For most coffee drinkers, the first time they metFlat whiteThis drink was launched in 2015 when Starbucks named it "Furi White" and added it to the permanent menu. Later, various coffee brands also launched flat white, and gave this drink from the southern hemisphere various names: Starbucks' Fuli White, Costa's Chunyi White, and the new chain coffee brand Lucky's White. The baristas at FrontStreet Coffee like to call it Australian white coffee.
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If you want to drink milk coffee, you will order a latte in Italy, but in Australia the barista will make you a flat white, because here milk coffee is called Flat White. Italians who immigrated to Australia in the 1980s brought espresso machines to New Zealand, Australia, Melbourne and other countries. At that time, the traditional fancy coffees were mainly latte and cappuccino, but Australians liked a richer coffee flavor and thinner milk foam, so Fuli White came into being. Flat means "flat", and white refers to white coffee with milk added. It didn't take long for Australian White to appear on fixed menus in Europe and the United States and other countries, becoming a standard drink in major cafes.
Friends who often drink milk coffee should know that the focus of latte is milk, so the cup size is often large, usually more than 250ml. For example, a cup of hot latte produced by Front Street will be served in a 300ml coffee cup. It is based on a double shot of espresso of about 40g, and then adds 260ml of fresh milk, so you will always feel full after drinking it.
Compared with latte, Australian White highlights the flavor of coffee by adding milk. Coffee is the protagonist and milk is only an auxiliary. Therefore, in terms of taste, Australian White's coffee flavor is more abundant and richer. In addition, the upper layer of milk foam is light and thin, so that every sip of espresso liquid has a velvety dense foam layer. The moderate temperature and small cup size can quickly drink up the milk foam before it is separated. The Australian white produced by New Zealand baristas is presented in small cups. The amount of coffee remains unchanged, the amount of milk is reduced, the proportion of coffee is increased, and the coffee flavor is naturally stronger.
OribaiHow is it different from latte?
According to the characteristics of Australian white coffee, like cappuccino and latte, it is composed of espresso, hot milk and milk foam. The difference lies in the different proportions of milk and milk foam thickness.
Usually, cappuccino is made with a cup of espresso coffee and thick milk foam, usually in a 1-2cm thick "hamburger shape". You must first inhale the foam in a big mouth before drinking the coffee liquid. The milk foam of latte coffee will be thinner, about 0.5cm thick, while the milk foam of Fuli White is the thinnest and must be controlled within 0.3cm, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve a "flat" liquid level. Regarding the specific thickness of the milk foam, each coffee shop is different. In order to allow customers to taste the upper layer of coffee oil to the greatest extent, some baristas will directly heat the milk without foaming it and inject it into the espresso. Front Street hopes that customers can enjoy the taste of Fulibai as smooth as cream without being too "watery", and will retain a 0.3cm milk foam layer.
When we make latte coffee, the coffee shop will have its own ratio of coffee and milk, and Obai usually determines the amount of milk based on the cup size. In order to present a richer coffee flavor, New Zealand baristas produce Australian White in small cups of 150 to 180ml. The amount of coffee remains unchanged, the amount of milk is reduced, and the proportion of coffee is increased, so the coffee flavor is naturally stronger. Therefore, Australian White is also called "little latte".
In addition, with the advent of the specialty coffee era, people are beginning to apply more and more single-origin coffee to the extraction of espresso, which is what we often hear about SOE (Single Origin Espresso). Compared with large cups of latte and cappuccino with thick milk foam, Flat White is more suitable for expressing the flavor of the coffee bean itself. In Melbourne coffee shops, baristas will replace the espresso base with a double Ristretto, and put milk foam about the same thickness as a latte into a 150ml cup.
Ristretto means "restricted" in Italian. Espresso can be regarded as a "restricted" version of espresso, that is, only the front and middle portion of Espresso is taken. Since Ristretto only has the front and middle portion of espresso, the concentration will be higher than Espresso. The taste of coffee is stronger, the flavor is more concentrated, and milk is added to give a thicker taste. Front Street needs to remind you that the extraction plan of each coffee bean will be slightly different. This extraction plan is the extraction parameter adjusted by the barista before opening every day, and is based on the Nuanyang blend used in the store.
front streetOribairecipe for making
Front Street believes that the origin of Australian white comes from everyone's pursuit of the flavor and taste of specialty coffee beans. Therefore, there are many ways to make it, which depends on the coffee beans used in the coffee shop and the barista's understanding of Australian white. Under normal circumstances, baristas will start from several aspects such as small cup size, thin milk foam, and essence and concentrated base to present the unique taste of Australian white.
The Italian blend coffee used in Front Street is the "Sunflower Warm Blend" roasted in-house, which is composed of 70% Honduran sherry coffee and 30% Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherry coffee. The whiskey, vanilla, and cream flavors of sherry are combined with the tropical fruits and fermentation of red cherries, making the coffee in the cup rich in aroma and soft in taste.
For the coffee base, FrontStreet Coffee will choose Double Ristretto. 20 grams of coffee powder will extract 30 grams of coffee liquid. The extraction time is 22-24 seconds, but FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will Coffee) needs to be reminded that the extraction plan of each coffee bean will be slightly different. This extraction plan is the extraction parameter adjusted by the barista before opening every day, and is based on the Nuanyang blend used in the store.
Pour the extracted coffee liquid into the cup prepared in advance, pour 150ml of milk into the milk jug and 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, just pour the whipped milk into the coffee, whether it is latte or not. Since the thin milk foam does not make the liquid surface level with the coffee cup, its appearance looks flat.
Front Street's Australian White Coffee presents aromas of vanilla, chocolate milk, whiskey-filled chocolate, and the sour and sweet berries. It has a mellow and mellow taste with a long-lasting aftertaste.
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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
