Latte Art: Is your coffee a work of art?
So how do you make Latte Art you ask? This is difficult to discuss in type. I found it best to show this by demonstration. But we don’t have that luxury for now.
We will run through the heart and flower shapes, as these do not require the add use of a spoon or other such utensil to make more complex patterns.
So you have your frothing milk and a fresh cup of hot brewed espresso, the hazelnut crema surface waiting to be broken by the milk.
Pouring frothing milk tips: DO NOT SHAKE the milk jug until your cup is about half full. Then start to shake the milk jug side to side from the wrist. Don’t shake the jug from your elbow. I repeat, shake from the wrist. This is easy to forget as you get caught up in the look of the pattern. It is usually the first and most common mistake. I have written this warning ahead of time because it is important. Okay, time to pour the milk.
Please read the instruction in full before you start. These instructions are stepped, but they should be action together.
- Take your milk and begin to pour from approximately 2cm (or 4/5 inch) into the same area of the cup.
- Once the cup is half full begin to shake the milk jug from side to side. The shaking movement should be a fluid wrist movement, not mechanical. * As you shake, move backwards (towards yourself) to about 3/4 of the cup surface and then push forward in short movement to complete the top of the heart.
- To make a flower, take your milk and begin to pour from approximately 2cm (or 4/5 inch) into the same area of the cup.
- Once the cup is half full begin to shake the milk jug from side to side. The shaking movement should be a fluid wrist movement, not mechanical. * As you shake, slowly move backwards (towards yourself) to the edge of the cup surface.
There are many more ways to create latte art and we will try to bring these to CoffeeChat. We want to share these techniques with everyone who stops here.
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