Discuss these questions with your small group.

1. Are you a coffeeholic?

2. Do you need coffee or tea to wake up in the morning?
3. What do you think of the new trend of flavored coffee?
4. Do you have a favorite coffee flavoring?
5. If you prefer tea, what’s your favorite type of tea?
6. Do you like the smell of coffee?
7. Did your parents drink coffee?
Discussion questions, continued

8. Describe two of your favorite cafes in the world.

9. What are the health benefits of coffee or tea?
10. Do you like iced coffee?
11. Do you like coffee sold in cans?
12. Which coffee chains (e.g. Starbucks or Dunkies) do you love or hate?
13. Do you think that you spend too much money on buying coffee or tea away from home?
Warmup discussion: coffee!
• Match the pieces of the following phrases
below to create “collocations”
• Your coffee container
• A discerning thumb
• Cost counter
• A rule of fix
• A kitchen palate
• An airtight a fortune
Read and fill in the spaces (1)
• Do you spend too much money ordering ____1______
skinny lattes? Is it possible to get your coffee fix at
home with a brew that a professional ____2___ would
be proud of? According to Sam Gardiner, the manager
of an independent Sydney-based café, it isn’t hard to
make a coffee at home that should _____3_____ even
the most discerning palate. The ____4____ to good
coffee isn’t expensive equipment. “Skip the machines
with coffee _____5_____,” she says. They’re bad for
the environment and cost a ____6___________.”
• (pods, fortune, overpriced, key, barista, satisfy)
Read and fill in the spaces (2)
Sam’s rule of thumb is simple: if a coffee maker comes with a
__7____, you don’t need it. ____ 8______ domestic espresso
machines, laden with ___9___ display panels and mysterious
cleaning cycles might look _____10 ____ on your kitchen counter,
but you’ll get better results with a simple cafetiere or ____11____.

Sam’s Tips for Better Coffee

1) It’s all about the ____12_____! Beans start to go stale
within a few days of being ____13_____, Try to find beans that
have a roasting date marked on the packet.

• (Complicated, filter, beans, LED, plug, roasted, trendy)

Read and fill in the spaces (3)
• 2) Don’t buy ___________ coffee. Keep your beans in
an airtight container and ___________ them when
you’re ready to ________ your coffee.
• 3) Be careful with the water ____________. Boiling
water is great for tea—but will ________ ground coffee.
• 4) For the best results, use a _______ filter over a cup
or pot. Pour a little water at a time. It’s an easy way to
control the __________ and volume of your coffee.

• (simple, strength, grind, burn, )

Vocabulary building. (Let’s review)
1. As _______________________, you should use one
scoop of coffee per person.
2. I’ll drink any wine or beer– I don’t have
_______________
3. Why do inkjet cartridges ______________? I think it’s a
disgrace!
4. Cookies/biscuits keep for longer if you store them in an
_______________
5. I can’t start work in the morning until I have had my
________
6. I have lots of rarely used gadgets sitting on my _____.
 Tongue Twisters:
• Stupid superstition (3 times quickly)
• Eleven benevolent elephants (3 times
quickly)
• Two tried and true tridents (3 times quickly)
• Pre-shrunk silk shirts (3 X quickly)
• Truly rural (3 X quickly)