Hainanese coffee to go

I remember getting myself a coffee to go while wandering the streets in Washington DC last year...and tried to do the same in Qionghai after an exhausting Chinese lesson. Well, I got my coffee (iced). In a huge something I would not call a cup but rather say it was a bowl for take-out. I didn't feel nearly as cool walking down the road as I might have with a more starbucky thing in my hand (and a size I could actually hold with only one hand), but the situation made me smile and take a picture once I was home.

A little something about Hainanese coffee. Hainanese coffee is dark. Like black. Black black black. No matter how much milk you add, it's still gonna be very black. It has a very distinct taste and I believe that it's low on caffeine. Thomas told me today that an Australian coffee farmer said that Hainanese coffee is so different from the one we are used to because it's being stored for about six months before being roasted, thus getting mouldy or dirty...(I really don't even wanna know all the details). Well, I believe it's still drinkable, and I use to get my iced cup of black coffee (black, coz if I say I want one with milk it's gonna be mixed with a ridiculous amount of condensed milk) in one of the local coffee shops that would be crowded with Hainanese men both in the mornings and afternoons.