Flat White and Piccolo Latte made me addicted to coffee in Australia.

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Australia opened a working holiday in Taiwan in 2004, and this year is about to enter its 13th year. During the period of living in Australia, many young people from Taiwan fell in love with coffee. I am not surprised at all, because Australia has always been proud of its strong coffee culture and has even become the biggest tourism gimmick and purpose in Australia.

Australia has many personalized high-quality coffee shops.

What makes Australians most interested in talking about is that Starbucks, the leading coffee chain in the world, made a big foray into the Australian coffee market in 2000 and quickly showed its stores to 87 branches.

However, Starbucks did not really win the hearts of locals, and in 2008 Starbucks had to close 61 stores at once.

Observers concluded that Starbucks could not enter Australia because Australia has a very mature coffee culture, there is a coffee shop in almost three to five steps, and most Australian coffee shops provide coffee of excellent quality and characteristics. Whether it is bean selection, baking beans, flower to food matching, and even personalized coffee shop space, each coffee shop is an individual, and therefore Every coffee drinker has his own favorite coffee shop, and it is naturally very difficult for Starbucks to come to Australia.

Australians kill nine cups of coffee a week.

So how much do Australians love coffee? Between 2010 and 2014, the proportion of Australians over the age of 14 visiting coffee shops at least once a month increased from 53.7 per cent to 56.8 per cent, according to a poll by the Roy Morgan Research Centre (Roy Morgan Research). Among them, people in Melbourne visit coffee shops the most frequently, with 63% of Melbourne people going to coffee or tea at least once in three months. Another even more striking figure is that Australians drink an average of nine cups of coffee a week.

A 2014 booking.com survey of more than 1000 travelers found that Melbourne beat Rome, Vienna and Sydney to become the world's best coffee provider, and Australian baristas have won the World baristas Championships for many years in a row.

The concentration of Flat White is thin enough for heavy addicts.

When you come to Australia, coffee lovers must taste a cup of authentic Flat White, which has gone from the local popularity of Australia to the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, which once plunged Australia and New Zealand into a battle for coffee invention. Coffee hands of both countries think that they invented Flat White. What is the charm of Flat White? I can't believe New Australia and Australia are rushing to be number one! For Australians, a good Cappuccino requires fine and thick milk foam.

For Australians, a good Cappuccino requires fine and thick milk foam.

For those who like to drink espresso with milk, the practice of Flat White in Australia can be compared with lattes and cappuccinos. In Australia, order a cup of Regular's Flat White or Cappuccino or Latte espresso in the order of 30ml, 30ml, 23ml (slightly different from each family), and the way of milking is also very different.

The ratio of Flat White milk to milk foam in the cup should be maintained about 0.5cm thick after the milk is precipitated, while the thickness of latte milk foam should be about 1cm after the milk is precipitated. For Australians, lattes are coffee for milk drinkers, and if you really want to taste the aroma of coffee beans and milk, the proportion of Flat White will be closer to the ideal.

On the other hand, the ratio of Cappuccino foam to milk should be maintained at 1:2 in the cup, and the foam should be beaten fine enough and sprinkled with some cocoa powder. Some stores will even add two marshmallows. When the guest digs the foam with a spoon, accompanied by the entrance of the coffee, this will give the coffee maker a sense of accomplishment, because it means that the foam of this cup of coffee is beaten very carefully and thoroughly, almost like a mousse.

On the right is the Piccolo Latte, commonly known as the mini latte, and on the left is the latte.

The Piccolo latte won't make you feel full even if you drink five cups a day.

In addition to the most common Flat White, Australians have also invented the so-called "small latte" Piccolo Latte and Italian "espresso" Affogato for heavy coffee drinkers. Espresso lovers can also order a cup of "espresso with cream" Macchiato. Other common coffees include "espresso" long Black and "espresso" shot black. And decaffeinated "milk foam for children" babycino, "cinnamon black tea latte" Chai Latte.

Affogato is made of 30ml's Italian concentrate and a ball of vanilla ice cream, and many people feel refreshed after drinking it. The most noteworthy is the small latte, which is a sacred product of people who like to drink coffee milk. It uses about 3 picks of Italian concentrate, the rest is filled with milk and foam, the thickness of the foam is not more than 1 cm, and the total capacity of the cup is less than 100ml, so that people who drink several cups of coffee a day do not have to burst their bellies.

Next time I go to Australia, let's have a cup of coffee without saying a word.