flat white
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flat white
First recorded in 1970–75
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Miranda-Martin painted it with Benjamin Moore’s Navajo, a flat white, as a backdrop to the softer hues of the furniture he designed at his furniture and lighting company, Studio MM.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
I stayed busy serving up one flat white after another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
As England and Barcelona goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck sips her flat white in the Spanish sunshine outside her favourite coffee shop, she looks like a player who has the world at her feet.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
The cost to make a flat white, one of the most popular Australian coffee orders, jumped by nearly one-fifth.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2023
Others had seen the same omen in those flat white clouds.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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