I have tried a lot of different drinks in Malaysia that I have never tried before.
Bandung - milk flavored with rose syrup - very sweet but nice with a lot of ice, pink in color.
Jagung - milk flavored with corn syrup - as for me way too sweet, orange in color.
Sirap - just a rose syrup.
WARNING! Never take them without a lot of ice! They just way to sweet for that.
Teh - tea is mostly served with sweet condensed milk, can be hot or cold. Also very sweet.
In Malaysia they like to add different fruits or seeds or jellies to their water or teh or juice or soda.
Some of my favorites are:
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Rose Lemon Iced Tea from La Kaffa! I even liked the jellies they add to it: black balls and long white stripes.
Rose Lemon Iced Tea from La Kaffa! I even liked the jellies they add to it: black balls and long white stripes.
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Barli (eng. barley) - hot water with barley, lime and sugar - perfect for cooling down not only on hot days but also when you catch a fever.
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A great drink is also a watermelon juice with lychee or longan fruits.
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WARNING: Fresh orange juice might also come as a surprise. It is mostly not pressed but blended orange, only one per glass, with a lot of water, ice and sugar. But if you ask nicely you might get two oranges and no sugar, but it might not happen... no need to get angry just try again next time.
Generally it seems like there is no amount of sugar in Malaysia that could make a drink to sweet for them, but I couldn't enjoy some of drinks because of it.
My tip is that wherever you go ask for NO Additional SUGAR. Your drink will be crazy sweet no matter what but you might avoid a heart attack.
Also pick you jellies wisely because some of them are very sweet, as for me way to sweet.
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And here are some commercial products worth trying:
Generally any drink you get in Malaysia if it should be cold drink it very cold, because went it will get warm... and it can get warm very fast in Malaysia it will be same awful experience as drinking warm coca cola.
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When I came back to Denmark from Malaysia I found a small surprise in 7Eleven.
Bubble drinks came to Europe.
Nice, but still nothing comparing to the choice of fun stuff one can add to drink in Malaysia!