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2019-06-21

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@mandy @33MHz @jacobrealo This chart explains the differences well. @doctorlinguist will attest to my incredulity at what is variously labelled cappuccino, latte and flat white in the US. A cappuccino has a thick layer of foam and a dusting of chocolate powder on top. A latte has 'textured' milk (i.e. the steamed milk transitions to foam on a gradient). A flat white is made with steamed milk and no foam. All of them are built on a shot of full bodied espresso. :)

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@mandy
@33MHz I do! I'll take it off your hands!
@jacobrealo
@33MHz traditions dry cap(a.k.a lots of airy foam from hot milk) or regularly steamed milk? Also note that a cappuccino is espresso with steamed milk that is 5-8oz.
@jacobrealo
@33MHz history lesson: the “flat white” is claimed to be Antipodean (from Australia or New Zealand) [sprudge.com]. Also a debate on the name for said drink. Starbucks however never has made anything close to what many call “flat white” either.

@mandy
@33MHz
@jacobrealo Aha, you have me. I'm not that technical. The machine said "cappaccino" and I drank it. :D
@33MHz
@jacobrealo I'm really not too much for coffee generally. (sacrilege!)
@doctorlinguist
@jacobrealo @goldenskye certainly agrees Starbucks doesn't do anything at all similar to a flat white. @33MHz @mandy
@jacobrealo
@doctorlinguist I only mentioned flat white because it is interchangeable nomenclature for cappuccino these days. Often you ask for a cap you get a flat white.
/@mandy @33MHz @goldenskye
@doctorlinguist
@jacobrealo I dunno if that's true in NZ or AU (I don't drink coffee). I'll defer to her on that one. :) @mandy @33MHz @goldenskye
@jacobrealo
@doctorlinguist ah, yes I should have noted that. True at lest in the U.S.
/@goldenskye @33MHz @mandy
@mandy
@jacobrealo I can see getting fussy about the size and amount of espresso, but foaminess just doesn't seem that important, from my POV as a consumer. @doctorlinguist @goldenskye @33MHz
@jacobrealo
@mandy we get fussy about the amount of milk. The Specialty Coffee Association (which now represents the industry globally) has set standards for what a espresso shot should be: single, double and triple [scanews.coffee].
/@doctorlinguist @goldenskye @33MHz
@hutattedonmyarm
@33MHz that’s the best kind of coffee :P
@goldenskye
@doctorlinguist @jacobrealo @33MHz @mandy - https://chimpnut.nl/u/goldenskye/lp/624043 - #longpost
@goldenskye
@mandy @33MHz @jacobrealo @logout - https://chimpnut.nl/u/goldenskye/lp/624160 - #longpost
@jacobrealo
@goldenskye if you want a unique cafe, The Coffee Collective in Copenhagen (not sure if the other locations have this) a food menu that the chef pairs with the coffee and even uses coffee as a ingredient.
/@logout @33MHz @mandy
@mandy
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