The Flat White Explained For Coffee Novices - Chowhound

The flat white may seem relatively new to Americans, but it's been around for decades in a couple of countries: Australia and New Zealand. There's debate about which country is the "real" birthplace of the flat white, but in any case, the drink surfaced in both places in the 1980s or 1990s. The argument for Australia being the inventor goes like this: Australia already had a fairly well-established coffee culture…