Adult Studio 28-Inch Twin Sleeper Chair, Black

!±8±Adult Studio 28-Inch Twin Sleeper Chair, Black

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Need a functional furniture piece that doesn’t take a lot of space? Our Adult Studio Chair Sleepers are the ideal solution. Use it as a chair, or simply unfold it into a super plush mattress. With so many colors and fabrics to choose from, you are sure

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Coffee Shop Culture in Singapore and Malaysia - A Different Art of Coffee Drinking

!±8± Coffee Shop Culture in Singapore and Malaysia - A Different Art of Coffee Drinking

Before there are Starbucks, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaves, most people in the region of Singapore and Malaysia know only kopi, a Baba Malay language for coffee. Kopi is basically robusta coffee. Espresso and cappuccino are extravagant coffee in the early days, meant for the rich, and only available in hotels.

Today, a cup of espresso coffee or any other gourmet coffee still costs a few dollars, and a cup of kopi is only between 70 and 90 Singapore cents.

Latte or long black is unknown in local coffee stalls and kopi tiam. Tiam means shop in Hokkien, a Chinese dialect. Instead it is commonly called kopi, kopi-o, and kopi-c.

Kopi is not brewed in coffee maker, but steep in a tall metal pot with a long spout with a cotton coffee filter, a long cone bag, within. Milk and sugar are not served separately on the table. When you order your kopi, you have coffee with condensed milk, a sweetener, and sugar, already added.

Kopi-o is black coffee, with sugar added. O sounds like black in Hokkien.

Instead of condensed milk, Carnation evaporated milk is added to kopi-c, with sugar. The c stands for Carnation, a brand, even though some have replaced it with other brands.

Most of the early kopi tiam are started by Chinese who are Hainanese. Today their lingo still stays. Ask for kopi-c siu tai, it is coffee with evaporated milk and less sugar in the cup. More sugar, ka tai. But for no sugar, it is kosong, a Malay word which means nothing.

Sarabat stalls are coffee stalls run by Indians and Malays. They are famous for their teh tarik. Teh means tea, and tarik means pull back. A cup of tea with milk and sugar added is then juggled between two cups at an altitude. The original purpose is to lower the temperature of very hot tea for easy drinking on a hot day, for the climate in Singapore and Malaysia most of the year is of summer. However, the action has also produced a foamy top for the tea, much like cappuccino. This spurs the creation of kopiccino, using the same method but instead of tea, it is coffee.

Many migrants came from China in the old days. Chinese meal will always have a cup of Chinese tea besides their food. It is not surprising to find in the local coffee shop and food court, too, that coffee and tea are usually ordered together with meals, much like having a cup of Chinese tea, or ice water in western meal. But for some, hot kopi is still best reserved after a meal.

Nevertheless, for those who still crave for a piece of cheese cake with gourmet coffee, it is still Starbucks, hotels, or café. For others with a budget, Ikea offers value for money for a cup of brewed coffee with cheese cake.

Any opportunities to travel to Singapore and Malaysia, kopi with roti kaya is a must. Roti is bread in Malay, and kaya is a coconut egg jam.

Coffee Shop Culture in Singapore and Malaysia - A Different Art of Coffee Drinking

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Mid Century Modern Furniture Done Properly

!±8± Mid Century Modern Furniture Done Properly

If you anxiously await the arrival of the next IKEA catalog, then you can understand the dilemma it brings with all the cute, and 'affordable' furniture that they have to offer. Then comes the beauty of attempting to assemble these over complicated and so called simple directions, with products made of particle wood and less than adequate utilities. You begin to realize that the furniture which was just purchased for a significant bargain may not last a move or two. Oh the days of Ikea will soon pass and you'll want to move on to bigger and better things.

Welcome to the new way of functional and beautiful furniture, what happens when you outgrow Ikea and want a more grown up look. Pieces of furniture that not only will last decades if not longer, but is made of the highest quality materials with the idea of function over form. Bulky, poorly designed pieces of furniture don't exist with mid century furniture. The most outstanding part of this type of furniture is the sharp contrast that exists with other furniture types. Modern furniture focuses on the materials used, mixed with a sense of simplicity to offer a beautifully designed, uncluttered, and clean piece that signifies its beauty without being overdone.

You can easily recognize a mid century furnished home within seconds of walking into it. From the tastefully designed layout and implementation of furniture, to the simplicity and airiness found inside of the house. With typically a few pieces of well selected art that mixes so well with the beautiful teak colored woods. Using clean lines mid century furniture continues to be relevant in homes around the world. Though first introduced during the '50s this type of furniture is easily applicable in our daily lives and hasn't lost that sense of modernism that it was originally developed with. Designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Euro Saarinen, Florence Knoll, and Miles van der Rone are all prominent figures in mid century furniture.

Turn the hectic and chaotic life that we are all so familiar with into a haven of simplicity and relaxation with mid century furniture. It's a perfect outlet to express your feelings of function over form and truly creating a stress free home living environment. Sure Ikea may be cheap, but consider the price of the items when you need to replace them every couple of years. With mid century furniture you will have the pieces of furniture for decades to come without ever needing to replace it because of poorly setting it up in the first place.

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