flat white

American

[flat hwahyt, wahyt] / ˈflæt ˈʰwaɪt, ˈwaɪt /

noun

a hot beverage consisting of espresso and nonfrothy steamed milk.

Etymology

Origin of flat white

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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She'll either make them at home with collagen she's bought online or grab an iced coffee or flat white with collagen or protein from a coffee shop near where she lives in London.

From BBC

I stayed busy serving up one flat white after another.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kelly: Has it always been a flat white?

From BBC

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

And then the British started calling everything a ... flat white, and then the Australians started calling their cappuccinos “Gibraltars.”

From Los Angeles Times

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