PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION 2 - Coffee or Tea, coffee please

Coffee or Tea, coffee please.

Eva: This´s Eva from “English por doquier English everywhere”

Today Podcast is about COFFEE o TEA

And Susan is here to help us with these special and unique expressions.

Susan: Hello, Eva. How are you doing?

Eva: Pretty good, honestly.

Susan: Ok, do you prefer tea or coffee?

Eva: I prefer coffee outside home but I use to drink tea when I stay at home.

Susan: Ok, I drink tea at home, too and when I go out I have coffee.

Eva: Do you know Spanish people, we love roasted coffee?

Susan: No, I didn´t know that. Here in the U.K. coffee only become popular in the last, maybe in the last few years, really.

Eva: we love coffee when is dark, that we call roasted coffee.

Eva:  Pay attention to some expressions 

Descaifenado

Decaffeinate

Café solo

Espresso

Café doble

Double espresso or two shots of espresso

Cortado

Coffee with a splash of milk

Café con leche

Coffee with milk

Cappuccino

We also called cappuccino and that is a double espresso with milk.

Manchado

Flat white,  that is one  shot of espresso and a lot of milk and it is served in a glass with a handle.

Uno muy popular en España que es el carajillo.

Here is not very popular to have the coffee with the alcohol but in some restaurant or bars if they have a license you can ask for an Irish coffee and that has a coffee and a layer of cream on top.

Eva: I loved I tasted in Ireland and it´s delicious.

Susan:  Yes, it is very nice. Here in Scotland, sometimes they called Scotish Coffee.

Eva:  It is good to know that.

Susan: Yes

Eva: And now, Café Americano.

Susan: We also call that American Coffee or Americano. And that is just normal coffee, filtered coffee, it is the cheapest  and can be a little bit watery.

Eva: Y Café Bombón

Susan:  We don´t have the Café Bombón, that will be coffee with condensed milk. It is not in our Cafes.

But we do have.

Skinny latte, that flat white with semi skimmed milk and it’s very popular with ladies.  

Viennese Coffee, that is cold coffee and normally with cream on top

And sometime we have Mocha Coffee, which is hot chocolate, milk and coffee.

Eva: Too many coffees, yes, and now. 

Algunas palabras relacionadas con ir a pedir un café.

Leche entera - Full milk

Leche desnatada - Skimmed milk

Leche semidesnatada- Semi Skimmed milk

Leche sin lactosa - Without lactose 

Leche fría- Cold milk 

Leche caliente - Hot milk 

Leche templada - warm milk    Milk at room temperature

Azúcar - Sugar

Azúcar de caña - Cane sugar  or Brown sugar or Demerera sugar

Sacarina- Saccharine or Sweetener 

Taza - cup or a mug

Vaso - a glass

El palto con la taza - a saucer

y la cucharilla – teaspoon

How many ways to ask for a coffee. That is. It is a nice list, isn´t it?

Susan: Yes, that is right. It can be very complicated.

Eva: Ok Susan, I would like to know, do you have room for have a coffee this evening?

Susan: Irish Coffee will be nice.

Eva: See you later, then.

Susan: Ok, bye for now.

Eva: bye