Coffee Milk Biscuits
Whenever I’ve heard of the British meal, biscuits and tea, I’ve wondered what those biscuits were. Would they be something like these Indonesian Coffee Milk Biscuits, or the ones served with gravy in America?
I’m inclined to think the biscuits are like the ones in this package…because they go better with tea, no?
I love it when I can use the item’s packaging in my photos. Not only does it mean I can keep it even more ‘real’, but I also have no/fewer dishes to wash.
A good number of the biscuits for only a dollar…something.
Makes me wanna eat them, and play with the biscuits like dominoes.
A hint at the biscuit’s top side…
And now both sides!
A closer look at the bottom side. Probably unsurprisingly, this back-and-forthness is an example of how my mind works throughout the day. (E.g., I want a piece of chocolate…No, I want a cookie! Wait, chocolate sounds good. Hmm, what about a chocolate cookie?)
Look how this biscuit glistens. Do you, um, feel a little dirty, too?
And not only does it glisten with its rich brown color, it also has some mysterious holes (what purpose do they serve?) and sugar crystals.
Enough talk about how the biscuit looks. On to serious business…
The biscuit has the texture of a saltine. Its flavors, in strongest to weakest levels of concentration (wow, was that just some geek-speak? I don’t think I like it. No offense, proud geeks out there.) are coconut, butter, and coffee. That’s right, it has a very subtle coffee taste (in fact, it may smell more like coffee than taste like it). Nonetheless, I think these Coffee Milk Biscuits would be good…with tea. 
Biscuits or crackers like these usually have holes in them otherwise they’ll puff up. Ever seen those weird holes that puff up in crackers? Yeah. Un-fully-punctured holes are your culprit there. Once I baked crackers and forgot to put holes in them. They came out like little pouches of crunchy crackeriness.
Wei-Wei
Hmm. When I read about biscuits and tea in British novels, I always think they are eating digestives. For me, the perfect biscuit to eat with tea would have to be the ones from the German cookie maker LU that taste so much of butter and milk.
Biscuit is actually french for cookies. Judging from the texture those are like the kind of cookies you dunk in tea or coffee. They look a lot like these:
http://www.leclerc.ca/en/products.php?cat=cookies&type=celebration
yes they do come with a layer of either milk chocolate or dark chocolate.
YOU DIDN’T EAT THE COCONUT ONES! D:
i grew up with the coconut “biscuits”(cracker things)i think they’re by the same company- i saw your picture and started squealing (until i saw the “coffee milk”
These shouldn’t be very strong- really mild, slightly ritz-ish but harder and yes, glisteny
i suspect the biscuit is the same (hence the mild coconut flavor in yours) but your glaze is different…
Wei-Wei: I’m not a baker at all, so I especially appreciate your baking insight. And I have seen (saltine) crackers with weird puffs. Now I know why!
Sooj: It sounds like I need to explore (eat) more biscuits to find pairings for tea. Thanks, thanks a lot.
Sonya: I’ve studied French very little, so thanks for the translation! And for the link to those decadent-looking cookies!
Grace: I actually do have a package of Butter Coconut Cookies from Singapore sitting in my ‘box of goods.’ I thought I’d photograph this one (first?) because it was a more atypical flavor, as far as this type of cookie/biscuit goes. But yeah, I also grew of eating the BCC.
Just like Grace said, they’re not the coconut ones! I grew up on the coconut ones. Another nostalgia post! Haha.
What other biscuits aspire to be: http://www.lubiscuitsna.com/
Sooj: What an adorable little biscuit! I must look for it…
i never tried the coffee flovor biscuits, but i always get the coconut flavored ones. its soo good. i’ve been eating the coconut milk biscuits ever since i could remember. my parents feed me good things. lol.