Ordering a coffee (Advanced): The style of coffee, such as espresso, latte, cappuccino, Americano, mocha, etc.
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Key Phrases
Vorrei un caffè, per favore.
I'd like a coffee, please.
Cosa prendi di solito?
What do you usually have?
Possiamo avere anche un Americano da portare via?
Can we also have an Americano to go?
Skills You'll Learn
How to order drinks politely in a café.
Come ordinare da bere in modo gentile al bar.
How to talk about usual preferences and today's choice.
Come parlare delle preferenze abituali e della scelta di oggi.
How to place a multi-drink order and ask for takeaway.
Come fare un ordine con più bevande e chiedere da asporto.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at a friendly Italian café in the morning, ordering different coffee drinks for yourself and your family, while the barista helps you choose and confirms your order.
Buongiorno, vorrei un caffè, per favore.
Good morning, I’d like a coffee, please.
Certo, cosa prendi di solito?
Sure, what do you usually have?
Mi piace il cappuccino, ma oggi forse un espresso.
I like cappuccino, but today maybe an espresso.
Ottima scelta. Lo vuoi corto o normale?
Great choice. Would you like it short or regular?
Normale, grazie. E mia moglie prende un latte macchiato.
Regular, thanks. And my wife is having a latte macchiato.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buongiorno.
bwohn-JOR-noh
Good morning.
Vorrei
vohr-RAY-ee
I would like
💬 [Vorrei] is a softer, more polite way to ask for something than a plain [voglio]. You can reuse it with almost any order: [Vorrei un cappuccino.] or [Vorrei due caffè.]
See breakdown →Un caffè
oon kahf-FEH
A coffee
🇮🇹 In Italy, ordering [un caffè] usually means a single espresso unless you specify another style like [cappuccino] or [americano].
See breakdown →Per favore
pehr fah-VOH-reh
Please
🇮🇹 [Per favore] is polite, but in a busy bar plenty of locals order just with tone and the item itself, like [Un caffè, grazie].
See breakdown →Vorrei un caffè, per favore.
vohr-RAY-ee oon kahf-FEH pehr fah-VOH-reh
I'd like a coffee, please.
💬 [Vorrei] makes the request sound polite and less direct than [voglio]. You can swap in the thing you want: [Vorrei un espresso] or [Vorrei un latte macchiato].
See breakdown →Certo.
CHEHR-toh
Sure.
Cosa
KOH-zah
What
Prendi
PREHN-dee
Do you take
💬 [Prendi] literally means [you take], but with drinks and food it often means [have] or [order]. The same works elsewhere: [Prendo un cappuccino] = 'I'll have a cappuccino.'
See breakdown →Di solito
dee SOH-lee-toh
Usually
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