Ordering a coffee Part 2 (Advanced): Options such as type of milk, depending on dietary preferences or allergies.

💬 [Queria] literally looks like [I wanted], but in cafés and shops it is a polite way to mean [I'd like]. You can reuse the pattern with other orders: [Queria um chá] or [Queria um galão].

🇵🇹 In Portugal, [por favor] works fine, but in cafés [se faz favor] often sounds especially natural and local when ordering.

💬 [Queria] literally looks like [I wanted], but in cafés and shops it is a polite way to mean [I'd like]. You can swap in almost any item: [Queria um café] / [Queria um galão].

💬 [Deseja?] is a more service-style way to ask what someone wants, so it often sounds more formal than [quer?]. In a café you may hear both: [O que deseja?] and [O que quer?].

💬 [Deseja?] is a more service-style way to ask what someone wants, so it often sounds more formal than [quer?]. You will often hear it from staff in cafés and shops.