Es ist Kaffee Zeit!

I've been to a number of places for coffee. And exploring coffee places around my neighborhood has been one of my pastimes. So it would be a great idea for me to keep track of where I went. Only recently I realized Google Maps has this functionality of dropping user-defined pins. So here you are:

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This is going to be filled with more and more spots for sure. You are welcome to join me.

Coffee outside with plaza view, check.

I always look forward to having a nice cup of coffee at a patio, preferably in an European country. Yesterday I got the chance.

I had been searching the internet for "cafe near Magdeburg", turns out I had been using the wrong keyword... I should have used "Kaffeehaus" (coffee house). And this one turned up.

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This place is called "Kaffeehaus Köhler" and is near a plaza. Jens, Martin and I rode our respective bikes (yeah, I got my bike! More on this later) there in a sunny afternoon after a long day's work.

We each ordered a cake and a coffee, all different flavors. For myself I got a Mozart cake, and a plain coffee. Jens was very kind to treat me this time.

Coffee and cake at Kaffeehaus Köhler

Cake was ok, Coffee was good, company was the best. I also liked the stone table which enhanced the whole experience.

Some say that going to a coffee place is not always about the coffee. I agree. Sometimes you just want to sit and chill; sometimes you just want to hang out with people. I do have a list of having coffee at different venues and with different people (and I will repeat anytime):

Inside:

-Coffee by myself -- check

-Coffee with good company -- check
-Coffee with a super cute girl -- working on it

Outside with plaza/city view:
-Coffee by myself  -- working on it
-Coffee with good company -- check

-Coffee with a super cute girl -- working on it

Outside with harbor view:

-Coffee by myself  -- working on it

-Coffee with good company -- working on it

-Coffee with a super cute girl -- working on it

Let's see when I can complete the list!

Ich möchte eine tasse doppio Cappuccino

Most of my friends know I'm fond of good coffee. And I'll look for a coffee place wherever I go. So when I was learning a few essential German, ordering coffee was on my list. Interestingly the second chapter of the German language book I bought already was teaching that, though it's to ask if someone wants to have a coffee (probably they expect the next thing after greeting a person would be to ask him/her out for a coffee):

Drinken Sie eine tasse Kaffee?

But what if I just want to order a coffee for myself? A few chapters later it taught me how to order things. So I combined that and got this:

Ich möchte eine tasse Kaffee.

Equipped with this know-how I boldly went to a coffee shop today (with Martin and Jens) and ordered my first cup of coffee in Germany. To my surprise, there wasn't any coffee! All they had was those Expresso, Mochaccino, Americano (closed to regular coffee), Cappuccino ...etc. And they had difference sizes (for sure...)!

So I improvised:

Ich möchte eine tasse doppio Cappuccino.

Here "doppio" is "double" in Italian, which means medium in this context.

And it was a SUCCESS!

Successfully ordered a medium-size Cappuccino in German. Ah, the taste of achievement!

The lady making the coffee was smiling, so were the 2 guys in the front and the lady at the back. I could only hope they were appreciating my effort =D

And the coffee was grrrrreat! Will go again and order in German with more confidence next time.