When it comes to cappuccino, you may have been drinking latte and cappuccino. In recent years, the more popular one is flat white, which is Australian white coffee. Australian white coffee is different from latte. It originated in Oceania. But do you know? In fact, besides Flat White, there is another milk coffee also from Australia, it is--piccolo coffee。Piccolo coffee originated in Australia and is said to be popular in Melbourne. The English name of Piccolo coffee "Piccolo" comes from Italian and means "small". Because it uses a single servingEspresso, and then the top layer of coffee is covered with a thin layer of milk foam, and it is served in a small transparent glass of about 100ml, which is very small.And because the cup size and ingredients are half that of latte coffee,(Normal latte cup is 200ml~300ml), so the piccolo is also called the "little latte". Although it is called a "little latte", making a cup of piccolo coffee is no easier than a latte. What is the difference between a piccolo and a latte? Latte coffee originated in Italy, but it flourished in Seattle, Washington, USA in the 1980s. It followed the footsteps of an international brand and became popular around the world. The word Latte comes from Italian and means milk. The difference between piccolo coffee and latte is that the cup size and ingredients of piccolo are half of latte. Therefore, the taste and texture of piccolo coffee will be the same as that of latte, but because the cup size is smaller, it will not be easy to fill you up and the burden will be less. More suitable for those who don't want to drink so much caffeine and milk.Piccolo coffee and Australian white coffeeFlat WhiteWhat's the difference? So, what is the difference between Piccolo coffee and Australian white? For those who like to drink milk coffee, Australian white coffee is made in Australia, allowing people to feel the sweet and rich coffee flavor in the milk, and you can also find the silky smoothness of the milk in the coffee. Front Street found that for Australians, latte is coffee for people who like milk. If you want to "really taste" the aroma of coffee beans and the perfect match with milk, Flat White will be more ideal. In addition to the most common Flat White, Australians also invented what is commonly known as the "little latte" for serious coffee lovers.Piccolo Latte. The Piccolo is actually a smaller version of the full latte, which represents the same flavor and intensity of coffee. This may cause some confusion among customers when ordering in the store.If we want to drink a cup of milk coffee with high sweetness and smooth taste, then Australian White is definitely the choice. And if we want to drink a cup of coffee and milk with a balanced taste, but the coffee flavor is not too concentrated and bitter, piccolo coffee may be your first choice.It is smooth in the mouth and has a moderate temperature. The temperature of about 55 to 65 degrees Celsius can just bring out the sweetness of lactose in the milk. In addition, precisely because the milk content is just right, we can drink the coffee's sweetness, richness and aftertaste, and at the same time, we will not feel full even if we drink the whole cup.How to make a standard piccolo latte In order to give the piccolo latte a mellow and solid taste, Front Street’s classic Italian blended coffee beans are used to make it. It uses the classic "Mamba recipe", with Brazilian and Mandheling as the main notes, and then combined with a small amount of Robusta. The purpose is to allow everyone to extract the rich caramel coffee flavor and full coffee crema at home. Below Front Street makes a cup of latte coffee and a cup of piccolo coffee respectively. You can compare the differences between them.
Front Street determined the concentrated extraction parameters through multiple adjustments: 20g of coffee powder, extraction of 40g of coffee liquid, and a time of 28 seconds. The latte produced at the Front Street Coffee Store uses a 300ml coffee cup, so pour 220g of milk and use a steam wand to whip it to 55 to 65 degrees Celsius. The thickness of the milk foam for latte coffee is moderate, about 0.5cm. After being whipped, the surface of the milk is shiny, bubble-free, and has a certain fluidity. Finally, just fuse the whipped milk with the espresso liquid for latte art.
Front Street uses a small cup of about 100~130ml to make piccolo, and preheats it in advance to ensure the drinking taste of the coffee. Then use a single shot of espresso (15-20ml) and 100ml of steamed milk with thin milk foam (less than 0.5cm). Except for the mini cup size, Piccolo coffee is not much different from a regular latte in structure. However, because the container is half smaller than the original, the difficulty of making it will undoubtedly be much higher than that of a latte.
Since they are all called "small latte", the standard latte art of hot latte is naturally indispensable, but the smaller cup shape means less space for the barista to draw. In line with the shrinkage of the entire cup of coffee, the barista must not only whip the only 100ml of milk in the milk vat into silky and dense milk foam, and evenly blend it with the coffee liquid, but also maintain the exquisite appearance of conventional hot milk coffee. This is why the piccolo coffee we usually see in cafes almost always have simple patterns such as tulips, small leaves, and hearts.It’s also milk coffee, so why is latte more famous than Australian white coffee and piccolo latte?Front Street speculates that it has something to do with the flavor and the intensity of promotion. Latte coffee is gradually becoming known as Starbucks expands its market around the world. Secondly, compared with Australian milk coffee, latte coffee has a larger proportion of milk in a cup of coffee. The espresso liquid is too concentrated and the rich flavor is greatly diluted, making it easier to accept. As Australian white coffee and piccolo latte appear on more and more cafe menus, and more and more people drink them, more and more people will know about this type of milk coffee from Australia.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
