when flamingos are pink

when we go to mcd in singapore and order a cup of “tea”, it would comes with milk and sugar? why when we order the same cup of “tea” in jakarta it comes plain without milk?

when it comes to slight diversity in a global chain, it might goes all way from the cultural aspect of local history.

we are here because we were there.

singapore has been colonialised by british empire for a long time, and thus the english in singapore are based on british english.

some words, for example:

- the word colour (uk) instead of color (us)
- the word centre (uk) instead of center (us)
- the word favourite (uk) instead of favorite (us)
- coriander leaves (uk) instead of cilantro (us)


and it goes the same with england's favourite beverages: tea

english like to pour in some milk, and sugar into their tea and have it with classic scones with jam or custard on sides. and there you'll have the classic tea time.

meanwhile, indonesia was colonialised by dutch for centuries, and thus we have some indonesian words rooted or fully taken from dutch.

some examples:

- tante (indonesia) and tante (dutch)
- om (indonesia) and oom (dutch)
- kantor (indonesia) and kantoor (dutch)

and also, it goes the same with  dutch's tea.

now to the million dollar question:

why the dutch do not like to pour milk in to their tea?

because the dutch prefer flavoured tea compared to the plain english breakfast tea!
and as we all know, flavoured tea tastes better without milk!
tadaaaa!

your words, ladies