206: Ordering Coffee in Italian: Tips for Your Next Trip to Italy
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🗓️ 18 November 2025
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Summary
There are very specific types of coffee in Italy. Learn how to order coffee in Italian the Italian way, so you can avoid classic tourist mistakes.
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Today's Italian words:
Vorrei un caffè = I’d like an espresso
Un caffè macchiato = an espresso with a bit of milk (lit. “stained coffee)
Un caffè americano = an americano
Un latte macchiato = a hot milk with a bit of coffee (lit. stained milk)
Un caffè shakerato = a coffee, sugar and ice (lit. shaken coffee)
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| 0:00.0 | Italy is known for having very good coffee and lots of Italians, including Matteo, enjoy drinking it. |
| 0:06.4 | But it's a bit different from what you might expect. |
| 0:09.6 | If you ask for the kind of cafe you usually have a tomb, even one with an Italian sounding name, |
| 0:16.9 | the barista might not know what you mean. |
| 0:19.7 | In this episode, we'll look at what kinds of coffee you can order in Italy |
| 0:23.5 | and how to avoid the classic tourist mistakes. |
| 0:39.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to Ler benvenuti. |
| 0:43.4 | Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages. |
| 0:47.1 | In this episode, you learn different types of coffee in Italian, |
| 0:50.8 | so you can see which one you'd like to order the next time you're in Italy. |
| 0:56.1 | You'll also hear some common mistakes or things that Italian baristas might find confusing when you order coffee, so you can order yours smoothly like the locals do. But before |
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| 1:21.9 | So the first type of coffee you can order is... |
| 1:25.9 | An cafe. |
| 1:28.3 | An cafe. The word cafe actually just means coffee in Italian, so it's the general word for it, but it's |
| 1:37.9 | also the word that you'd use to order an espresso. |
| 1:41.7 | In Italy, the standard normal coffee that we drink is a shot of espresso. |
| 1:47.1 | So when we order a coffee, it's an espresso. |
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