User:Peaseblossomxiv/Evaluate an Article

I will evaluate my article here. I have opened this page only to see the guidelines.

Which article are you evaluating?
Flat White

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I have nearly ten years of experience working as a third wave coffee barista. The flat white's constitution and presentation is a debated topic amidst the coffee community and I wanted to explore the resources and origins of the drink to better understand why this controversy may exist.

Evaluate the article
The introduction is clear and concise, although some sentences could be rephrased and/or shortened for clarity. It does not outline the articles main sections, leaving room for improvement in this sense. The article is moderately comprehensive overall, with strengths in discussing historical origins. There are citations missing that would provide useful insight into the composition of the beverage and add to the objectivity of the claims. The section "Outside Australia and New Zealand" could be improved as it focuses mainly on the prevalence of the flat white Starbucks and chains with no mention to its preparation or existence in third wave or local coffee cultures. There seems to be an unbalance of Australian original research and viewpoints.

Citation 14 is linked to an article on stuff.co.ne, which does not appear to be a scholarly resource. There is direct plagiarism in this quote referencing the preferability of a ristretto shot in a flat white. This preferential claim is not backed up by the article with clear scientific explanation. I added a note to the talk page discussing whether this is original research and should be further cited or removed.

Reading through the talk page, origins, composition, and history of the flat white are hotly debated. There is also a saturation of original research that is working on being removed or improved.