How to make a café-quality flat white at home

A flat white is the drink we make more than any other: a double ristretto with a thin layer of silky milk. Here is how to make one at home.

1. Start with a short, sweet shot

Use 18 g of coffee and aim for 36 g of espresso in 26 to 30 seconds. Our House Espresso is roasted for exactly this.

2. Steam to 60°C, no hotter

Milk tastes sweetest between 55 and 65°C. Any hotter and it turns flat and eggy.

If you can’t hold the jug, it’s too hot.

3. Keep the foam thin

Stretch the milk for just two or three seconds, then spin it into a whirlpool until it shines like wet paint.