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These are the types of coffee that are most common in Spain:

• Café solo - Espresso
• Café cortado - Express with a little bit of milk
• Café americano - A cup of regular coffee
• Café con leche - A cup of coffe with milk
• Café descafeinado de sobre/de máquina con leche/sin leche - A cup of decaf (instant coffee/made with the coffee maker - with/without milk)

For beer:

You can get the job done by saing: "Una cerveza, por favor".  But you can sound like a pro if you know this:

- "Un botellín de cerveza"  (oon botayeen day thervetha) - You'll get a bottle of beer

- "Una caña"  (oona can-ya)- You'll get a draft beer in a glass

For wine: 

You can say: "Una copa de vino tinto/blanco/rosado"

Almost all restaurants will bring you a snack with each round of drinks you order (at least the good ones). Usually olives, nuts, a toast with ham etc. This is included int he price of the drink.

Tapas are small portions of food.  In Spain, when you go to have a "caña" or any kind of soft drink to a bar or café is common that they serve you some tapas with your drink, it could be from a bowl of chips to a piece of "spanish omelette". They are included in the price of the drink, so don't worry if you see your waiter/waitress bringing food to your table that you didn't order. 

Tapas could also be ordered if they have them in the menu. If you decide to have some tapas for dinner, you can order some tapas to share with the people you are with (of course they are going to be bigger than the ones they give you for free).

The best and most efficient way to spend money while traveling in Europe is to use credit and debit cards that don't charge fees. 

• Use a credit card (preferably Visa or MasterCard) that does not charge a foreign transaction fee. Call you bank to confirm what fees they will charge you. 
• If given the option on a credit card reader, always choose to pay in Euros rather than US Dollars. This way you'll get a better exchange rate. 
• If you need cash, withdraw money from ATMs, but be conscious of fees. You may be charged a fee locally by the ATM, as well as by your bank. Some banks/cards reimburse this fee. 
• If your debit card will charge you a fee to withdraw Euros, then you need to consider whether it would be better to exchange dollars at a currency exchange kiosk without a fee, but with what will likely be a worse exchange rate. 
• Credit cards are excepted almost everywhere and depending on the fees charged by your bank, is likely the best way to spend money.
• Check to see if you need to put a travel notification on your cards. You can do this by calling the number on the back of the card, or sometimes from your account online.