About
Espresso Stories is a way to immerse yourself in Spanish by reading quality fun short stories regularly.
When you subscribe a new short story is delivered to you by email three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Reading in a foreign language can be tough so the stories are kept to an accessible length and designed to be readable by anyone with at least intermediate language skills.
Everyone has their own technique for learning by comprehensible input, so we largely leave you to figure out how best to discover and learn the new vocabulary you encounter.
That said, we do note down any key vocabulary or idiomatic expressions at the end of each email for reference.
We hope you enjoy Espresso Stories for Spanish, and would love any feedback from you using the form below.
Did you know you can learn all the key vocabulary and phrases from this story using the free Linguini iPhone app? Plus, with its intelligent spaced repetition feature, you can be sure you’re committing things from short term to long term memory.
What people think of Espresso Stories
‘I love the stories sent to my email.’
‘You are doing such a good job in helping your readers see not only the amount of dialects there is to explore, but also the content of those dialects!‘
‘I enjoy the stories I find them interesting challenging and fun to read.’
‘I am very much enjoying the stories and am glad to have subscribed.’
‘Length, content, and variety of genres are all perfect!’
Questions we get asked
Question: how often will I receive stories?
Answer: stories are sent on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with an email describing what’s coming in the week ahead sent on Sundays.
Question: are the stories AI generated?
Answer: yes, stories are developed with the help of AI, but humans come up with the plot ideas and of each story we ask ‘does it make me feel something?’ as a way of ensuring a level of narrative quality. Stories are also checked for language accuracy.
Question: what is the best workflow for using the story, vocab notes and audio?
Answer: this is largely down to the individual’s preferred learning style. If you would like a suggestion, we would recommend that you learn the key vocabulary first, then read the story, and finally listen to it. That way you have the satisfaction of being able to understand most of the content as you read/listen to it, without having to break your flow.