![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. However, who’s responsible for perfecting the drink is a murkier issue – one that has sparked trans-Tasman strife. Perhaps as a response to the fluffy, dry foam of the era, which did little to enhance enjoyment of a cappuccino. (Starbucks closed nearly 75 per cent of its Aussie shops in 2008, but according to News Corp Australia, as of 2016, the coffee company had begun “ever so quietly – reopening coffee shops in the country’s biggest cities.”)Īntipodeans seem to agree that the flat white first appeared in the 1980s, in a Sydney café. “The ironic thing is that Starbucks did quite badly in Australia and had to close shops, which is funny because they were happy to represent (Australians) on the world stage,” Clayton adds. ![]() According to the New Zealand Herald, the flat white is “the quintessential Kiwi coffee.” Fluffy, dry foam, all the rage in the 1980s, did little to enhance enjoyment of a cappuccino. But like the pavlova before it, the particulars of its Oceanic origins are disputed. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receiptīoth Second Cup and Starbucks market the drink as an Australian invention. ![]()
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