Coffee Plus

Coffee – (n) the fuel of civilization as we know it.
(from Laren – “If coffee didn’t exist, governments would fall, economies would collapse, civilization would end. Without coffee, people would spend half the morning trying to wake up, the rest of the day trying to stay awake, and any good decisions go flying out the window.”)

Black – (n) tambayan coffee; hot water in a styrofoam cup, one packet of Nescafe plain, no sugar, P6 (c. 1996). Synonyms: bitters, jet fuel

Coffee – (n) tambayan coffee; hot water in a styrofoam cup, one packet of Nescafe plain, two teaspoons of sugar, P 6 (c. 1996). See also kape latta.

Cream – (n) tambayan coffee; the default serving of coffee in TOSS - hot water in a styrofoam cup, one packet of Nescafe plain, two teaspoons of sugar, one packet of Coffeemate, P 6 (c. 1996)

Crappucino – (n) expensive coffee not worth the price it was paid for.
(from Rod – “Cappucino ba talaga ‘to? E 3-in-1 lang to, ah!”)

Kape latta – (n) coffee. Synonyms: java, joe, coffee, sludge
(from Emon – a pun on café latte, kape latta is Ilocano for “it’s still coffee”)

Milo – (n) hot Milo or Ovaltine, P8 (c. 1996); any cheap hot chocolate.

Pudding – (n) tambayan coffee with double the amount of Coffeemate; hot water in a styrofoam cup, one packet of Nescafe plain, two teaspoons of sugar, two packets of Coffeemate (the other swiped from coffee or black drinkers), P 6 (c. 1996)

Sludge – (n) generic term for tambayan coffee.

Transfusion – (n) the act of drinking coffee.