When talking about coffee, many people also think of coffee with milk. People are used to going to Starbucks, or any coffee shop, and asking for a latte. In recent years, friends who go to the Qian Street store will also say: I want a cup of flat white. In fact, flat white is the English name of Australian white coffee.
The reason why it is called Australian White Coffee is because this coffee was born in Australia. However, the origin of Australian white coffee is full of controversy on the other side of Oceania. The Australians claim that they invented flat white; while their neighbor New Zealand claims that the birthplace of flat white should be New Zealand.
As early as the 1960s, the term flat white appeared in a British film calledDanger by My SideIn the movie, however, the flat white in the movie is used to refer to coffee that is watery.
It was not until the 1980s that there were written records of the modern drink flat white.
【Australia】
In May 1983, a review of Delicate Cafe mentioned "flat white";
In April 1984, a Sydney newspaper article ridiculed the then-popular latte, describing it as "flat white";
In 1985, the drink "flat white" appeared on the menu of a cafe called Moors Espresso in Sydney. The owner of the cafe said that he brought the drink "white coffee-flat" to Sydney from Queensland;
In 1985, the menu in the Parliament House restaurant in Canberra was labeled "flat white only"
【New Zealand】
A DKD cafe in Auckland, New Zealand invented the flat white to replace latte coffee;
In 1989, a barista at Wellington's Bar Bodega used skimmed milk to whip up a cappuccino, but the cappuccino failed because the milk froth was too thin. Instead, it ended up as a flat white.
Whether Flat White originated in Australia or New Zealand is a highly controversial topic. Regardless of its place of origin, Australian White Coffee has attracted the attention of many coffee lovers with its rich coffee flavor and delicate taste, and has been praised by many milk coffee lovers.
What’s even more interesting is that for the same coffee called flat white, Australia and New Zealand have different production standards. Australians prefer a single shot of espresso, while New Zealanders prefer a double shot. Speaking of this, some friends may ask Front Street: What kind of coffee is espresso?
Espresso coffee is similar to the espresso coffee we usually drink, but there are also differences. The similarity is that both are espresso liquid extracted using the same production principle. The difference is that espresso coffee, as its name suggests, has a more concentrated coffee flavor.
In the process of extracting espresso, the coffee liquid that drips out initially is dark in color and has a viscous texture. As the coffee extraction time increases, the color of the later coffee liquid becomes lighter and lighter, and the texture becomes thinner and thinner.
Espresso coffee is extracted from the front and middle parts of espresso, so compared with espresso, espresso has a richer coffee flavor and a thicker taste.
Although the coffee product "Australian White Coffee" is not marked on the menu of FrontStreet Coffee, when friends request this product, the FrontStreet store will still produce it. When the baristas at FrontStreet Coffee produce Australian white coffee, they use double espresso as the base.
How to make FrontStreet Coffee Australian white coffee
The standard for espresso produced by Front Street is 20 grams of coffee powder to extract 40 grams of espresso liquid, and the extraction time is 28 seconds.
Front Street uses cups with a capacity of approximately 240ml when producing Australian white coffee. Since the Australian white coffee milk foam is very thin, when frothing the milk, Front Street recommends letting the milk enter a rotating state first, then adding a small amount of air, and finally entering the stage of thickening the milk foam.
After the fusion is complete, because the milk foam is very thin, it is difficult to shape the subsequent latte art. Front Street recommends using a fixed-point injection in the center to form a small dot, or draw a heart shape.
The Australian white coffee produced by Front Street has a strong flavor of vanilla, cream and obvious whiskey barrel aroma. If you drink it in the cold winter, you will feel warm. This is because the Front Street store uses sunflower warm sun blended coffee beans to make espresso. This Italian blend uses 70% Honduras coffee beanssherry coffee beansIt is blended with 30% Ethiopian sun-dried red cherry coffee beans.
sherry coffee beansIt is fermented at low temperature in Sherry whiskey barrels for 30 to 40 days, allowing the Sherry whiskey flavor to penetrate into the green coffee beans. Sherry whiskey has rich vanilla and cream flavors, and an explosive sweetness, and this onesherry coffeeThe beans also have a similar flavor to sherry cask whiskey.
This oneHonduran coffee bean varietiesFor Caturra, Caduai and Pacas, the blessing of bourbon genes makes the sweetness of Sherry coffee beans more obvious. Meanwhile, Shirley Coffee Bean ownsCharacteristics of Honduran coffee beans, overall balanced, and the sourness will not be too prominent.
What is the difference between Australian white coffee, latte, and cappuccino?
If you have tasted Australian white coffee, latte coffee, and cappuccino, you will find that latte coffee has a stronger milk flavor, cappuccino has a more obvious coffee flavor and a denser taste, while Australian white coffee highlights the flavor of coffee and weakens the presence of milk.
Comparing the ratio of milk to coffee liquid, latte milk accounts for the largest proportion of the three, while Australian white coffee uses less milk. Therefore, in terms of flavor, latte milk has a strong flavor, while Australian white coffee has a rich flavor.
The easiest way to distinguish between the three is to start with the thickness of the milk foam. When Front Street produces three types of milk coffee, the milk foam thickness of Australian white coffee is the thinnest, the milk foam thickness of latte coffee is in the middle, and the milk foam thickness of cappuccino is the thickest among the three.
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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
