Coffee Guide

You want a flat white. You don’t own an espresso machine. And the internet is full of vague suggestions that don’t actually produce a drink worth drinking. This is the guide that fixes that. I’ve made flat whites professionally at our Fitzroy counter for years, and I’ve also spent enough time testing home methods to…

Cold brew that tastes flat, watery, or too strong all comes down to one thing: the ratio. Too much water and you get iced coffee tea. Too little water and you get bitter sludge. Get the ratio right and cold brew becomes one of the smoothest, most forgiving coffee methods you can make at home….

Three black coffees on three menus in three countries. They look identical in the cup. They taste completely different in the mouth. And the confusion between long black, americano and drip black coffee is one of the most common sources of ordering mistakes I hear across our Fitzroy bar. This guide clears up all three…

Three milky coffees on every cafe menu in the world. All three use espresso and milk. All three come in similar-sized cups. And yet the difference between them is more meaningful than most drinkers realise — and ordering the wrong one can leave you with a coffee that doesn’t match what you actually wanted. This…

Three cold coffees on the summer menu. Three completely different drinks. And more customer confusion than almost any other question we get across our Fitzroy counter during hot weather. Iced latte, iced coffee and cold brew look similar in the cup, but they’re made through entirely different processes and taste nothing alike. This guide breaks…

Walk into a Melbourne cafe and order a magic. The barista nods. Walk into a Sydney cafe and order the same drink — you’ll often get a blank stare. Order a flat white anywhere in Australia and you’ll get consistency. So what’s actually going on between these two drinks? The magic is Melbourne’s best-kept coffee…

Same beans. Same grinder. Same machine. Three completely different drinks. Ristretto, espresso and lungo are the classic espresso family, and the differences between them come down to one thing: how much water passes through the coffee. Most drinkers know espresso. Fewer understand what a ristretto or lungo actually is. This guide breaks down all three…

Three drinks. Three countries. Three ratios. And somehow, every second customer at our Fitzroy counter asks the same question: what’s actually the difference between a cortado, a flat white, and a piccolo? They look similar in the cup. They cost roughly the same. But the moment you sip, they’re clearly different drinks with different histories…

The 7 Brew secret menu is real — but it is not printed anywhere at the drive-thru window. It is a growing collection of fan-created and barista-tested drink recipes that use 7 Brew’s standard bases and syrups in combinations the regular menu board does not list. 7 Brew Coffee operates 739 US drive-thru locations across…