Introduction to Melbourne Coffee Culture in Australia: Who invented Magic Coffee?

In the cafe in Melbourne, there is a cup of espresso. Not only is its name very special, but it usually only quietly appears on the hidden menu, waiting for people who know how to come to experience its charm. It is the "Magic Coffee" from Oceania.

Magic coffee? Magic coffee? Magic coffee?

Magic Coffee, which originated in the South Melbourne area, is rumored to have been accidentally made by a local cafe called St Ali, and is currently only popular in this city. In the eyes of Melbourne baristas, the word "Magic" is like a code word that will be used to describe a cup of hot milk coffee that tastes thick but has no bitter rhyme at all.

Like its name, the existence of Magic is quite mysterious, it is rarely included in the official menu of cafes, it is not clear where it came from, and even baristas in many countries do not know its existence, so it is "the most unpopular milk coffee in history" compared with Australia White, which is now a household name. It is precisely because Magic is too small, so there is no Chinese name in China for the time being. If it has to be translated, Qianjie thinks it is good to call it "magic coffee".

Although this special hidden cup has become an indispensable part of Melbourne coffee culture, it is still difficult to find it in other countries or regions, and baristas who accept orders are likely to look confused when they hear the word "Magic". But if you stand in front of an authentic Melbourne barista and say "have a Magic", he will immediately understand, and then you will have your own "magic".

So, where is the magic of Magic?

As a typical Australian coffee, Magic is the product of Melbourne's continuous pursuit of boutique Italian style. The concentration of double Ristretto coffee plus a smaller proportion of hot milk, with light milk foam, not only reduces the bitterness of the coffee tail, but also allows the bean aroma to be more gorgeous display, just to satisfy those who pursue the coffee solid taste and grease aroma, but do not want to eat too much milk, the whole cup will not take up the stomach.

In production, like other classic Italian milk cafes, Magic does not have a unified proportion standard, which depends more on the size of the container used and the barista's understanding of the drink, and then tailored according to the characteristics of the beans used to adjust the appropriate amount of milk, temperature, foam thickness and so on.

A traditional magic coffee is based on a double Ristretto (essence concentrate), then steamed milk with thin milk bubbles (smaller than 0.5cm) is added and filled in a ceramic cup about 5'6 ounces (120ml-170ml). Instead of filling the cup, the barista merges to about 3 / 4 of the cup body, which looks like a cup of Flat White without milk.

Magic, Piccolo and Flat White grant you three wishes at a time

I believe friends who love milk coffee should find here that Piccolo, Flat White and Magic coffee introduced in Qianjie today, also from Oceania, are only made of Italian concentrated and steamed milk, and they all have the characteristics of small cup volume, rich taste, silky milk foam and only hot drinks. Not only that, in China, these three cups of coffee have been crowned as "authentic Australian Milk Cafe", so what is the difference in their taste?

The former street product as an example, Italian coffee beans are sunflowers produced in the store, the extraction parameters of Espresso in the morning are 20 grams of coffee powder, 30 seconds extract 38 grams of coffee liquid, here Ristretto extraction scheme is only take 70% of Espresso, that is, 20 grams of coffee powder, 23 seconds extract about 27 grams of coffee liquid.

In the choice of cups, Qianjie Magic uses ceramic cups with 150ml capacity, Australia White is contained in a cup of about 250ml, and Piccolo is made with transparent glasses of about 3 ounces (90ml).

Magic: double Ristretto, thin milk about 0.3cm, 3 / 4 full Australian white coffee: double Ristretto, thin milk about 0.3cm, full cup (milk foam flush with cup mouth)

Piccolo coffee: single Espresso, medium foam 0.5cm, full cup (foam slightly arched)

When the three cups of coffee are put together, the coffee concentration of Magic is the highest, and the entrance is a very domineering coffee flavor, which makes people frown slightly, followed by the oil aftertaste in the mouth, and the second taste can feel the caramel and cocoa aroma of beans, which belongs to the type of milk coffee with heavy taste.

The smallest piccolo only takes a single shot, so it highlights the sweetness of milk and lactose, plus thicker milk foam makes people feel like drinking a mini latte, while the largest cup of Australian white has both rich coffee aroma and delicate milk texture, will not favor which side, the overall taste is the most balanced.