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Well, you do not put it in your cup of ready coffee, sure. But a pinch of salt, added to the ground coffee before pouring the water on makes all the difference!
My ex mistakenly used a few teaspoons of salt in her coffee. While I highly recommend letting a 'mean' ex try it, I don't recommend tasting it yourself. ;-)
Or even just a very small pinch to a cup. Handy when you're running low on sugar, or are trying to cut back. Cuts the bitterness by a lot, which reduces the need for sugar. Literally just a few grains is all it takes, so it also won't significantly impact your sodium intake. Unless you're a pot a day or more kind of person.
Ruins excellent coffee, but helps mask the bitterness of substandard coffee (IMO)
Use a better coffee, like Espresso Vivace and you won't have to mess around with trying to repair it with salt. (that's just wrong)
Hammo is right. My coffee translates to "Il mio caffè". The determinate article (which in this case is 'Il') is needed when referring to an object that belongs to someone (though there are a few exceptions). Therefore instead of saying "in il mio caffè" we use the contraction "nel' to say 'nel mio caffè'.
I'm not entirely sure but I recall an Italian friend of mine saying "in" is used on a grander scale (as: "in a city"). I'm sure someone else will be able to confirm or deny it :)
I don't put salt in my coffee, I have people do it for me. People who ostensibly don't like me.
I like to sprinkle salt on my coffee grounds before brewing. It's especially helpful if you're drinking a lower grade of coffee like at an all night diner.
Salty coffee is an old Turkish tradition...There are many steps in traditional Turkish wedding ceremonies...First step: mother and father of the groom (and some elder family members) go to the bride’s family’s house. The bride candidate has to serve Turkish coffee to the guests to show her grace but she also serves salty coffee to her beloved. If he drinks the coffee without any bad expression on his face, his love is true! In other words, if the bride has a gratitude in the groom and is ready to live with him in all conditions and at any difficulty, he is made by drinking salty coffee. At present, it's common joke. :)
I said, "I don't add salt to my coffee." Dl marked it wrong, but I think it should be right. It's kinda close, right?
They have a different word for add. Non aggiungo sale nel mio caffe.
DL staff do this all the time. It is considered normal. The remainder of thinking people have different views.
Lmao, the lady speaking sounds like she's laughing at the beginning of the sentence. Salt in coffee is not that bad, but it's not ideal. I used to have to put salted butter in mine before I could find unsalted... It's not that bad, though.
Wait, butter? Do people do that, butter in coffee? I would have called you a liar but now that I know people put salt in it, frankly I'm not sure what to believe anymore.
yes, sir! haha, no i thought it was strange, too, when i heard about it. took some research and convincing, but one day i just did it.
im am certainly a bigger fan of strong, black coffee (thank my former-military father for that!) but the taste is quite good and you can not ignore the health and cognitive benefits gleaned from it... check it out: http://www.bulletproofexec.com/ and see what you think.
My nonno dipped butted toast in his, it was great. I must get onto it again!
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There's no way the vocals to this do not say "nella". I've listed to it dozens of times and it is definitely nella
Because the word for 'salt' - sale, is the same spelling as the plural for 'lounge' la sala - the lounge, le sale - the lounges. It's only a computer and has a list of words to test in a lesson, and if a phrase has that word in it, then it has a chance of going in.
Ne sono così felice. Mi preoccuperei di te se mettessi sale nel tuo caffè.
Does anybody else see what I'm seeing? I press the button for this one and here nothing. These are the messages I get back from duolingo:
No listening exercises. They will be back in 1 hour. Meaning: I do not put salt in my coffee.
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So while everyone is drinking their coffee with salt or butter or sugar, can someone tell me why it is sale and not il sale? I keep running into this and get confused. Like, why is it, non mangio caramelle instead of le caramelle? Is there a rule?
I don't put salt INTO my coffee is wrong. How does "INTO my coffee" translate?
I'm no native English speaker, but I don't believe anyone actually says "put ... INTO my coffee"
