Episode 008 ¡Un café, por favor! ☕ Surviving your first awkward coffee order in Spanish

Spanish Grammar Sheet: Key Concepts from Episode 008

When you enter a café or bar in Spain, you should greet the staff according to the time of day:

• Hola - Hello

• Buenos días - Good morning

• Buenas tardes - Good afternoon

• Buenas noches - Good evening/night

1. Ordering Coffee

To order coffee, use the phrase:

• Un café, por favor - A coffee, please.

Here are some common types of coffee and how to order them:

• Café con leche - Coffee with milk

  • Example: Un café con leche, por favor. - A coffee with milk, please.

• Café cortado - A smaller, stronger coffee with a little milk (literally "cut coffee")

  • Example: Un café cortado, por favor. - A cortado coffee, please.

• Café solo - Black coffee (literally "alone coffee")

  • Example: Un café solo, por favor. - A black coffee, please.

• Café americano - American coffee (similar to drip coffee)

  • Example: Un café americano, por favor. - An American coffee, please.

2. Types of Milk

Specify the type of milk if you have a preference:

• Leche normal - Regular milk

  • Example: Con leche normal, por favor. - With regular milk, please.

• Leche de avena - Oat milk

  • Example: Con leche de avena, por favor. - With oat milk, please.

• Leche de soja - Soy milk

  • Example: Con leche de soja, por favor. - With soy milk, please.

3. Additional

If the waiter asks:

• ¿Nada más? - Anything else?

  • Respond with: Nada más, gracias - Nothing else, thank you.

To pay, you can ask:

• ¿Me cobras? - Can you charge me? (Can I pay?)

  • To pay, you can specify:

    • Con tarjeta - With card

    • Con efectivo - With cash

4. Saying Goodbye

When you are done, you can say:

• Adiós - Goodbye

• Hasta luego - See you later

• Hasta mañana - See you tomorrow

A message from Silvia

¡Hola a todos! ☕

I hope you enjoyed today’s episode and feel more confident about ordering your coffee in Spanish. Remember, practice makes perfect! Next time you're at a café, try out these phrases and enjoy your coffee with a touch of Spanish flair. ¡No te preocupes! You’ve got this!

Keep listening to our episodes with this guide handy, and you’ll soon find yourself mastering Spanish conversations with ease.

¡Hasta la próxima! 🌟

Con cariño,

Silvia