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This is Suress, making coffee for me at a stall in the small street behind Menara Prudential. There is in fact a cup just out of sight below the level of the bench. Later he pours the coffee into a plastic bag with a straw, and I take it back to the office to drink.

The coffee is sweet. The visible part of the process starts with a small amount of a dark brown sludge, which looks a bit dangerous even after filtering. Some hot water is added, along with condensed milk and apparently some other kind of canned milk; there are 2 cans but I'm not quick enough to see what the second one is. Finally there are several passes of stirring and frothing, as shown in the picture.

One of these per day is a treat at just RM 1.20! Much better taste (just my own opinion, of course) and value than a latte at the Coffee Bean just around the corner.

Thanks to Esther for showing me where to get this.

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Not sure, but this may be the first picture ever in Image by Chance for which I used the flash!

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Update: If you got here from the Image by chance gallery, you can find more from Kuala Lumpur in the 2006.10 Kuala Lumpur gallery.