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So what exactly is s flat white?
Do you want a serious answer or a funny answer? Unfortunately, I can't think of a funny answer so...
I used to wonder this myself when I ordering my daily cappuccino at Monmouth on the way to work. That's a proper hipster coffee joint if ever there was one and all the cool kids were ordering flat whites. After a while, I eventually plucked up the courage to ask the young man with the ornately waxed moustache behind the counter what it was... Basically, it's a short latte - a double shot of espresso with steamed milk, but not as much milk as in a latte. The steaming gives the milk a silky texture, but not the full-on froth of a cappuccino. For me, it's perfect - I find a latte too milky, and a cappuccino too frothy. Only trouble is a lot of the mainstream places that have lately added the flat white to their repertoire don't really get it and what they serve is no different to a latte, except in that it's 50p more expensive.
And in case you're wondering why it has an English name, that's because it's an Australian invention.