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Hainan Kopi Tales

Hainan Kopi Tales
琼园咖啡香
Genre Family Drama
Created by Koh Teng Liang (许声亮)
Written by Chen Chun'an (陈春安)
Directed by Chia Mien Yang (谢敏洋)
Starring Chew Chor Meng
Cynthia Koh
Florence Tan
Lin Meijiao
Opening theme 咖啡香 by Mavis Hee
Country of origin Singapore
Original language(s) Chinese, Hainanese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Yeo Saik Pin (杨锡彬)
Release
Original network TCS-8
Original release July 2000

Hainan Kopi Tales (琼园咖啡香) is a Singaporean Chinese drama serial which aired in year 2000 on Channel 8.

Using Qiong Yuan, a Hainan coffeeshop as a backdrop, this nostalgic drama explores the Hainanese way of life from the 60s to the 80s.

Long Fuyuan (Li Wenhai), a Hainanese coffeeshop owner, has two sons (Ah Sing and Ah Zhuo) with his second wife in Indonesia. Long's first wife constantly makes life difficult for his second wife and her sons when they move to Singapore.

Ah Sing (Chew Chor Meng) decides to be sailor in order to avoid her. Not long after Long returns to Hainan Island to retire and Ah Sing is asked to manage the coffeeshop when Long's first wife cannot save the ailing business.


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