Wiener Melange
Also Melange
Vienna's milk coffee: a long espresso with hot milk and foam in a large cup. The gentle heart of the Viennese coffee-house menu.
Espresso and milkServed hotFrom Austria
- Volume
- 150ml5.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 1shot
- Caffeine
- 64mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:1.5
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso60 ml40%
- Milk60 ml40%
- Foam30 ml20%
- Volume
- 150ml
- Caffeine
- 64mg
- Espresso
- 1shot
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Roughly equal parts coffee and milk with a foam cap; close to a cappuccino but milder and in a larger cup.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 150 ml wiener melange
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 1 shot(s). Real values vary with dose, roast and species (robusta roughly doubles it).
USDA FoodData Central record 171891 · read 2026-10-26
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
3| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| Franziskaner | Austria | With whipped cream instead of foam. |
| Kapuziner | Austria | Small coffee coloured brown with a little cream. |
| melange | Netherlands | In the Netherlands means a blend, not a drink. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records Austria as country of origin and coffee and milk as parts. The Viennese coffee-house menu, with its dozens of named variants, developed through the nineteenth century (popular account).
Vienna coffee-house classic.
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.
Related drinks
Espresso with steamed milk and a cap of dense foam in a small cup. In Italy it is a morning drink of about 150 ml; abroad it has grown into a larger latte-like beverage.
Espresso and milk Flat White 165 ml · 127 mgA double espresso with steamed milk textured to a thin microfoam, served in a small cup. It is stronger and less foamy than a latte and smoother than a cappuccino.
Espresso and milk Caffè Latte 240 ml · 64 mgEspresso with a large volume of steamed milk and a little foam, usually in a tall glass or wide bowl cup. It is the mildest and milkiest of the core espresso drinks.
Espresso and milk Latte Macchiato 250 ml · 64 mgSteamed milk in a tall glass with espresso poured through the foam, producing three layers. It is the inverse of the caffè macchiato: milk marked with coffee.
Espresso and milk Caffè Mocha 260 ml · 64 mgA latte with chocolate added, usually as syrup mixed with the espresso before the milk goes in. Toppings of whipped cream or cocoa are common.
Espresso and milk Cappuccino (US size) 355 ml · 127 mgThe American-sized cappuccino: a double shot under a large volume of steamed milk and foam in a 12 oz cup. The distinction from a latte is mostly the thicker foam layer.