Coffee or tea

I am not a coffee or tea person. I like coffee but I can't take it. Firstly, I have gastritis. Secondly, my heart beats very fast and my stomach starts to bloat after drinking coffee. Still, sometimes I can't resist its fragrance. I used to have biscuit (especially the old brand, 888 biscuit) dipping with Kopi-C when I was young. I loved it so much! I don't drink tea as well until recently, I start loving it especially my aunt's or my sis's home made Teh-C.

Last week, I had afternoon tea time with my sister and elder brother at a newly-opened cafe. "You will hardly find in other place for this kind of coffee!" the first thing my brother strongly recommended when we arrived in Penang. Sister and I wondered how fantastic could it be until we tried the coffee...wow...lovely! Ok well, frankly, I don't really know how to drink coffee. For me, most coffee taste the same. However, I still could taste it much bitter and smell stronger than other coffee.

It is kind of modified coffee maker to boil coffee. The process was similar to boiling the water in beaker on the Bunsen burner in the lab. The owner of the cafe showed us how to correctly make a nice coffee. For me, it is quite a tedious job. No wonder, slow work yields fine products.

Our intention was to try the coffee called Kopi Luwak. It was said that this coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets. The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesia Archipelago, in the Philipines (where the product is called Motit Coffee in the Cordillera, or Kape Alamid in Tagalogs areas) and in East Timor (locally called kafé-laku). It is sold around RM20. Can you imagine? We were drinking coffee that come from animal's faeces yet it was so expensive! However, we had no luck to try this coffee. Instead, we had Kalosi Jantan coffee which was very nice too.
We tried the nasi lemak and santan dessert in that coffee shop too. One word, GOOD! You should try the coffee and food there if you happen to go Penang: Coffee Lane, 10-B King Street Georgetown 10200 Penang.

Well, after coffee, sister and I had late afternoon tea break again after shopping at a nice tea house called Winter Warmer at Gurney Plaza. I like their English-style decoration and it was very cozy and soothing sitting inside, sipping a cup of tea. What a relaxed and wonderful "tai tai" life....haha!