Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te.

Here is the basic breakdown:

• Jag = the subject, I
• gillar = the verb, like
• kaffe = the first thing being liked, coffee
• lika mycket som te = a comparison phrase, meaning as much as tea

A fuller version would be:

Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som jag gillar te.

In the original sentence, the second jag gillar is left out because it is understood.

Because kaffe and te are being used as general, uncountable substances here: coffee and tea in general.

Swedish often leaves out en/ett in this situation, just like English usually says:

• I like coffee
• not usually I like a coffee when speaking generally

So:

• Jag gillar kaffe = I like coffee
• Jag gillar te = I like tea

If you meant a specific serving, then an article could appear, for example ett kaffe = a coffee.

Lika mycket som is the standard way to say as much as when comparing degree or extent.

So:

• lika = equally / as
• mycket = much
• som = as

Together, lika mycket som means as much as.

In this sentence, it compares the degree of liking:

Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te
= I like coffee as much as tea

It is not about quantity of coffee or tea. It is about how strong the liking is.

Because mycket is used for amount or degree, while många is used with countable plural nouns.

Here, you are not counting separate items. You are comparing the degree of liking, so mycket is the right choice.

Compare:

• Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te = comparison of degree
• Jag har lika många böcker som du = I have as many books as you
  Here böcker is countable plural, so många is used.

In Swedish:

• som is used in equal comparisons: as ... as
• än is used in unequal comparisons: more/less ... than

So:

• lika mycket som = as much as
• mer än = more than
• mindre än = less than

Examples:

• Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te = I like coffee as much as tea
• Jag gillar kaffe mer än te = I like coffee more than tea

Because Swedish often omits repeated words when they are easy to understand from context.

So these mean essentially the same thing:

• Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te.
• Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som jag gillar te.

The shorter version is natural and common. The longer version is more explicit and can be useful if you want extra clarity.

Yes, that is possible.

Both gilla and tycka om can mean to like.

• gilla is very common and direct
• tycka om can sound slightly softer or more personal in some contexts

So both are fine:

• Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te
• Jag tycker om kaffe lika mycket som te

In everyday Swedish, gillar is very common for things like food, drinks, music, films, and so on.

Yes. Gillar is present tense.

The sentence expresses a general fact or preference:

Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te
= I like coffee as much as tea

In Swedish, the present tense is often used this way for general likes, habits, and opinions, just as in English.

A rough guide:

• Jag ≈ yah
• gillar ≈ YIL-lar
• kaffe ≈ KAF-feh
• lika ≈ LEE-ka
• mycket ≈ roughly MYCK-et, though the y sound is not exactly like English
• som ≈ som
• te ≈ teh with a long vowel

Two especially important points:

• In gillar, the g is pronounced like y because it comes before i
• jag is often pronounced more like ya in normal speech than the spelling might suggest

Swedish follows the verb-second rule in main clauses. That means the finite verb usually comes second, even if something other than the subject comes first.

So if you move kaffe to the front, you get:

Kaffe gillar jag lika mycket som te.

Not:

Kaffe jag gillar lika mycket som te.

That word order is very important in Swedish.

Yes, but it does not mean exactly the same thing.

• Jag gillar både kaffe och te = I like both coffee and tea
• Jag gillar kaffe lika mycket som te = I like coffee as much as tea

The first sentence only says that both are liked.
The second says the degree of liking is equal.

So lika mycket som adds a more precise comparison.