quoms:

further intuitive coffee drink names

• 'coffee' - this is the basic coffee drink. they give you a cup that has coffee in it
  
• 'espresso' - comes from the word 'express', meaning 'fast'. this is coffee that they give to you faster but because they're in a hurry they make it small
• 'latte' - 'latte' is the word 'late' with an extra t added to it to make it look european. it's the opposite of espresso which just means they take longer to give it to you