Flat Black
Antipodean shorthand for a black coffee in a flat-white cup: a double espresso lengthened with a little hot water. Not a standardised drink - ask what a given café means by it.
Method
Espresso
Typical volume
150 ml
Caffeine
130 mg
Caffeine is a reference value for this drink and brew method, not a measurement of your cup.
Flat Black preparation
- Pull a double espresso (18g in, 36g out) into a 150ml flat-white cup.
- Add 60-80ml of water at 90°C down the side of the cup to keep the crema.
- Taste before adding more - the drink sits deliberately between an espresso and a long black.
The term is not standardised: some cafés mean a long black in a flat-white cup, others just mean no milk. If you are ordering rather than making, say what you actually want.
What makes it
More espresso drinks
Log it, and the caffeine with it
The app records every flat black you make, estimates the caffeine, and writes it to Apple Health so your daily total counts every source, not just coffee.
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