Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (3) Drink-related words

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sool
alchol in general
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oom-nyoh-soo
soft drinks in general
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chahn
glass; cup — also as a counting unit; a glass of
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pyung
bottle
Now,
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k’uh-p’i-shohp
coffee shop — most likely serving soft drinks only, like Starbucks
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ch’aht-chip
tea house — most likely serving Korean/herb tea
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k’ah-p’eh
café — soft drinks and liquer (by night, maybe), some meal
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sool-jip
bar — a generic term for bars in different types
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k’uh-p’i
coffee
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ch’ah
tea
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k’o-lah
cola
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sai-dah
sprite or 7-up (un-cola)
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choo-s
juice as in orange juice (most likely when you don’t specify it)
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mack-choo
beer
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soh-choo
soju — a typical Korean hard liquer. Transparent
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mahk-gohl-li
milk-colored liquer made of fermented rice
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wah-inn
wine, alternatively called p’oh-doh-joo (grape-liquer)
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yahng-choo
Western hard liquer in general, such as whisky, brandy, burbon, etc. (you need to specify it)

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