Just ask - At what age did you start to drink coffee ?

Hi Edmond as a Dutch you are known for their coffee, just as the English are known for their tea (but we also have great tea!). The Dutch have been drinking coffee for centuries,

Let say in Singapore I start young. When I was three, I used to wail about the coffee smell to my dad when I was a child, I admit there is one habit of his I pleasurably embrace wherever I find myself these days: strong morning coffee. Its heady aroma fragrance, dark and roasted. The fruity bitterness. That streak of flavor it leaves caressing the roof of one's mouth. And, of course, the jolt of "pick me up" energy to start my morning going I suspect I'm not much different from others in that sense. Coffee drinkers share a common ground whether holding a colorful Styrofoam cup from Starbucks or sipping from a delicate porcelain espresso cup in Italy or a china ceramic cup in Singapore Kopi Tiam. Kopi Tiams in Singapore is part of the social fabric there, in the past you could find them on every corner. The earliest establishments were run by Hokkien traders, a Chinese ethnic group Hainanese  that own most of the coffee shop in the communities. Although these places are a dying breed, there are still enough of these establishments left to visit a different one every day for months in Singapore. Some are sparse and occupy traditional shops with steel floor-bolted tables. Others are filled with ornate wood carving antique tables and chairs. Here the coffee is brewed in a silver pot on a charcoal grill, strained through a bag, and served by a shirtless Chinese man in an open-air storefront. Don't underestimate the potency of this viscous blend; there's a reason locals cut the stuff with sweet milk and chase it with hot water. If you want it black, specify ''kopi o that is brewed coffee without milk and "Kopi" guni and besides the coffee, the choice accompaniment is called ''kaya bread." Made from boiling eggs, coconut, and ''gula melaka" (the quality-dictating ingredient of palm sugar, kaya refers to a jam-like condiment and drowned it hard boiled egg, whose very mention will spark emotion in the most taste-weary Singaporean.When Howard Schultz want to Milan, he didn't see how the coffee shop sold coffee. He saw in mind to transformed that coffee drinking should be classy and comfy affair that makes the coffee drinker feel cultured and sophisticated became his big idea for starbucks. Singapore had their own version Ya Kun and many others. Struggling Starbucks in need of big boost; Overexpansion backfires on coffee-shop giant.(Editorial Leaders): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press