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1. What is coffee in Thai?
2. What is hot coffee in Thai?
3. What is black coffee in Thai?
4. Thai vocabularies for “How to order coffee in Thai”
5. How to order coffee in Thai examples
   1. How to order coffee in Thai in a cafe
   2. How to order coffee in Thai at the coffee cart in Thailand

If you are not in touring spots, employees at the cafe may not understand when you order coffee in English. Let’s learn how to order coffee in Thai together through this blog and be able to communicate when you want to order coffee in Thai next time!

What is coffee in Thai?

Coffee in Thai is gaa-faae (กาแฟ). In Thailand, we have traditional style coffee that locals drink, you can see they sell from a cart. It’s called “gaa-faae boo-raan (กาแฟโบราณ)” which boo-raan (โบราณ) means old style or traditional style. 

It often comes as iced coffee as you may know that Thailand is a hot country and people like to drink cold drinks a lot. So, another name we call it is “gaa-faae yen (กาแฟเย็น)” which yen (เย็น) means cold or iced in this case.

If you go to a proper cafe, they mostly sell typical coffee like cappuccino, latte, americano or espresso so you just call the name or coffee type you want and they will understand. What you should add is that you want it hot or cold or you want it less sweet or without sugar.

What is hot coffee in Thai?

Hot in Thai is ráawn (ร้อน). In English, an adjective comes before a noun but in Thai it is opposite. So, we say “gaa-faae ráawn (กาแฟร้อน)” for hot coffee.

What is black coffee in Thai?

Black in Thai is dam (ดำ). To say black coffee in Thai will be coffee black in Thai structure as “gaa-faae dam (กาแฟดำ)”. If you go to a proper cafe, you can order it as “espresso” as well.

Let’s learn about important Thai vocabularies for “how to order coffee in Thai”.

Thai vocabularies for “How to order coffee in Thai”

• Take = ao (เอา) *use to order food or drink in Thai
• Coffee = gaa-faae (กาแฟ)
• Hot = ráawn (ร้อน)
• Cold, iced = yen (เย็น)
• Sweet = wăan (หวาน)
• No = mâi (ไม่)
• Add = sài (ใส่)
• Sugar = nám-dtaan (น้ำตาล)
• Milk = nom (นม)
• Black = dam (ดำ)
• A little bit = nít-nàwi (นิดหน่อย)

How to order coffee in Thai examples

How to order coffee in Thai in a cafe

• I want 1 hot cappuccino please = ao cappuccino ráawn 1 kráp / kà (เอาคาปูชิโน่ร้อน 1 ครับ / ค่ะ)
• I want 2 iced americano, not sweet please = ao americano mâi wăan 2 kráp / kà (เอาอเมริกาโน่ไม่หวาน 2 ครับ / ค่ะ)

How to order coffee in Thai at the coffee cart in Thailand

• I want 1 iced coffee (Thai style coffee) please = ao gaae-faae yen 1 kráp / kà (เอากาแฟเย็น 1 ครับ / ค่ะ)
• I want 1 iced coffee without milk please = ao gaae-faae yen mâi sài nom 1 kráp / kà (เอากาแฟเย็นไม่ใส่นม 1 ครับ / ค่ะ)
• I want 1 iced coffee without sugar please = ao gaae-faae yen mâi sài nám-dtaan 1 kráp / kà (เอากาแฟเย็นไม่ใส่น้ำตาล 1 ครับ / ค่ะ)

And these are useful vocabularies and example sentences for you to learn about how to order coffee in Thai. You now know what is coffee in Thai, what is hot coffee in Thai and what is black coffee in Thai as well. 

If you have a chance, try a traditional iced coffee once. It’s very cheap and as a cold drink, it can cool you down with the heat of Thailand. However, they often add condensed milk and sugar. It could be too sweet for you (Thai people love sweets normally). If you do not want it too sweet, you can tell them “wăan nít-nàwi (หวานนิดหน่อย)”

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