The Reynoldz

It is really hard to find drip coffee down under, the KIWI are very picky about their coffee I have found.
When you go around for a "cuppa" at someone's house most people use a "BODUM Press" to make a coffee or they have their own espresso machines.
It is really rare to see a coffee maker and if you do it usually belongs to someone from North America. =)

I will tell you though, I have started to get a real taste for the coffee around here. It is easy to do when a great past time is to meet friends and chat at the local cafe. (the cafe's usually have toys to keep the kids entertained which even makes the coffee taste even better!)

The pictures above are just a few of the cafes we frequent around our neighborhood.

At the cafe, the coffee that I usually order is called a "Flat White". This is a NZ version of a coffee similar to a caffe latte. (They even sell these at the NZ Starbucks along with white coffee and a long and short black)

According to http://www.espressocoffeesnobs.com "a Flat-white is an exceptional espresso-based drink, rich and velvety in the mouth, and a personal favorite"

Now for you Barista's out there: (Dad, a Barista is the person who makes the coffee ;)
In making a flat-white, the volumized milk is blended so that the foamy part of the milk that forms on the top is folded in to the less-volumized milk at the bottom of the pitcher, making for a rich velvety consistency throughout the milk. This is then poured into the espresso.... =)

For those who are not Barista's, coffee snobs or espresso fans.. if you come to visit me I can still make you a good old fashioned perk coffee =) I even have the appropriate coffee filters, they were sent to me all the way from the States by my wonderful Mom. =)
But I will probably also take you around to a cafe so you can have a taste of the NZ "flat-white."