The White List
A field guide to the flat white
The White List is a world map of cafés that pour a proper flat white: a short, strong double shot under a thin layer of silky microfoam. It needs JavaScript to draw the map, so here is what it holds.
How a café gets on the list
- 4.5★ or better, from at least 100 Google reviews, so one good week can't carry a place. Chains are left out.
- Evidence it pours a flat white: a Google review names the drink, Google returns the café for a "flat white" search in that suburb, or a regular vouches for it.
What you can do with it
- See the ten cafés closest to you, ranked by distance.
- Open directions or the Google reviews for any café in a tap.
- Search by city, café or neighbourhood, filter to the cafés whose reviews name a flat white, and save the ones you like.
- Add it to your home screen and use it like an app.
Cities covered
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Newcastle, Wollongong, Geelong, Byron Bay, Darwin, Cairns, Townsville, Launceston, Ballarat, Bunbury, Margaret River, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin, Hamilton, Tauranga, Nelson, Napier, London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Brighton, Leeds, Birmingham, Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Cardiff, Bath, Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Kraków, Brussels, Antwerp, Zurich, Munich, Hamburg, Athens, Tallinn, Reykjavík, Istanbul, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Austin, Denver, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Miami, Nashville, San Diego, Honolulu, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Mexico City, Bogotá, Medellín, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Lima, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bali, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Shanghai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Marrakech. New suburbs are searched every month.