30-35grms of espresso in a 160ml flat white cup.

 

Double espresso shot. Add lightly frothed milk to taste.

Any medium sized cup will do (I prefer a Ming dynasty porcelain cup)

 

Mine is 80g milk to a 34g shot in a 'flat white' Acme.

 

I usually do a shorter (such as 18g in 30 out) shot in a 145 ml cup

 

Apart from my espresso cups (Walkure), I just use a "teacup sized" cup for flat whites & cappuccinos.

Milk volume is by eye....

 

My flat white cups are a double (around 36g) with 140-150ml milk

 

Mine is 80g milk to a 34g shot in a 'flat white' Acme.

Never though about weighing the milk. Just tried it & got zero wastage! [emoji106]

 

Double shot (18>35-45g) in a 150ml cup (acme/notneutral)

Curious what size milk jug people are using for a single drink? I find a 250ml jug to be ideal to minimise wastage

 

Double shot (18>35-45g) in a 150ml cup (acme/notneutral)

Curious what size milk jug people are using for a single drink? I find a 250ml jug to be ideal to minimise wastage

25cl motta here. I bought it by accident misreading the size in the description (was after a 35cl) but it's perfect for smaller cups.

 

I use 220ml cups. 14g ground for around 30 in the cup, then 165ml milk.

 

Have you not seen the McDonald's advert...

"2 thirds coffee, 1 third milk, 1 third foam"

 

Have you not seen the McDonald's advert...

"2 thirds coffee, 1 third milk, 1 third foam"

Yes, definitions..... Cappuccino, Latte and Flat White are classic drinks with a narrow range of proportions.

Maybe there's another way of looking at it - Cappuccino has most froth, Latte medium, Flat White least, and the proportion of coffee to milk is up to the user's taste.

 

Yes, definitions..... Cappuccino, Latte and Flat White are classic drinks with a narrow range of proportions.

Maybe there's another way of looking at it - Cappuccino has most froth, Latte medium, Flat White least, and the proportion of coffee to milk is up to the user's taste.

it still leaves you with four thirds what looks to me like ...spillage

 

If it isnt 150-160ml sized cup then it isnt a flat white IMO

 

If it isnt 150-160ml sized cup then it isnt a flat white IMO

When I go to a new coffeeshop I look at their menu and if they have the option of a small or large flat white I immediately temper my expectations...

Of course what people do in their own homes is entirely up to them...

 

When I go to a new coffeeshop I look at their menu and if they have the option of a small or large flat white I immediately temper my expectations...

Of course what people do in their own homes is entirely up to them...

I always look at the person making it. Generally the more tattoos and piercings the better

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When I go to a new coffeeshop I look at their menu and if they have the option of a small or large flat white I immediately temper my expectations...

Of course what people do in their own homes is entirely up to them...

I dunno tbh. Taylor Street have long done a large flat white which they add an extra shot to and up the amount of milk accordingly. Becomes an 8oz drink instead of a 5/6oz without altering the coffee/milk ratio.

 

I dunno tbh. Taylor Street have long done a large flat white which they add an extra shot to and up the amount of milk accordingly. Becomes an 8oz drink instead of a 5/6oz without altering the coffee/milk ratio.

Sounds delicious!

My flat white test is definitely not an exact science!

 

Flat Cap in Borough Market do large flat whites and I'm glad they do.

There are the best I've had outside of my kitchen.

 

Ring your local McDonalds they should be experts by now! Lol.

 

When we're doing events, we don't bother with a menu and just make whatever we're asked to - with the exception of people who ask for the occasional cortado, we use the same amount of milk for any drink asked for (takeaway cups after all) and still try to give people the "right" drink.

"That's a latte, a flat white and a cappuccino" we'll say as we hand over the drinks, they're all identical and not one person has ever complained - definitions are loose across the industry and there is no point in trying to find the standard ratio because the consumers set the demand for that sort of thing and there isn't one.

Of course, a *real* flat white is a double ristretto with 6oz of milk, fight me.

 

double ristretto

Love me a salty milk drink

 

"That's a latte, a flat white and a cappuccino"

a Flat of All Trades

 

Every time I look at this thread I think . . . . Fifty Shades Of Flat.

The coffee is brown, like bourbon, but flat. A small moan escapes my mouth, as I take the first sip . . . . And various other adaptations of lines from That Book.

 

Every time I look at this thread I think . . . . Fifty Shades Of Flat.

The coffee is brown, like bourbon, but flat. A small moan escapes my mouth, as I take the first sip . . . . And various other adaptations of lines from That Book.

"I have become my own island state. A ravaged, war-torn land where nothing grows and the horizons are bleak." a loud shout escapes me as I throw it down the sink "by ek fekin over extracted again"

 

Well this took a turn