Introducing Scenes from the Coffee Break Café

Introducing Scenes from the Coffee Break Café

Author: Coffee Break Languages March 19, 2025 Duration: 2:08

We’re about to launch four brand-new intermediate Spanish language course - Scenes from the Coffee Break Café.


Imagine yourself in a charming café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive new course, you’ll follow a compelling story set in a local café and build your language skills naturally through storytelling.


Here’s what makes it special:

  • 10 engaging lessons, each with a new chapter in the café’s unfolding story.
  • Authentic stories featuring café owners, regulars, and intriguing newcomers.
  • A podcast series where you can learn anywhere, anytime!
  • Premium course materials available, including video lessons, detailed notes, quizzes, and targeted grammar exercises to deepen your understanding.
  • Cultural insights and real-world expressions that bring the language to life.


Imagine yourself sipping a café con leche in Spain - you’ll feel like you’re right there, soaking up the language and culture in the most engaging, natural way possible.


In this promo episode, we share everything you need to know about Scenes and how you can experience language learning like never before! Are you ready to step inside?


Click here to pre-order the full course now and be the first to access Scenes from the Coffee Break Café on launch day - Monday, 24th March.


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The journey to learning a new language often feels like a monumental task, but Coffee Break Spanish reimagines the process as something you can genuinely fit into your daily routine. Created by Coffee Break Languages, this podcast structures its lessons around the idea that meaningful progress happens in short, consistent bursts-the kind you might enjoy with a cup of coffee in hand. You won't find overwhelming grammar lectures here. Instead, each episode is a focused, friendly conversation that zeroes in on practical language you can actually use, building your confidence piece by piece. The show is carefully designed to grow with you, starting from the very first words and phrases for absolute beginners and gradually introducing more complex concepts as you move through the seasons. Listening to this podcast feels less like formal study and more like joining a helpful guide who breaks things down clearly, always with the goal of helping you communicate with native speakers. Whether you're preparing for a trip, connecting with heritage, or simply exercising your brain, the approach is both accessible and deeply effective, turning those small moments of your day into tangible steps toward fluency.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 325

Coffee Break Spanish
Podcast Episodes
CBS 1.34 | Ordering breakfast [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:40
It’s a beautiful morning and Mark and Kara are joined by Kara’s mother and another tourist on the balcony of the hotel for breakfast. Topics covered include forming plural and singular verbs in the formal form. Please no…
CBS 1.33 | Checking in to a hotel [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:00
In lesson 33 we revisit the language learned in earlier lessons for booking into a hotel. Having arrived in Santiago de la Ribera, Kara takes on the role of “Jane Johnston” who needs to check into the hotel. Please note…
CBS 1.32 | Arriving in Spain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:59
Mark and Kara have arrived in San Javier airport near Murcia in the east of Spain. In this lesson you’ll listen to a conversation between Mark and the employee at the help desk at San Javier airport as Mark asks for dire…
CBS 1.31 | On a flight to Spain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:24
Lessons 31-40 were recorded in Spain and feature conversations with native speakers. These lessons will give listeners the opportunity to put the language they’ve been learning to use. In lesson 31 Mark and Kara are in t…
CBS 1.30 | At a UEFA Cup Final in Glasgow [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:13
In Lesson 30, Mark and Kara bring you a cultural lesson. You will have the chance to hear some conversations with Spanish football supporters.Please note that lesson 30 of Season 1 was originally known as lesson 130 of C…
CBS 1.29 | At the pharmacy or doctor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:37
In Lesson 29, Mark and Kara talk more about aches and pains and cover more useful language for a visit to a Spanish pharmacy, including symptoms and remedies. They also take a look at demonstrative adjectives as well as…
CBS 1.28 | Aches and pains [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:21
This week Mark and Kara look at the language required for a visit to the pharmacy or doctor’s. They learn Spanish words for different parts of the body and some common remedies. The verb doler is covered, along with tene…
CBS 1.27 | Exchanging currency [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:35
This week Mark and Kara look at dealing with banks and services while travelling. This lesson brings learners to a crucial stage in their language-learning as it concentrates on reusing already learned material and chang…
CBS 1.26 | At the market in Spain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:14
In this week’s edition of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara continue the shopping theme, this time buying food in the market. Please note that lesson 26 of Season 1 was originally known as lesson 126 of Coffee Break Sp…
CBS 1.25 | Shopping [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:18
In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara head to the shops and Kara learns the language required to try on clothes and buy souvenirs. Please note that lesson 25 of Season 1 was originally known as les…