Ordering a coffee (Advanced): Choice of bean which can vary by origin, roast type, or blend.

💬 This is the Taiwan spelling. Mainland China writes 埃塞俄比亞 instead, so menus in Taiwan will use 衣索比亞 (yī suǒ bǐ yà).

💬 偏 (piān) means "lean toward", and 比較偏 softens it to "tends more toward". It is handy for answers too: 比較偏果香 "more on the fruity side".

🇹🇼 不好意思 (bù hǎo yì si) is the go-to light apology in Taiwan. People use it for minor inconveniences, to get someone's attention, or before giving bad news, and it's much lighter than 對不起.

💬 剛好 (gāng hǎo) usually means "just right" or "happen to", and here it means the beans happened to have just run out. 了 at the end marks that this is a new situation.

🇹🇼 Staff open bad news with 不好意思 (bù hǎo yì si). It is a light, everyday "sorry", much softer than 對不起, and you can use it yourself to get attention or turn something down politely.

💬 酸 (suān) is the everyday word coffee people use for acidity, and it isn't a criticism here. 很 often just links the describing word to the subject without adding "very", so the translation "very" depends on stress.

💬 會 (huì) here means "will it be" or "would it be", not "can". Adding 嗎 at the end turns any statement into a yes/no question: 會很苦嗎？ "Will it be very bitter?"

💬 Putting 得慣 (de guàn) after an action means you're used to it. Put 不 in the middle for the opposite: 喝不慣 "not used to drinking", 吃不慣 "not used to eating".

💬 Adding 的 after a describing word lets it stand for "the kind that's..." without naming the thing. For example, 熱的 means "hot ones" and 便宜的 means "cheap ones".

💬 不太 (bú tài) softens a negative to "not really", which is gentler than a flat 不. Note that 不 changes to (bú) before the falling tone of 太 (tài).

🇹🇼 Framing it as your own habit rather than saying the coffee is bad is a polite way to steer the barista toward something else.

💬 Adding 度 (dù) after a quality turns it into a measurable level: 酸 sour gives 酸度 acidity, and 甜度 (tián dù) is "sweetness level".

💬 味 (wèi) after a word means "the taste of" it. For example, 巧克力味 (qiǎo kè lì wèi) means "chocolate flavor".

💬 Put 就好 at the end to mean "and that's all you need to do": 這樣就好 "this is fine", 一杯就好 "just one cup".

💬 ...就好 (jiù hǎo) means "...is fine" or "just ... will do", and it is a relaxed way to state a choice. Swap in other options: 冰的就好 "iced is fine".

💬 元 (yuán) is written on signs and receipts, but in speech people usually say 塊 (kuài) instead: 一百八十塊.

💬 用 (yòng) + a tool + an action means "do something with that tool". The same pattern gives 用信用卡付款 (yòng xìn yòng kǎ fù kuǎn) "pay by credit card".

🇹🇼 Many Taiwanese cafés accept LINE Pay or Jkopay, and Apple Pay is common too. Small independent shops may still be cash only, so this question is worth asking.

💬 一下 (yí xià) after an action makes it sound quick and casual, "just do it a sec". Note that 一 is read (yí) before the falling tone of 下.

🇹🇼 Staff use the polite 您 with customers. In many shops they'll call out your order number or a receipt number rather than your name.

💬 There's no word for "when" here, because 好了會叫您 just means "ready, then will call you" and the order of the parts supplies the timing.

🇹🇼 您 (nín) is the polite "you" that service staff use with customers. You don't need to use it back, since an ordinary 你 is fine from you.