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Flat white vs cortado

Same espresso either way — the flat white simply carries more milk and more foam. It's the milk, not the coffee, that tells these two apart.

Both are small, strong milk drinks built to keep the coffee up front — no foam cap to speak of, just silky steamed milk. A cortado cuts the shot with an equal splash of milk for a punchy, balanced cup. A flat white pours almost twice the milk and textures it to a denser microfoam, so it lands a little bigger and rounder while still tasting unmistakably of espresso.

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