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Ordering Coffee at a Café

You are at a café. You want a hot drink. Use these simple English phrases. The phrases help you buy coffee. You can have hot milk. You can have white sugar. You pay with your card. The staff can help you. The staff are very nice. You can sit and drink.

Key Phrases

Hello, can I have a coffee?

💡 Say this to the staff first.

I want a hot coffee, please.

💡 This is a simple order.

I want black coffee, please.

💡 This coffee does not have milk.

Can I have some cold milk?

💡 Use this to get milk.

Can I have some sugar, please?

💡 This makes the coffee sweet.

How much is the coffee?

💡 You pay after this question.

Can I pay with a card?

💡 You want to use your card.

I can pay with cash.

💡 You pay with paper money.

Can I have a receipt, please?

💡 You want the receipt paper.

Thank you and have a nice day!

💡 Say this at the end.

Practice Dialogue

Traveler
Hello, can I have a coffee?
Staff
We have hot and cold milk.
Traveler
Can I have some cold milk?
Staff
We also have white sugar here.
Traveler
Can I have some sugar, please?
Staff
Your hot coffee is ready now.
Traveler
How much is the coffee?
Staff
The coffee is four dollars.
Traveler
Can I pay with a card?
Staff
You can use your card here.
Traveler
Thank you and have a nice day!
Staff
Have a very nice day!

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