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Originally Posted by localbest
Santaria kopitiam
Drinks wise the popular ones are teh obeng, kopi-o, es jeruk (orange juice), kelapa (coconut) and many other fruit juices.
In spore/msia, tea with ice is call tea-o ice
But in batam, they will not understand.
So you have to call it "teh obeng" (sweeten ice tea) Actually the meaning of obeng means screwdriver, don't know how the hell they get this name for tea o ice ?
They will normally brew the jasmine tea with sugar syrup and stir to dissolve before mixing with ice cube.
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Not so sure about the story behind it. But it sounds more like how I order "teh peng" in singapore which means tea with milk + ice. I am assuming they copy that dialect of "peng" and it eventually become teh o beng.