Local Drinks

1. Un café solu

   A black coffee

   Usage

   How to order coffee without milk at a café

   Grammar Note

   Composed phrase; native review recommended. Solu agrees with the masculine café and ends in -u (Spanish solo)

2. Un café con lleche

   A coffee with milk

   Usage

   How to order coffee with milk at breakfast or in a café

   Grammar Note

   Lleche starts with ll- (Spanish leche, Asturian lleche). The plural is lleches

3. Un chicolate a la taza

   A cup of hot chocolate

   Usage

   How to order hot chocolate served in a cup at a café

   Grammar Note

   Composed phrase; native review recommended. Where Spanish says chocolate, Asturian uses chicolate, with an i after ch. The plural is chicolates

4. Un granizáu de llimón

   A lemon granita

   Usage

   How to order a cold drink of crushed ice with lemon on a hot day

   Grammar Note

   Composed phrase; native review recommended. Granizáu ends in -áu (Spanish granizado), and llimón starts with ll- (Spanish limón)

5. Un tintu de branu

   A tinto de verano (red wine with soda)

   Usage

   How to order the cold summer drink of red wine mixed with a fizzy soft drink

   Grammar Note

   Composed phrase; native review recommended. Tintu ends in -u, and "summer" is branu where Spanish says verano

6. Un vasu d'agua fresca

   A glass of cold water

   Usage

   How to ask a bar or restaurant for a glass of cold water on a hot day

   Grammar Note

   Composed phrase; native review recommended. De becomes d' before a vowel. Vasu ends in -u (Spanish vaso)

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