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

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Key Phrases

¿Me pones un café, por favor?

Could I have a coffee, please?

¿Qué café te apetece?

What kind of coffee would you like?

Con leche de avena, por favor.

With oat milk, please.

Skills You'll Learn

Ordering a coffee politely in a café

Pedir un café con educación en una cafetería

Talking about milk options and allergies

Hablar sobre opciones de leche y alergias

Choosing size and sugar preferences

Elegir el tamaño y si quieres azúcar o no

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you’re in a café in Spain, ordering a small coffee with oat milk and no sugar while checking milk options because of an allergy.

Hola, buenos días. ¿Me pones un café, por favor?

Hi, good morning. Could I have a coffee, please?

Claro, cielo. ¿Qué café te apetece?

Of course, dear. What kind of coffee would you like?

Un café con leche, pero tengo duda con la leche.

A coffee with milk, but I’m unsure about the milk.

No pasa nada. Tenemos entera, sin lactosa, avena y soja.

No problem. We have whole milk, lactose-free, oat, and soy.

Soy alérgico a la soja. ¿La de avena va bien?

I’m allergic to soy. Is the oat milk okay?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

🌅👋

Buenos días.

BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs

Good morning.

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🙋‍♀️➡️

¿Me pones...

meh POH-nehs

Could you get me...

💬 In café Spanish, [poner] often means "get/serve" rather than literally "put." You can reuse the pattern [¿Me pones ...?] for lots of orders, like [¿Me pones un té?] or [¿Me pones una tostada?].

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☕🙏

Un café, por favor?

oon kah-FEH pohr fah-BOHR

A coffee, please?

🇪🇸 In a bar or café in Spain, a short order like [Un café, por favor] is completely normal and polite. You do not need to phrase it as a full question every time.

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☕🙏

¿Me pones un café, por favor?

meh POH-nehs oon kah-FEH pohr fah-BOHR

Could I have a coffee, please?

💬 In café Spanish, [poner] often means "get/serve" rather than literally "put." The little [me] means "for me," so [¿Me pones un café?] is a very common ordering pattern.

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Claro.

KLAH-roh

Of course.

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❓☕

¿Qué café...

keh kah-FEH

What coffee...

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➡️

Te apetece?

teh ah-peh-TEH-theh

Would you like?

💬 [Apetecer] is used for "feel like" or "would like," and the person goes as an indirect object: [me apetece], [te apetece], [le apetece]. So [¿Te apetece?] is literally more like "does it appeal to you?" than "do you want?".

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❓☕➡️

¿Qué café te apetece?

keh kah-FEH teh ah-peh-TEH-theh

What kind of coffee would you like?

💬 [Apetecer] is used for "feel like" or "would like," and the person goes as an indirect object: [me apetece], [te apetece], [le apetece]. You can reuse it with food and drink: [¿Te apetece un té?].

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Un café...

oon kah-FEH

A coffee...

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