How to order for the first time in a cafe? how to avoid embarrassment? What kind of coffee do people who know coffee drink?

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Are you confused about the name of the drink on the menu when you walk into the cafe?

Nowadays, the coffee shop has a wide range of products, which is at a loss for those who go to the coffee shop for the first time or who seldom go to the coffee shop every day. what should I do? First of all, you don't need to be nervous, you don't need to think that drinking coffee is very high-end, it's just like going to a restaurant to order.

Solution one: order iced American coffee and latte must be right.

If you want black coffee, you can try iced American coffee. If you worry that drinking black coffee is too bitter to accept, iced American coffee can reduce the performance of coffee bitterness. If you still feel bitter, you can ask the barista for some milk. the addition of a little milk can make American coffee taste.

For those who want milk coffee, you can try a latte. Latte is a coffee product with more milk, which can better neutralize the bitterness of the coffee and taste good both hot and cold! It is a more acceptable product.

If you want something sweet, you can choose a flavored latte, such as vanilla latte, hazelnut latte, caramel latte, floral latte. These are all sweet! It should be noted that if it is a matcha latte or a black tea latte, it does not contain coffee.

Solution 2: ask the barista

Just like going to a restaurant to order, when people don't know what to order, they will ask the waiter what to recommend. It's the same in the coffee shop, you can ask the barista when you don't know what to order. They all have the patience to help you choose coffee.

You only need to describe to the barista the taste you want, whether you need milk, whether you need sweet, cold or hot, and the barista will help you choose the relevant coffee products.

Solution 3: look at the menu explanation below

If you are shy and worried about embarrassment, the code clerk will sort out a menu for you to explain. When you are really afraid to ask about the exit, you can take a look here.

Espresso / espresso Espresso

Simple understanding: ultra-strong, ultra-small amount of coffee liquid

This is a coffee liquid extracted by high temperature and pressure through an Italian coffee machine (that is, a square / square coffee machine above the bar). If you contact coffee for the first time, it is not recommended to choose, because it is too strong and bitter! It is usually only a few dozen milliliters.

SOE Coffee Single Origin Espresso

Simple understanding: espresso with a fresher taste

SOE means to use coffee beans from a certain area to make espresso, which focuses on highlighting the coffee flavor of a certain place of origin.

The SOE made from the most common Ethiopian beans (such as Yega Chuefei, Sidamo Coffee beans and Sakuran Coffee beans) will have a sweet and sour taste and will be more refreshing than the coffee shop's default espresso Espresso, which uses coffee beans from more than two producing areas and full-bodied coffee.

American Coffee Americano

Simple understanding: add water to dilute espresso

This is an espresso mixed with water product, coffee aroma, moderate concentration, but also can be adjusted according to their own taste. If you think the American coffee in your shop is too strong and bitter, you can add more water to adjust it, or you can add the right amount of milk.

Latte Caffe' Latte/Coffee Latte

Simple understanding: milk + espresso

For those who want to see coffee flowers, you can choose hot latte coffee ~ hot latte coffee will have a delicate and smooth milk foam, a balance between milk and coffee aroma, and a mellow and smooth taste. Iced latte coffee is refreshing and full-bodied, can feel the full-bodied coffee, but also feel the freshness and smoothness of iced milk.

Oatmeal latte Oat-milk Coffee Latte

Simple understanding: oatmeal milk + espresso

Oatmeal milk is not dairy products, but smooth and full-bodied oatmeal milk. If you have lactose intolerance and milk allergies, you can choose oatmeal lattes.

Raw coconut latte Raw coconut Coffee Latte

Simple understanding: coconut meat and coconut milk mixed juice + espresso

The mixed juice of coconut meat and coconut milk is called thick coconut milk, which has a very strong coconut aroma and smooth and thick taste. Most of the thick coconut milk is sweet, if you want to drink sweet coffee, you can also choose raw coconut latte!

Cappuccino Cappuccino

Simple understanding: frothy milk coffee with marshmallow taste

Like drinking lattes, they all use milk and espresso, but the foam will be thicker and thicker. The first sip will be like eating marshmallows, the taste is mellow, and the aroma of milk and coffee is balanced. Note: there is no ice version of cappuccino.

Australian White / Xiaobai / Fragrance White Coffee Flat white

Simple understanding: milk coffee with strong coffee flavor

Australian white coffee is made similar to a latte, but it will be more intense than a latte and have less weight than a latte. Drink milk coffee but do not want to drink too much milk, it is recommended to choose Australian white, coffee flavor is rich, taste mellow and smooth ~

Dirty coffee Dirty

Simple understanding: can only be cold, unstirred, hierarchical, strong coffee flavor of milk coffee

This is a product that uses frozen fresh milk / purified milk and then slowly injects espresso into the surface of the milk to float it on the surface of the milk.

When tasting Dirty, you don't need to stir, just drink it, and the taste will be fascinating. From strong to light, from deep to shallow, the first sip is full-bodied coffee, the last sip is the sweetness of milk.

Mocha coffee (Coffee Mocha)

Simple understanding: milk coffee with chocolate / black cocoa

In fact, it is a latte with chocolate sauce / chocolate powder, can be hot or cold, chocolate can not be missed!

Cold Coffee / Ice drop Coffee Cold Blew/Ice Drip coffee

Simple understanding: iced black coffee extracted at low temperature and taste clean, full and smooth

Different from ice American coffee, cold extract coffee is a kind of black coffee soaked in cold water at low temperature, which is rich and full-bodied, while ice drop coffee is a black coffee filtered with ice water, which is full-bodied and refreshing.

The taste of coffee varies with the production of different coffee beans. When ordering, you can ask the barista what is the taste of the two types of coffee. There is no milk and no sugar by default, and you can add the right amount if necessary.

Hand-brewed coffee Hand Drip

Simply understood as: overall balance, clean taste, distinct aroma and flavor of dripping black coffee

It will taste cleaner and more balanced than espresso; it will reflect the charming aroma of coffee beans better than cold extract and iced coffee. You can choose beans for hand-brewed coffee. Different coffee beans have different taste.

If you like the sour taste, you can try Ethiopian coffee beans ~ you like soft and sour beans, you can try Panamanian beans ~ you like dried / preserved fruit, you can try Costa Rican coffee beans. Or if you have any favorite taste, you can talk to the barista, and they will choose the right beans for everyone.

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Source: network