Speaking about coffee: single or ...

[milan2003_07]

Hello everyone,

I'm reading a dialogue in the New English file student's book and I've come across a dialogue where a woman wants to buy coffee from a barman. Below I've provided some extracts from the dialogue:

Woman: Can I have a coffee and a chocolate brownie, please
Barman: Espresso, Americano, cappuccino?
Woman: An espresso, please
Barman: Single or ...
Woman: Single, please. How much is that?

The task is to complete the sentences. I wonder what "single coffee" means? Does it mean coffee without milk? If so, can I write "Single or with milk"?

 

[milan2003_07]

I've also found that espresso can be 'single' or 'double'. Probably the question should be "Single or double"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I've also found that espresso can be 'single' or 'double'. Probably the question should be "Single or double".

That's right. The amount of water doesn't change. It's just the amount of coffee that changes.
Note that your sentence starting "Probably" wasn't a question. To be a question, it would have to start with "Should".