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Old September 01, 2009, 03:01 PM
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¿Qué tal el cafe?

Hola, no estoy seguro de que signifique.

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How is your coffee?
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Right, Bob.

¿Qué tal tu día?
How was your day?

¿Qué tal la película?
Did you like the movie?

¿Qué tal el café?
How's the coffee?/Did you like the coffee?
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Right, Bob.

¿Qué tal tu día?
How was your day?

¿Qué tal la película?
Did you like the movie?

¿Qué tal el café?
How's the coffee?/Did you like the coffee?
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También puedes decir "Is the coffee ok?".

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¿Cómo se dice, 'how do you like your coffee?'
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¿Cómo te gusta el café? (Literraly: ¿Cómo te gusta tú café?, but better the other way)
or:
¿Cómo te gustaría el café?
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¿Cómo te gusta el café? (Literraly: ¿Cómo te gusta tú café?, but better the other way)
or:
¿Cómo te gustaría el café?
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Hmmm is it me or is there perhaps a slight mixup here?

' How do you like your coffee' (as far as I know) is usually said when people are inquiring how you drink it (i.e. 'black', ' with sugar', 'without sugar', 'with milk' etc etc).

But ' ¿Cómo te gusta el café?' I think means, how is the coffee, do you like your coffee..? ¿O es que me equivoco?

So should the verb 'tomar' be used to express ' how do you take/like your coffee' ? ' ¿Cómo tomas tu café?' e.g. ? Or can you use 'gustar' also in terms of asking how people 'like' (i.e. drink) their coffee?
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Hmmm is it me or is there perhaps a slight mixup here?

' How do you like your coffee' (as far as I know) is usually said when people are inquiring how you drink it (i.e. 'black', ' with sugar', 'without sugar', 'with milk' etc etc).

But ' ¿Cómo te gusta el café?' I think means, how is the coffee, do you like your coffee..? ¿O es que me equivoco?

So should the verb 'tomar' be used to express ' how do you take/like your coffee' ? ' ¿Cómo tomas tu café?' e.g. ? Or can you use 'gustar' also in terms of asking how people 'like' (i.e. drink) their coffee?
Buena pregunta,

¿Cómo te gusta el café? - How does the coffee appeal to you? (how do you like your coffee?
¿Te gusta el café - Does the coffee appeal to you? (Is the coffee good?


No estoy seguro de que la frase "¿Cómo tomas el café?" signifique..
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Buena pregunta,

¿Cómo te gusta el café? - How does the coffee appeal to you? (how do you like your coffee?
¿Te gusta el café - Does the coffee appeal to you? (Is the coffee good?


No estoy seguro de que la frase "¿Cómo tomas el café?" signifique..
Well (sorry brief switch to English), what I meant was, isn't the phrase 'How do you like your coffee' used to inquire about how people like to drink/ take their coffee?

As in ' I like mine black/ with milk/ decaf' etc?

At least this is how I interpreted your question about 'how do you like your coffee' (which of course can also mean 'do you like your coffee?', basically.. )

That is why I was wondering if ' Cómo te gusta el café' was used in asking both (i.e. how you like the coffee you are actually drinking, or how you like to drink your coffee in general - so the person being a good host can serve you the coffee the way you like it..)

Hope I'm being a bit more clear now

As for 'tomar' not sure, but I think in Spain it's sometimes used to say 'tomo una taza de café' for instance ' I am having a cup of coffee'. So I was wondering if the verb 'tomar' would be involved when asking people - in general- how they like to take/drink their tea or coffee.
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