"A flat white, as any self-respecting coffee drinker will tell you, should be a short, strong, balanced drink espresso, a small amount of milk, minimal microfoam, absolutely no fluff. But a disturbing trend is sweeping Australia. Even in Melbourne where people treat coffee with near-religious reverence I'm now routinely asked: small or large flat white? I find myself regularly wincing into my keep cup."
"A large flat white is an oxymoron a bastardisation of the drink Australia claims to have given the world. The moment it takes a larger form, it stops being a flat white and becomes something else entirely: a milky latte, ordered by those too afraid to admit that's what they really want. Such is my passion for this important cause, I've spoken to many baristas about this"
Flat whites should be short, strong espresso drinks with a small amount of milk and minimal microfoam. A growing trend in Australia is to offer flat whites in larger sizes, effectively turning them into milky lattes. In Melbourne, customers increasingly ask for small or large flat whites, and standard recipes are shifting toward more milk and foam. Baristas and the Melbourne Coffee Academy note a slow dilution of the flat white's integrity through size inflation and customer customisation. Many customers lack precise knowledge of coffee and often order milky drinks without understanding their preferences. The UK tends to keep flat whites short.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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