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Melbourne's short milk coffee: a double ristretto topped with steamed milk in a cup of about 160 ml, so the coffee leads.
Espresso and milkServed hotFrom Australia
- Volume
- 150ml5.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 2shots
- Caffeine
- 127mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:2.8
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso40 ml27%
- Milk110 ml73%
- Volume
- 150ml
- Caffeine
- 127mg
- Espresso
- 2shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A double ristretto under steamed milk in a small cup: shorter and stronger than a flat white.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 150 ml magic
Derived per shot: USDA FoodData Central FDC 171891 (espresso, restaurant-prepared) lists 212 mg per 100 g; a standard 30 g shot is about 63.6 mg, times 2 shot(s). Real values vary with dose, roast and species (robusta roughly doubles it).
USDA FoodData Central record 171891 · read 2026-10-29
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
No regional variants recorded.
History
Popular accountWikidata describes it as ristretto coffee with steamed milk. The Melbourne origin is a popular account.
Melbourne, Australia (popular account).
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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