In the summer of 2022 we travelled to Coburg Germany as part of our trip to Bavaria. We were there in the early afternoon and on this particular day it was quite hot outside.
We decided to stop at a cafe for a drink and a short rest in the shade of the cafe umbrellas. The Cafe we chose was located in the beautiful Marktplaz square and was aptly called Kaffeehaus, which I'm sure that you can guess exactly what that translates to. It's funny how so many different countries have so many similar sounding names perhaps a little foreshadowing there on whats to come....
Given the heat of the day we both decided that an iced coffee was in order, so without bothering to look at the menu we confidently asked for just that when our waitress came around to take our order.
"Two ice coffees please," in English of course, not even bothering to attempt to speak German, as any good English tourist would do.
My wife asked me to take a picture of her hat while we waited. She loves that hat, though I don't really know why.
A few moments later the waitress set our drinks down on the table and promptly walked away. I looked at the drinks and then looked at my wife. "Is that what we ordered? It looks liked there is ice cream in it..."
And then it dawned on me. Ice cream in Germany is simply called "Eis." It seemed that we had in fact gotten exactly what we had ordered, ice cream and coffee.
The beverage ended up being absolutely delicious, one of those "happy mistakes" as Bob Ross would say. I scarfed it down in a matter of seconds and immediately decided that at that point on, "Eis coffee" would be my new drink of choice in Germany.