When we go to a coffee shop to drink milk coffee, those who like a milder taste will order a latte. If we like a stronger coffee flavor, the barista will recommend ordering a latte.Flat white. The flat white produced at the front street store not only has the aroma of whiskey, cream, and vanilla, but also has the sour and sweet taste of berries, showing a full coffee aroma.
Flat whiteHow is it different from a latte?
It is also composed only of milk and espresso.Flat whiteThere is a clear difference in the taste from latte to latte.
Caffe Latte means milk in Italian. Latte is about achieving a balance between coffee and milk. You can not only drink the taste of coffee, but also taste the sweet and mellow taste of milk. The two complement each other and do not cover up the taste of each other. Flat white highlights the flavor of coffee by adding milk. Coffee is the protagonist and milk is only an auxiliary. ThereforeFlat whiteIn terms of taste, the coffee flavor is more abundant and rich.
Although flat white has its own characteristics, there is no fixed production ratio in the industry. The baristas in each coffee shop present different flat whites based on their different understanding of it and the Italian coffee beans used in their own stores.
The flat white produced by New Zealand baristas is presented in a coffee cup smaller than a latte (about 150ml), and the base uses double concentrate. In this way, as the amount of milk decreases, the proportion of coffee increases, and the coffee flavor naturally becomes stronger. Therefore, flat white is also called "little latte".
As baristas continue to improve their extraction techniques, in order to more perfectly express the aroma of Australian white and medium-sized coffee beans, Melbourne coffee shops will also replace the base with a double Ristretto, incorporating milk foam about the same thickness as a latte into a 150ml cup. Ristretto refers to an espresso with less liquid weight extracted from the same amount of powder. It can be said to be a smaller version of espresso. It is more concentrated in the front and middle parts of the extraction and has a richer taste. Therefore, higher quality requirements are required for the coffee beans used.
However, in Australia, baristas believe that it is enough to keep the milk foam thinner than that of a latte. When they produce Australian White, they use a cup with the same capacity as a latte, emphasizing more on the difference in the thickness of the milk foam. Compared with latte, cappuccino and other milk coffees, Fulibai's milk foam is the thinnest, generally 0.3 to 0.5cm. The "Flat" in Flat white means flat. The milk foam must be thin enough to be flush with the rim of the cup, and the milk foam layer must not be allowed to bulge, so that every sip of espresso liquid has a dense foam layer. Therefore, Fulibai is also called "plain white coffee". Most of the milk foam for latte coffee will have a bulge of about 0.5 to 0.7cm, while the milk foam for Australian white coffee can only be below 0.5cm, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve a "flat" liquid level. Front Street hopes that customers can enjoy the taste of Fuli Bai as smooth as cream without being too "watery", and will retain a 0.3cm milk foam layer.
What does the flat white on Qian Street look like?
Therefore, each coffee shop will present a unique flat white style based on its own preferences and skills, combined with the characteristics of its own coffee beans and its understanding of flat white. Front Street retains the characteristics of small cup size, thin milk foam, and double espresso in its flat white.
We make the American-style preferred Front Street blend bean series. They are all roasted to a medium-deep degree, with a balanced taste and a rich and mellow aroma. They include the butter-flavored Front Street Classic Blend, the nut-flavored Front Street Boutique Blend, the caramel-flavored Front Street Commercial Blend, and the chocolate-flavored Front Street Dark Cocoa.
For the coffee base, Front Street will choose a double espresso (Double Ristretto). 20 grams of coffee powder will extract 30 grams of coffee liquid. The extraction time is 25 to 27 seconds. However, Front Street needs to be reminded that the extraction parameters of each coffee bean will be slightly different. This extraction plan is adjusted by the barista every day based on Front Street’s classic blended coffee bean series.
Pour the extracted coffee liquid into a cup with a capacity of about 200ml prepared in advance, and pour 150ml of milk into the milk jug to beat. Whipping milk requires less air intake than latte coffee, and the foam layer is thinner and denser. The temperature is best controlled at 55 to 60 degrees Celsius, which makes it easier to drink. Finally, mix the whipped milk evenly into the coffee liquid, and you can use it as a stir-fry or not. The Flat White on Front Street presents the taste of chocolate milk and whiskey-filled chocolate, with a mellow and mellow taste and a long-lasting aftertaste.
Can flat white be made into ice?
Usually when we drink latte, we can choose to make it as an iced drink or a hot drink, but Flat White only provides hot drinks. This is because the barista hopes that when everyone drinks Australian white, they can drink the perfect combination of milk foam and milk coffee underneath. Only when the milk foam is very dense, thin, and the temperature is suitable for the mouth, can the milk foam and fragrant coffee liquid be drank at the same time in every mouthful, and the milk foam can be drank quickly before the milk foam is separated. After adding ice cubes, the cooled milk coffee will be diluted to a certain extent and cannot achieve the above effect.
If you are looking for a rich milk coffee with an iced taste, Front Street recommends you try an iced latte or the "Dirty" coffee, which has been very popular in the past two years. Dirty can be simply understood as a cold latte without ice. When making it, the espresso slowly flows into the surface of the frozen fresh milk, and the Espresso slowly penetrates and sinks on the surface of the milk and the edge of the glass. The white fresh milk seems to be stained, giving it a "dirty" feeling. The alternating hot and cold taste is very unique.
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
