HOW TO ORDER COFFEE IN ITALY: Local Tips to Experience the Bar & Learn Easy to Advanced Italian

Ciao! This time I filmed in a beautiful historic café in Florence, Italy. The experience of ordering coffee in Italy is not for the easily intimidated. This episode I share with you all my tips for living the Italian bar or cafe like a local. I have included both beginner and advanced Italian lessons and hopefully there will be something useful for everyone seeking a free online Italian lesson. You can find many more videos on my channel about how I learned Italian and moved to Italy. Making these episodes alone is very time consuming and expensive and if you would like to support my work, you can find my Patreon page here:
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[@ringularitas]

This woman feels lucky to live here, but actually Italy's the lucky one. Brava!

[@tommcfadden5232]

In my humble opinion the Italian Board of Tourism should be paying you for your beautiful promotion of Italy and Italian culture. Your videos are on par with Italy’s finest works of art. You are a class act Ms. Flavell.💐.....and yes, manners matter.

[@fanstream]

i concur...totally

[@Abu20007]

I also totally agree to this. !! I never watched these kinds of good quality videos for free. Thanks again for all the hard work behind it

[@claudiofoiadelli8721]

perfettamente d'accordo. Questa ragazza è bravissima e offre sempre alta qualità. E' dall'inizio che seguo i suoi video e sempre sono rimasto impressionato dalle sue capacità.

[@fanstream]

@@claudiofoiadelli8721 d'accordo...come i grandi film, questi episodi saranno belli da vedere per molto tempo

[@claudiofoiadelli8721]

@@fanstream e non è importante se pronucia bene cappucino o altro, è l'intensità che trasmette e crea emozione

[@lemondrizzlecake7766]

I don't even know why I'm watching, I'm Italian and I know how to order my coffe xD Kylie you just have the most soothing voice I'd listen to you recite the grocery list!

[@fanstream]

LOL...these videos are magical...that's why!

[@susanhoefer4662]

Oh my god ! so true and so funny!! It is your beautiful accent Kylie! and your tone !

[@realityinpixels6372]

I was going to ask if she moonlights as a language teacher when shes not making videos.

[@tinav.8755]

Agreed....I’m going in May 2021 if all this COV bs is over...our Italian fam was suppose to go Apr 2020....didn’t happen:(. I pray all is well by next May...I need to get busy learning some Italian.

[@marcorempicci1802]

anche io! :D

[@iAlexRossi]

I'm Italian and this video makes me feel good. Your Italian is very good. This is how foreigners should order coffee here in Italy.

[@antoniomaraspin]

No, ha ancora qualche problema con le doppie, ma solo di alcune consonanti... strano!

[@francescofilippi2824]

Sì ordina il caffè come nella maggioranza del resto del mondo.

[@vittoriodantesichetti3203]

Volendo, per un caffè, puoi dire qualsiasi cosa ma indicando al barista con un gesto di mano la grandezza della tazza ahahah

[@sprezzatura8755]

Kylie have you considered doing just an Italian language tutorial series? I think it would be a resounding success. Your work is wonderful.

[@christiannikodemus]

You should honestly make your own skillshare course on the culture/ language of travelling to Italy! I think it'd do really well!

[@MarieAdventure]

I agree, also she's sweet and dress really nice. I would enroll to her course if I plan to go to Italy.

[@karsyntall2]

Yes, I would pay for it @kylieflavell

[@Merseyrock]

I agree. She's very nice and down-to-earth about etiquette, too.

[@emmawitter1434]

When I was in Florence I stopped on my way to class at one of the bars you filmed in, and a bird wandered in and just hung out on the floor in front of the bar for a while. Little things like that that wouldn’t happen in America are so chill in other places.

[@JerryGs-Cards]

Planning my fifth trip to beautiful Italy next May. I've been refreshing my terrible Italian and stumbled across some of your videos. If your goal was to educate...done. if your goal was to entertain...goal achieved. If you're goal was to have me fall in love with you...TRIFECTA!!! You come across as intelligent, engaging, and just adorable. Can't wait to check out your other videos. Bravissima!!!

[@MarchingBandsFromHome]

“You have to be fast, you have to be clear, you have to have brilliant pronunciation....” Shaking just thinking about this. 😳😂😁

[@Frugalista77]

i disagree as an american who lives in italy (even a small town where few speak english)

[@Frugalista77]

also i've never ever had to pay first, they get confused if you ask to pay first where i live

[@CrystalDatingCoach]

Know not at all!! Italians are calllmmmm. Actually to calm. In NY when you ask for the check...it's ready in 10 seconds! Italy you may wait 15 minutes!! Which is positive... There not rushing to get you out! 🇧🇬😅

[@Tulkash01]

By law there are 2 ways to pay for food and drink in Italy. Pay first, get your receipt and then ask for what you paid for or ask for something, get served and then pay for it. The former method is customary in very busy places where you want to make sure everyone has paid and it would be impractical or difficult to implement the other system. An example of this system is what happens when you stop at an Autogrill in Italy. The latter system is pretty common in places that are not as busy which means most places outside big cities, train stations and the like. Hope this explanation helps clarify the matter.

[@ericasenglish8613]

Luckily Italians brought their coffee culture to Australia. Aussies love their Italian style coffee. I love your video. You are a good teacher.

[@AlinesTravels]

Erica, I am Brazilian and worked in Australia for few months and I realized the same, good coffee in every corner! I was feeling in Italy drinking a real and good coffee! Congrats to Australia!

[@mikehoot3978]

Nice times when there was free immigration. Now we can't go legally.

[@Dovid2000]

The photography in this video is absolutely sublime!

[@dianasharonschenker7046]

Kylie, You are definitely right about kindness and manners. I am living in foreign country Montenegro since 2018. I do not speak their language but have met many Montenegrins who speak English and apprciate when I say. Hvala, thank you, Dobro Jutro, good morning, Dobra Dan good day, Dobra Vece, good evening. The people here are very nice and helpful. I feel very comfortable.

[@emilyr8668]

Kylie, I have been self studying italian for many months now and keep going back to this video. It is so helpful, and I especially love the 'dialogue' section where the viewer gets to respond. If you ever have time, please consider making more videos like this -- learning about not only how to say things but the culture behind them is so amazing!!

[@stomas5640]

One thousand percent on manners no one how to be polite these days Thank you

[@magdastar2249]

It is wonderful to see genuine etiquette. 👍💐❤

[@lyndaprather2138]

I have also found that manners are very important! I agree they are especially important now.

[@oracleforman7189]

I love this phrase when I’m having trouble communicating. Mi dispiace che il mio italiano non sia ancora molto buono, ma imparo di più ogni giorno!

[@davidevalenti202]

From one Italian language teacher to another, great job.

[@pocahontas5145]

You need your own travel show. Props to you for not waiting and for just going for it and doing it on your own.

[@paolocardinali3951]

An australian tourist: "A soy latte, please". The barista: "Get out of my bar!"

[@celticwarrior777]

I just love your filming its so professional and dreamy

[@amanda86er]

You definitely teach the language how it should be taught, unlike many textbooks. Whoever is trying to learn some Italian will do well watching you, as it is exactly what they need to know when in Italy.

[@claireadamson4138]

You must have befriended the owners of Gilli and convinced them to let you in to film while they were closed! It's usually cram packed! I'm sighing thinking of the candied chestnuts and the sugared rose petals I used to love getting from there! More videos like this, please! Wonderful!

[@joannehiggins2608]

Hi Kylie, this is a great video! Thank you. I must say, having spent a lot of money studying Italian F/T at language school, I learned more in your 30 minute video, than in many days spent in the classroom. What a simple, elegant and highly practical way to introduce and explain the congiuntivo and condizionale. Grazie tante, sei il migliore

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you so much. This video was quite time consuming to make so your words mean a lot to me. 🙏

[@susanmoses4488]

The coffee, the language, the atmosphere a Firenze -- tutto bello. But I also really love your style, mainly because it is so literary and romantic and reminds me of Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, or Vita Sackville-West, or Audrey Hepburn. Tu porti un po 'di bellezza al mio giorno. Grazie.

[@bao4223]

beautiful video... we are lucky to be Italians 🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@Dawn-bl8ze]

I swear this is the most helpful Italian learning video ever! I screenshoted every phrase! So many videos on youtube teach you how to order coffee the ”tourist way” 🤣 thank you so much!♥️🙏🏻

[@KylieFlavell]

You’re so lovely to write this, Leila, and I’m so happy it was useful. ♥️

[@nicolescott89]

Thats a good idea! 😁

[@MrChrisWhitten]

@@KylieFlavell These language videos are the best 👍🏻

[@Italiana911]

Agree, I can’t be bothered to learn Italian in traditional ways, and normally just pick it up, (I live in Italy) however this is most palatable. Thank you Kylie x

[@isabellflorescu7713]

30 seconds in and I felt my soul leave my body....beautiful ❤️

[@tenniswerewolf8095]

I miss Italy 😔 stuck back in my hometown in Los Angeles . Thank You for this.

[@biancaestevan]

Quando riesci a capire i mille modi per ordinare un caffe e fare colazione in Italia sei già a buon punto per capire lo stile Italiano.....poi tu sei fantastica

[@stephenkovacs582]

As a frequent visitor to Italy, apart from this year, and yet being confident in ordering coffee, I still found this video lesson absorbing. Artful.

[@johnl7443]

Grazie, Kylie! Your videos are beyond compare! As a retired teacher, (dreaming of moving to Italy about one year from now), I appreciate your patience, and the obvious time and effort you have put into this and all of your videos! I'm a native English speaker, rather fluent in Spanish which I studied in the 80s and 90s. So Spanish is helping me a lot! Viva Italia!

[@phuturephelps]

This is funny. This is my first week in Italy and went into the first bakery shop that spoke no English. I proceeded to order by pointing and saying “una” for just one piece. We both kept smiling because we knew we didn’t understand each other but still completed the order. And now I’m in my hotel snd I come across your video after that situation. Thank you I can’t wait to order a coffee tmrw!!

[@robsbisa1411]

Beautiful. I normally fast forward past a long intro in a KZbin video. Here, I've gone back to view it again. Man, I want to return to Italy!

[@stpaul88]

I am Italian...why am I watching this early on Saturday morning?!?? Very well done video btw!

[@KylieFlavell]

😂😂 Ahahaha

[@doc7440]

i dont know , and i'm italian to O_O , e poi lei ha un accento carinissimo quando parla in italiano

[@life_metamorphosis]

I could list many reasons why you would watch it :D :D :D

[@pile333]

A sincere smile can make life look better.

[@danielamarmo6503]

I love this kind of videos. I love Italy and I've been trying to learn the language by myself for years now. It was amazing when I was saying the last phrase at the same time than you. I was thinking how beautiful it is that I, a mexican spanish speaker currently living in Mexico, and you, a australian english speaker currently living in Italy were saying the same phrase in italian. I mean thirty years ago who would ever thought about this being possible? Thank god for the internet and thank you for making these amazing (and very useful) videos.

[@KylieFlavell]

🥰🥰 Yes, I marvel at that all the time!!

[@louisjamesburgdorfii1649]

There is nothing I can add to the comments except to express my own need. More please Ms. Flavell.

[@kimhart7234]

I'd love to see a video on manners. I couldn't agree more, it's a humbling experience to learn a language. Manners are the cornerstone of humanity.

[@msmilano7091]

Cara Kylie. Over the years, I've had this dream of becoming a language teacher, but my confidence ( or lack of) always gets in the way. This video was a stark reminder of how much fun it is to both learn and teach a language. Words turn into sentences, communication turns into conversation and it's liberating. It is truly joyous to be able to speak a second language and, over time, have that language become part of your soul. This lovely video came at precisely the right time. Thank you for reminding me of that dream.

[@KylieFlavell]

My pleasure. Good luck with your dream.

[@msmilano7091]

@@KylieFlavell Grazie, Kylie xx

[@MarkMarquez]

The intro to this video could easily be a trailer to some big action movie. This is one of the most informative videos for basic ordering and protocol in italy, I've looked for this type of content and there is not much out there, so thank you!

[@StephanieMarieErvin]

I am living for the shots of this bar! I love your eye behind the camera, and how you always seem to know just the right angle and shot to invoke a particular mood. This bar is absolutely beautiful, and this video is such a nice break from the drudgery of lockdown and quarantine. Thank you for making such beautiful videos!

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you so much Stephanie! 😘

[@michellepascual1679]

This is amazing. I will never forget when I was in high school 10 years ago and went to Italy. I was in Florence and going into a coffee shop was crazy! There was a rush of people and somehow you order, pay, and then get the drink. It was very different. They saw some of my friends as Americans and almost right away ignored them so it got to the point where I had to order in Spanish and they took that way better than speaking English. Soon I hope to go back!

[@KylieFlavell]

😂😂 Thank you Michelle. Yes, my very first time living in Florence I only spoke Spanish but you’re right - it is much more accepted than English.

[@greggronemeier1256]

Only Kyle can spend 38 minutes teaching us how to order coffee and such. It was wonderful !

[@KylieFlavell]

😊😊 thank you Greg!

[@jarretmckee3280]

The coffee experience is definitely one of my favourite things about Italy. I was blown away that, even at gas station along the highway, there was still a full coffee bar with the same quality you'd expect in Rome or Florence. And you're right Kylie, manners go very far in building rapport. When I stayed in Rome a few years ago, my closest bar was a place called Materia. I got my morning caffè there each day and after only three mornings I was already feeling like a regular.

[@MrWorryGoesLucky]

Actually, coffee at the service station along the highway is probably the best, as they literally make thousands a day, and the more they make the better it gets. Also, as they are open 24/7 they get the cornetti fresh out of the oven from the bakery. Yum!

[@iAlexRossi]

Yes we take coffee seriously.

[@danielaf1487]

In Italy it's not just the coffee, but every little detail and pretty much everything that's usually of the highest quality. If you ask for an orange juice, you don't get something out of a carton made of concentrate, but you watch as the barista squeezes real oranges then and there (which is why one should not ask for spremuta d'arancia in the summer, seeing as oranges are out of season then).

[@pile333]

Every Italian would love to have a La Cimbali in his own house. Someone should buy you an historical La Cimbali; it would look great in your kitchen.

[@tinacristina3080]

Too confusing, a lot of Italians know English and have an idea what you want. You were able to learn the language fully, But for older travelers it’s hard.

[@juliajuliaana1584]

So thoughtful of you, to teach us in such a beautiful cinematic way. ❣️

[@tiepolo100]

Kylie, I'm so glad I've discovered your videos. It's wonderful to see Florence today, I've whiled away many a happy hour in Gilli. I'm an art historian (18C Venetian art) and work in the cultural sector in Qatar ... I've been deprived of my visits to Italy and the South of France this year because of the pandemic so your videos are making such a difference right now. You can't imagine how lovely it is to watch your beautifully curated films. Warmest wishes to you!

[@KylieFlavell]

Wow, what an interesting profession! Thank you for watching, Sophie.

[@candydelucena2949]

I absolutely loooved this video. What should have taken 38 minutes took me an hour and a half because I took the time to practice over and over again. Thank you for your time, creativity and sharing your love of Italy with those of us who love it as well just can’t get there, yet!

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you Candy!!!

[@eduardasilva5421]

I loved this so much!!!!!

[@a.a6859]

‏beautiful and smart, Modest, you turn ordinary things into special things, your positive energy comes from my phone to my heart. you keep going. hope to see you if ever i am in italy. love you

[@rosevillanueva2067]

Your video promotions are elegant and show Italy at its best. They are simply awesome! I’ve been to Italy but would have done/seen more if I had known of your utubes sooner. Love your promotions. Tourism should hire you.

[@hannaho888]

Kylie Kylie, I am waiting for the day that ravel restriction lifts up, and go back to my quarter home country(my grandma was half italian half chinese) beautiful Italia!!! I just can't wait to go back... And right now I am studying Italian online. Thanks for the absolutely beautiful content! As always you lights up my heart ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DoItYourselfDIYAtHome]

This video gets me excited to visit Italy again. I hope to live there for a few years during my retirement.

[@micheledilo1238]

I just love watching your videos. They are so relaxing and entertaining. I also love watching your cooking videos. You're amazing how you can cook, paint, take care of a baby, a husband and renovate all at the same time. Looking forward to your next video. BTW love this video content for lessons in italian!!!

[@maryreyes368]

Can we have another video on coffee shops. Just love watching and having my cup of latte. Thanks!!!!

[@SpecialgiftsLA]

Kylie, Sending you all love, and thank you for the latest video. I am taking time to learn abit. being a visual person, the combination of your presence, the writing and images really makes it natural for me to learn otherwise I am just unable to absorb. I love your naural reactions to being healthy ..Thats the best part when you teach is the personal connections made by getting to know someone .❤❤😊

[@samanthac5872]

Oh I loved hearing Guido in this video. Long before we even knew him!!

[@me_myself_and1]

thanks for your smile and for appreciating our country

[@mareikemegerle2049]

I'm definitely going to give that book a try. Words and manners matter more than we think! And now for some reason I'm craving for something sweet and a coffee 😄

[@bzznz]

Thx Kylie, I'm savouring this for a slow breakfast tomorrow - months of all work and no play needs to party tonight

[@johnfbremerjr]

Your filming and editing is amazing! I like my coffee amaro, or even better amaretto. Si prega di appendere cappotti e cappelli :)

[@den2k885]

I am italian, I know how to order a coffee. Why am I watching this video? Whatever, I like it :D

[@ruthcortes1922]

I know this video was done few years ago but stil think is quite useful for those of us who would like to travel to italy

[@marybrown7292]

OMG Kylie this reminds me so much of my childhood holidays in Rome going to a bar every morning they didn't even ask if I wanted a glass of water while my Mamma had coffee. I miss Rome so much.

[@frankgreco3842]

Dearest Kylie, it is true manners, respect and politeness are incredibly important both when traveling and within our own communities. It is one of the aspects in why I long to return to Italia to live. Thank you for a wonderful video! Forse un giorno, presto, sarò abbastanza sicuro di poter scrivere un comments come questo in italiano. Grazie Lei!

[@CrystalDatingCoach]

I've been living here 25 years... And I still can't do it right!! 😅Un espresso with a little milk. Espresso macchiato. Macchiato means spots! Viva L'italia!!

[@Theodora.11]

Thank you Kylie, I can't wait to show off my new Italian with my dear friend when I visit him ! I would also love a video about phrases that will help me to be more respectful, I would love to turn those moments of miscommunication into something more sweet ☺️✨

[@KylieFlavell]

😘😘

[@AprilLightlyVlogs]

I never realised how slow we speak in Australia. I loved this video Kylie, Grazie!

[@caleblindley7142]

This is so very useful. When I'm paying for a cappuccino and a certain pastry. I find myself pointing towards the other counter to what I'm wanting, but walking to the other counter showing the cashier. So then the cashier's having to walk over to the food counter, with me trying to explain what I'm trying to order. And me feeling like a a nit wit. This video will help me tremendously. Infact this is helping that much, I'm subscribing. Molto bene grazie.

[@mayradell3953]

Kylie, yes, you are right!!! You have loads of grace and beauty. It is a joy to watch what you do. Keep up the good work.

[@interlene]

Dear Kylie I've watched a few of your great videos, and I'm only at the beginning of this one and I have to say this: you must be one of a handful of "foreigners" with Italian in the world who can say double consonants right! How refreshing 😁 You deserve Italian citizenship only for that! Love from Ireland, originally from Firenze countryside 😊

[@Tulkash01]

I’m actually impressed with this video, very well done, so kudos to ms Flavell, really. That said you did a small mistake about the water served with coffee. First of all it’s not just a Roman thing. It’s a way to serve coffee which is pretty high standard although the practice has become more common. The water is served with the coffee to allow the patron to wash his mouth and enjoy the full flavor of the coffee better. So you drink the water first and then you drink your coffee. Doing the opposite means you did not enjoy your coffee, the taste was foul and you need to wash it away. Also a funny thing about service costs in Italy (“coperto”): you can get in very classy and costly places and pay very little without sitting down. I remember fondly of the time I was a university student and with my friends we used to get into one of the most exclusive places in Padua having our coffee at the counter (“al banco”). That way you could only be charged for the product which was the standard price (the equivalent of 0.50 euros today) had we sat down the amount for the service would have been 20 times as much. In places like Venice this becomes even more ridiculous.

[@robertopesenti1173]

Good start with the Italian crooner Nicola Arigliano!!! Song...Un giorno ti dirò, A day I will tell you...

[@jenniferlindorff9710]

Kylie, so beautiful! This was my husband’s favorite bar while he lived in Florence. Wonderful video!

[@MadinaVadache]

What is the name ? I would like to visit while in Florence

[@KylieFlavell]

@@MadinaVadache Gilli in Piazza della Repubblica ☺️

[@jbvatuone]

@@KylieFlavell Are they open during the pandemic?

[@jennekalundeen8302]

It's so fun to learn Italian with such beautiful visuals as we dream of hopefully moving to italy

[@edwardparkhurst9804]

On point and I'm up to date with ordering coffee now. Brilliant video you have shown us. Kylie your the gold standard young lady. Absolutely nothing can compare to your talent and inspiration to so many people. Thanks for sharing this with us that watch your channel. Well done young lady. Thanks

[@shawndurbs]

I’ve been living here for 10 months now. Learning everyday. It’s not so easy but getting there, piano piano. Grazie per questo video.

[@crystijna]

You make me see my country so fashionable! Great job!

[@ClubuldeEnglezaYouTube]

Your Italian accent is quite good. Complimenti!

[@TrangDB9]

A caffè americano is sometimes also an instant coffee. I believe they call it also caffè lungo (long coffee). Not sure though if it's the same. About the pronunciation, when there are two letters of the same kind together, put the emphasis on those, like pizza, not piza. Not finished watching the video yet, but un affogato di caffè is ice cream with an expresso, really nice.

[@fernanda.pargac]

I could easily have a marathon of kylie’s videos and not get bored. Thank you kylie, such an inspiration

[@davidburgess1795]

This is excellent advice and quite inspirational ! I came across Kylie's channel a couple of weeks ago as I am currently learning Italian and I have found the videos more than helpful - what a pity I did not discover the channel earlier. An really high quality standard of presentation and audio which makes such a hugely refreshing change to some of the other material which is often posted. Thank you Kylie and keep up the fantastic work!!!

[@angelo7176]

Hi Kylie, I also believe in manners and I was raised to have them given that my parents were from a more polite, traditional society in many respects than modern day USA, (their childhood=1940-s-1950's Uruguay/ Argentina). Living in the USA today means that you need to be wary of polite manners in public as people can see you as strange/ weird. Society here is much less formal or polite than in Europe. I think that the polite, more formal nature in Italy is one of the characteristics that make Italy beautiful. Example: when I was a kid at the dinner table here in the USA, my father would always correct me when I would say, after being offered seconds, "No thanks, I'm full." He would say: "Don't be barbaric, you're not a car getting its gas tank filled at the gas station. Se dice/ you say: No thankyou, I'm satisfied." Kylie, you are very good at this, I think that you should offer lessons in common Italian exchanges that an English-speaking foreigner might encounter in Italy, perhaps through Patreon.

[@KylieFlavell]

Oh I love this example! Your father is right! Thank you for sharing this with me, Angelo.

[@laurencelopresti-ancien]

This kind of video is so complementary with my italian lessons, I love it so much! Thanks a lot Kylie! Yes of course manners count 😘

[@rkrbar]

Kylie really enjoyed your video which I stumbled on by accident, I worked all over Italy for a number of years. Totally fell in love with Italy and it’s people from the first visit, and believe me I have seen the good and bad of both as a resident. I made a conscious effort to learn to understand the language as best as I could at the time, and your comments around trying to understand even one word in a sentence to build on in the next encounter are so true, It’s amazing what you can do with such limited vocabulary, a good intent and as you point out good manners and politeness. The general level of civility in everyday transactions is just wonderful and I have witnessed the evident disappointment when tourists don’t understand the “norms” of behaviour expected. I often now watch Recipe videos in Italian and can only sometimes think of Italian words for items, Might start to watch your videos and get back into learning everyday Italian again such a pretty language.

[@mavsmom21]

I just wanted to drop in and say….I put your Italian learning videos on repeat two months before my first trip to Italy to see family I hadn’t met yet with my mother. 😅 This along with the other studies helped SO MUCH. These videos truly prepare you for everyday instead of the junk the apps and other lessons teach you. I had to speak for both my mother and I the whole trip. I had NO trouble asking for directions, taking the train, taxi, ordering and general conversation. In fact I was complimented the whole trip on my Italian. THANK YOU!!

[@KylieFlavell]

This comment makes me SO happy! Thank you! It’s the best feeling in the world when you make progress with a language!

[@svatisingh1]

Oooh I would love a video on manners and what to say, how to say - great idea Kylie, love your work - and yes, I was thinking the other day about how society is fast becoming cheap... The other day mum got a phone number written by an elderly lady's husband, mum was overwhelmed by how beautifully the numbers were written... we're losing the old ways and you're restoring them, thank you!x

[@KylieFlavell]

Oh you’re right - I can barely even remember when people would write out numbers. I can just imagine that note with his beautiful handwriting. ✍🏻📜

[@lunainnyc6619]

Thank you Kylie! I was in Milan last year and wanted to order a coffee...just by looking at all the options, I was so intimidated, that I just went without it. I learned much today! Grazie!🥰

[@brendaroxde6471]

This is a great video ; extremely helpful for tourist .Thank you . You just polished my Italian 😄 You’re gorgeous👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MsBaby1959]

I too believe in Manners Kylie, and as an English teacher I can only say you gave a very detailed and clear explanation of the words and phrases used in bars in Italy. 😘

[@deshnipillay1086]

Loved this video. Years ago I had a very educated lesson where I asked for a coffee....and got an espresso. As a South African we just call filter coffee, coffee. I must admit, it was a really delicious mistake. I now love espresso.

[@johndolewa8451]

Your photography skills blow me away. The composition is fantastic.

[@jeanninewarner9394]

This was wonderful! Thank you. 💐

[@ABWSKITCHEN]

Thanks for sharing, definitely we are coffee lovers, Italy has by far the best coffee in the world.

[@TheBluebellMoon2]

Excellent! Way better than a Duolingo lesson. More! More! Brava Kylie xx

[@FaithlovesRWJ]

oh my gosh kylie i was just waiting for your upload how wonderful!!

[@writer422]

Italy is so lovely.

[@kat.5927]

This reminds me of the Eat, Pray, Love scene

[@gabriellawilliams6866]

Kylie, these are so helpful as usual. Cheers

[@SommelierForHire]

I listened to this again. I love the way you emphasize the pronunciation. grazie mille. very helpful.

[@ehh098]

Thank you for keeping doing this beautiful videos for us ♥️