How to Order Un Bon Café:
If you want to visit the City of Lights and Love, you’ll have to learn to live like a Parisian, which includes knowing to order coffee en français.
- Start with one of the following:
- Je vais prendre ~
- Je voudrais ~
- Pour moi, ce sera ~
- Then, order your drink of choice:
- un café/ un espresso/ un express/ un petit noir = espresso
- un café double/ un double espresso = double espresso
- un café serré/ un ristretto = short shot of espresso
- un café allongé = long shot of espresso
- un café américain = Americano
- un café filtre = filtered coffee
- un café noisette = cortado
- un café crème = flat white/ latte
- un cappuccino = cappuccino
- un café moka = cafe mocha
- Don’t forget to say please and thank you:
- s’il vous plaît = please
- merci = thank you
Voulez-vous un café?
Now, go out and impress people with your random coffee knowledge! And as always, thank you for reading and joining me on this #internationalcoffeejourney
