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Since the successful invention of the espresso machine, the culture of espresso has spread all over the world. Anyone who has drank coffee knows the importance of espresso to coffee. Italy is the place where espresso culture spreads. The Italians' preparation of espresso has well inherited their coffee culture, and espresso is also called the "soul of coffee." Any espresso bean must have an espresso base, that's constant. Due to cultural differences in different countries, different Italian coffee cultures have developed, and the most popular Italian coffee in recent years has to be Australian white coffee.
Why does Australian White Coffee attract people’s attention? Let Front Street dig into the story behind it!
The Origin of Australian White Coffee
Australian white is the abbreviation, and the full name is: "Australian white coffee". It originated in Melbourne, Australia in 1980, and then quickly became popular in New Zealand and Australia, and also led the milk coffee trend in the two places at that time. In fact, the ingredients of Australian white coffee are not much different from cappuccino and latte, but due to the thickness of milk foam, it is between cappuccino and latte. No one could have expected the rapid popularity of this coffee, because the thickness of the milk foam is just low, which highlights the aroma of the coffee. Perhaps at that time, some people were more receptive to the emergence of a new product, which made coffee quickly become popular.
Compared with cappuccino, the milk foam of Australian White has lower air content, and the espresso blend shows a flat surface, hence the name Flat White. The quality of coffee production is the key to whether a cup of coffee tastes good. Although Australian white is different from cappuccino, it is not made casually.
A good cup of Australian white coffee must have delicate but trace amounts of milk foam at the top. At the same time, you must also be able to see the unique oils of espresso. Only in this way can you feel the milk and rich aroma when you enter the mouth. The coffee aroma contained in the oils can be brought out and blended together to give the taste a smooth and sticky feeling, sweet and not greasy, forming Australia's own unique coffee culture and system. Although it was Starbucks that brought milk coffee to the world, Australian White is Australia’s unique coffee business card.
The difference between Australian white and dirty
Australian White:Espresso + milk + 0.5cm milk foam. The cup size of Australian White is generally 180ml. The thickness of the milk foam is very thin, no more than 0.5cm, so it will not cover up too much coffee flavor. It is a milk coffee that can taste the coffee flavor.
dirty：Espresso + ice milk, the method of making dirty is also very simple. First add ice milk to the cup, and then pour in espresso. It is so simple and crude, and the cup size is about 150ml. The collision of ice milk and hot coffee creates a varied, smooth and layered taste.
The above is the story about Australian White coffee. After telling the story, it’s time to make a cup of the long-famous Australian White coffee. The method of making Australian white coffee is similar to that of cappuccino and other milk coffees, but there are some operational details that need to be paid attention to, because they are not exactly the same, otherwise such Australian white coffee will be too soulless. Then use the home-roasted Front Street classic Italian blend coffee to make a cup of Australian white coffee with rich chocolate!
Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee Beans
Production area: Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam
Roast level: dark roast
Treatment methods: semi-sun drying, wet planing, washing
Australian white production method
Coffee cup: glass 200ml Milk: 150ml Espresso: 40g Milk foam temperature: 55~60℃, thickness 3-5mm Powder amount: 20g Coffee liquid: 30g Extraction time: 22-25 seconds
Use a double-head powder bowl to fill 20g of coffee powder, cloth the powder, press the powder, add water, fasten the handle and press the button to start extraction. It takes 25 seconds to get approximately 30g of coffee liquid. Pour in 150ml of milk and whisk, control the air intake time to 1 to 2 seconds, and thenEmbedded steam wandStart heating the milk and control the temperature at 55-60℃, the milk foam should not exceed 0.5cm. (This will be a bit difficult to control. If you are prone to failure, Front Street recommends practicing a few times with drinking water.)
The ratio of milk to coffee in Australian white is generally 1:3 to 1:5. The thin milk foam makes it clearly different from cappuccino and latte. The amount of milk is less, which will not cover up the taste of coffee, and can better highlight the aroma of the beans themselves. Through tasting, we found that the Australian white made with the classic Italian blend from Front Street has the burnt aroma of dark chocolate and butter cookies. When you drink it, you can clearly feel the taste of nuts. The fusion of milk and espresso has a smooth taste, moderate mellowness and high sweetness.
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
