How to drink white coffee? How to drink white coffee?

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I've had lattes and cappuccinos, but do you know flat white? To put it simply, flat white is a coffee drink with less milk and more coffee, mixed with two servings of espresso and micro foam, a variant between latte and cappuccino.

What is the difference? Let's move on.

Have you ever had a latte cappuccino? do you know flat white?

Speaking of the origin of flat white, it is said that during World War II, a large number of Italians fled from Europe to two neutral countries, Australia and New Zealand, and espresso culture was introduced into New Zealand and Australia.

As for whether Australia or New Zealand came first? Some people say that it appeared in Sydney in the 1980s, others said that it appeared in Melbourne in 1970, and New Zealanders even jumped out to protest, thinking that it was only in Wellington in the late 1980s that it developed into what is now known as flat white.

The three coffee drinks, latte, cappuccino and flat white, differ in coffee content, milk volume and foam thickness, not to mention that it is difficult for customers to distinguish, even baristas may find it difficult to tell the difference.

In terms of the ratio of milk to coffee, flat white is very similar to cappuccino, and its concentration is a little bit stronger than that of latte. The only difference is "milk foam". Cappuccino milk foam belongs to "dry foam", but flat white is fine milk foam and tastes similar to latte.

Coffee lovers in Taiwan draw a scale map of coffee, but there is no milk foam in "white coffee". (photo taken from the Internet) Coffee scale map drawn by coffee lovers in Taiwan, but there is no milk foam in the "white coffee". (photo taken from the Internet)

In January this year, Starbucks in the United States began to sell flat white and launched it in different capacities. Starbucks also saw flat white on Chinese mainland in September, and called it "Furebai" in a rather elegant translation.

The Starbucks website in Shanghai explains, "choose espresso, extract the coffee with less water, and boil the milk until the foam is smooth."

When the menu of Starbucks was replaced with flat white, the classic espresso cappuccino was removed from the menu, which had been sold at Starbucks for more than 30 years.

At present, many Taiwanese stores refer to flat white as "fresh milk espresso" or "white coffee." if flat white takes the stage in the future, it may make coffee fans look forward to it.

Would you like a glass of flat white?