-free wine that I bought. It is red wine -Chateau Teyssier - France. 

 

cks,eastonbay, actually I am quite satisfied with the ordinary coffee/tea from the ordinary coffee shops. ( I am an ordinary type of person, home bound but with a lot of hobbies) I used to buy the Singapore ground coffee powder to make my own coffee. I would do house work and drink all the coffee I made. Then I realised that I was taking a lot of sugar. When my husband came down with diabetes ( not from coffee but from the cakes I made) I decided to cut down coffee drinking so, now, I go to the shops to get my cuppa once or twice a day. I was crazy with Bailey's Irish cream too.

 

 

Wah... now we're talking about alcohol?

I'm a sake lover too. I find that hot sake goes best with sashimi.  *Yum yum!

I like wine but prefer white to red. The best thing that goes with wine is blue cheese on a cracker!