Hungry Jack's Macchiato

$4.25 14 kJ Jack's Cafe

Available from a Jack’s Cafe near you, the macchiato features an aromatic shot of espresso and a dash of freshly steamed milk. Featuring less milk than a piccolo or latte, our macchiatos are rich, velvety and smooth and crafted by expert baristas using locally roasted and freshly ground beans alongside your choice offull cream, skim, soy, almond, oat or lactose-free milk. Want to make the macchiato yours? Customise it by adding caramel or vanilla syrup. Available at selected Jack's Cafe restaurants only. Not available on delivery.

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About the Hungry Jack's Macchiato

A Jack's Cafe Macchiato is $4.25 and 14 kJ. Espresso marked with a spot of milk foam, and the name literally means stained in Italian.

Fourteen kilojoules makes it one of the three lightest drinks on the Hungry Jack's menu. The spot of foam adds essentially nothing on the panel while changing the drink considerably, which is the point of it: enough dairy to take the sharp edge off an espresso without turning it into a milk coffee.

At $4.25 it is also cheaper than the standard milk coffees at $5.40, which is one of the few places on this menu where less is priced as less.

The distinction worth knowing is between a short macchiato and a long one. A short macchiato is espresso with a spot of foam, which is this drink. A long macchiato is a long black with the same spot of foam, and it is a considerably bigger drink. Australian cafes use both terms and they are not interchangeable.

The Jack's Cafe loyalty card covers it, with the free coffee valid twelve months, pick up only, and stackable with a voucher.

Who it suits: anyone who finds straight espresso too sharp but does not want a milk coffee. It is the smallest step from black coffee toward white.

Compare against the Piccolo at $4.25 and 223 kJ, which is the next step up in milk.

Hungry Jack's Macchiato Nutrition

One Macchiato is 0% of the 8,700 kJ average adult daily intake. Figures are per serve as published by Hungry Jack's.

14 kJ Energy 0% daily intake

3 g Protein 1% daily intake

1 g Fat 0% daily intake

0 g Saturated fat 0% daily intake

3 g Carbs 0% daily intake

2 g Sugars 0% daily intake

15 mg Sodium 1% daily intake

Data from Hungry Jack's published restaurant information. Updated 19 July 2026.

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

Espresso and one spoon of foam. The whole skill is in making a small amount of good foam, which is harder than making a lot. Makes 1 serving.

Prep4 min

Cook2 min

Total6 min

DifficultyMedium

Makes

Quantities as written

Ingredients

18 g coffee beans freshly ground
50 ml full cream milk cold, and you will use almost none of it

Method

0 of 5 steps

1. Warm a small cup or glass.
2. Steam the milk as you would for a flat white, with about three seconds of air. A small volume of milk is genuinely harder to texture than a large one, so use more than you need.
3. Pull a double shot of about 36ml into the warmed cup.
4. Spoon a single tablespoon of the foam onto the centre of the espresso. That is the whole addition.
5. Serve immediately, without stirring.

Tips

Steam more milk than you need. Fifty millilitres in a jug is nearly impossible to texture; use a full jug and waste the rest.
A spoonful of foam, not a pour. Pouring turns it into a piccolo.
Do not stir. The point is drinking through the foam into the espresso.

Variations

Over a long black instead makes a long macchiato, which is a much larger drink.
More milk poured through gives a Piccolo.
No milk at all is a Short Black.

Serve immediately in a small warmed glass, without a spoon. It is meant to be drunk through the foam.

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Hungry Jack's Macchiato Questions

How much is a Macchiato at Hungry Jack's?

$4.25, which is cheaper than the standard milk coffees at $5.40.

How many kilojoules are in it?

14 kJ, one of the three lightest drinks on the menu alongside the Short Black and Long Black.

What is a macchiato?

Espresso marked with a spot of milk foam. The name means stained in Italian, and the foam is enough to take the sharp edge off an espresso without turning it into a milk coffee.

Short or long macchiato?

A short macchiato is espresso with a spot of foam, which is this drink. A long macchiato is a long black with the same foam and is a much bigger drink. The two are not interchangeable.

What is the next step up in milk?

A Piccolo at $4.25 and 223 kJ, which is a single shot with a small amount of milk poured through.

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

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Method

Tips

Variations

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