Coffee Drinks from American English

Coffee Bar Drinks

Exercise 1: Recite the following coffee drinks aloud.

Exercise 2: Write a sentence about which drink is your favorite and why.

Mitch Rubman teaching American English, LA Coliseum, 2016.

1.       Americano: Espresso brewed to the top of the cup with added boiling water.

2.       Brewed coffee: Using water between 195-205 degrees Fahrenheit to make the perfect cup.

3.       Café au lait (oh ley): Brewed coffee with steamed milk and foam.

4.       Café caramel: Brewed coffee with caramel, steamed milk and foam.

5.       Café latte: Espresso with steamed milk and foam.

6.       Café mocha: Brewed coffee with chocolate, steamed milk and foam.

7.       Café vanilla: Brewed coffee with vanilla, steamed milk and foam.

8.       Cappuccino(kap-oo-chee-noh): Espresso with foam and steamed milk.

9.       Caramel latte(lah-tey): Espresso with caramel, steamed milk and foam.

10.    Caramel mocha latte: Espresso with chocolate, caramel, steamed milk and foam.

11.    Chai tea latte: Chai tea blend with hazelnut and steamed milk.

12.    Espresso(e-spres-oh): A coffee made by forcing water under pressure through dark roast coffee beans.

13.    Espresso Cubano: Espresso blended with raw sugar.

14.    Hazelnut latte: Espresso with hazelnut, steamed milk and foam.

15.    Hot chocolate: Steamed milk with chocolate topped with whipped cream.

16.    Macchiato: Espresso topped with foam.

17.    Mocha latte: Espresso with chocolate, steamed milk and foam.

18.    Red eye: Espresso with brewed coffee.

19.    Snickerdoodle: Espresso with hazelnut, caramel, chocolate, steamed milk and foam.

20.    Vanilla chai tea latte: Chai tea with vanilla and steamed milk.

21.    Vanilla white mocha latte: Espresso with white chocolate, vanilla, steamed milk and foam.

22.    White mocha latte: Espresso with white chocolate, steamed milk and foam.