Hungry Jack's Piccolo

$4.25 223 kJ Jack's Cafe

Available from a Jack’s Cafe near you, the piccolo or piccolo latte features a shot of espresso that’s topped with warm, silky steamed milk. Stronger and smaller than a latte, our piccolos are rich, velvety and smooth and crafted by expert baristas using locally roasted and freshly ground beans alongside your choice of full cream, skim, soy, almond, oat or lactose-free milk. Available at participating Jack's Cafe restaurants only. Not available on delivery.

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About the Hungry Jack's Piccolo

A Jack's Cafe Piccolo is $4.25 and 223 kJ. A small milk coffee, roughly a third the volume of a latte, and it is the drink for anyone who wants the coffee to milk ratio of an espresso with the texture of a flat white.

The piccolo is an Australian cafe invention and it exists for a specific reason. A double shot in a full cup of milk is diluted; a double shot in 80ml of milk is not. What you get is a small, strong, milky coffee where the espresso is still clearly the dominant flavour.

At 223 kJ it is well under half a Latte at 534 kJ, entirely because of the milk volume. It is also cheaper at $4.25 against $5.40.

Baristas drink these, which is the strongest recommendation a coffee can have. The reason is practical: a piccolo lets you taste what the espresso is doing without drinking three shots by mid morning.

The Jack's Cafe loyalty card applies. Earn on full price barista coffees, free coffee valid twelve months, pick up only, stackable with a voucher.

Who it suits: anyone who finds a flat white too milky and a macchiato too sharp. It is the middle ground and the most underrated drink on the cafe menu.

Compare against the Macchiato at 14 kJ or the Flat White at 594 kJ.

Hungry Jack's Piccolo Nutrition

One Piccolo is 3% of the 8,700 kJ average adult daily intake. Figures are per serve as published by Hungry Jack's.

223 kJ Energy 3% daily intake

2.8 g Protein 6% daily intake

2.9 g Fat 4% daily intake

1.9 g Saturated fat 8% daily intake

4 g Carbs 1% daily intake

3.9 g Sugars 4% daily intake

46 mg Sodium 2% daily intake

Data from Hungry Jack's published restaurant information. Updated 29 July 2026.

How to Make the Hungry Jack's Piccolo at Home?

A small milk coffee with the ratio of an espresso. Texturing a small amount of milk well is the challenge. Makes 1 serving.

Prep4 min

Cook2 min

Total6 min

DifficultyMedium

Makes

Quantities as written

Ingredients

18 g coffee beans freshly ground
80 ml full cream milk cold

Method

0 of 5 steps

1. Warm a small glass, around 100ml capacity.
2. Steam a jug of milk with about two seconds of air, as you would for a flat white. Texture more than 80ml even though you only need that much; small volumes will not texture properly.
3. Pull a double shot of about 36ml into the warmed glass.
4. Pour the textured milk in slowly, filling to the top. The ratio should be roughly one part coffee to two parts milk.
5. Serve immediately.

Tips

Texture a full jug and pour off what you need. Eighty millilitres alone in a jug will not spin properly.
One part coffee to two parts milk is the ratio. Any more milk and it stops being a piccolo.
A glass rather than a cup. It is the traditional serve and it lets you see the ratio.

Variations

Just a spoonful of foam instead of poured milk gives a Macchiato.
Scale the milk up to 150ml and it becomes a Flat White.
A single shot rather than a double makes it milder without changing the volume much.

Serve immediately in a small warmed glass. The most underrated drink on this menu.

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Hungry Jack's Piccolo Questions

How much is a Piccolo at Hungry Jack's?

$4.25, which is cheaper than a Latte at $5.40.

How many kilojoules are in a Piccolo?

223 kJ, well under half a Latte at 534 kJ. The difference is entirely milk volume.

What is a piccolo?

A small milk coffee, roughly a third the volume of a latte, with the coffee to milk ratio of an espresso and the texture of a flat white. It is an Australian cafe invention.

Why do baristas drink piccolos?

It lets you taste what the espresso is actually doing without drinking three full cups of milk by mid morning. Strong, small and still textured.

Piccolo or macchiato?

A Macchiato is espresso with a spot of foam. A piccolo has milk poured through it. The piccolo is the milkier of the two at 223 kJ against 14 kJ.

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How to Make the Hungry Jack's Piccolo at Home?

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