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27 minutes ago, DavyJonesLocker said:

The coffee powder milk powder and sweetener was mixed in a jug and left sitting there all day

One place I lived for 3 years, the only coffee available (much to the chagrin of several of my co-workers) was Nestle that came in little sachets with creamer powder already added.

 

The closest McDonalds or KFC was a 45 minute bus ride away.

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No, but I remember some years before that when the gift to bring your friends in China was a nice large jar of Maxwell House coffee. For some reason, it had to be Maxwell House. The jar would then be placed on a shelf in the living room for everyone to admire. And so far as I could ever determine, never opened.

 

Of course, once Maxwell House became available in the shops it lost all its cachet.

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You can still get big gift boxes of Nestle Nescafé instant coffee. It comes with a mug or two, spoons and a big jar of instant coffee. Sometimes includes creamer too.

 

Maxwell and Nescafé still have those delightful flavours. I went through a phase of chocolate instant coffee for a while. 

 

In Yinchuan, we had no cafes or places with real coffee apart from KFC/McDonalds. A month after I left the first real cafe opened. 

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2 hours ago, 889 said:

No, but I remember some years before that when the gift to bring your friends in China was a nice large jar of Maxwell House coffee. For some reason, it had to be Maxwell House. The jar would then be placed on a shelf in the living room for everyone to admire. And so far as I could ever determine, never opened.

 

Haha yeah I got a Maxwell house at 春节 one time. 20 people looking at me while the gift was presented to me. I had to do the usual examination of the present in awe and look of satisfaction when I drank it in order to please my hosts. I should have got an spot on a TV commercial for my performance.

 

That reminds me. I gave a bottle of XO brandy and 26yo scotch whisky / whiskey to the in-laws family one春节. Went back a few years later . Still sitting there for all to see. Waste of an expensive present actually as whiskey bottles never come in packages as fancy as even a cheap baijiu so I think it looked like I brought a cheap 7-11 bottle

 

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