Latte Art

Latte Art…less. I call it the Coca Cola top…sorry!

Pompeyexile It’s frothy man!!!!

I can’t get my heart to spread in the cup, I end up with a tiny small shape in the middle of the cup.
Is that because the milk is too thin or is it not enough body in the crema to support the milk with most of it just sinking through?
Tried to post a pic but there seems to be an issue, it’s looking for a link instead of from the media centre.

Waitforme Tried to post a pic but there seems to be an issue, it’s looking for a link instead of from the media centre.

Just drag and drop the image…but if you’re using a mac….unless it’s .jpg files or something not maclike, I can’t help.

When we see the photo, lots of people better at art than me will help….I rarely drink lattes.

If the image is too small try pouring quicker. A good latte art pour is surprisingly fast. For a heart the recommended speed is 40ml/s. Time yourself with water and you’ll get a feel.

If you’re close enough to the coffee (<1cm) and fast enough a decent size blob should form. Then just push forward and cut through to produce a heart.

Keep practicing and you’ll get there

Waitforme You may be filling your cup too much before pouring the design. The more you fill your cup, the higher the surface tension, the less the design will spread out.

Try filing the cup less from a higher height. Then drop the pitcher spout and increase flow rate. You should be able to find a happy medium with some practice.

Of course the hardest part is getting the milk texture right in the first place!

Thanks guys, I’ll take your advice on board and see how it goes.

I’m not too bad at getting the milk expanded, I can get it maybe a 25% increase in volume with no bubbles, from just below the spout in the jug to maybe ⅓ way up the spout.

Can we extend “Latte art” to “Coffee art” or “Unintentional interesting pattern on the underside of the puck screen”?

Doram In your future I see many branching paths, with choices, or you will encounter a tall dark tree without leaves.

Trying to get a Christmas tree …. Sometimes I wish I worked in a coffee shop so I could practice on 200 coffees a day

H1udd Looking good…next year we will have to have a competition.

H1udd Very impressive indeed! I doubt coffee shops do these impressions. We don’t even remember! 👏

So it’s been a pretty slow journey, as I tend to only do one milky coffee a day, but I think my latte art is finally making some progress.

A year ago this is what I was proud of, a faint outline in the milk:

This is what I poured this morning to go with breakfast:

It’s not perfect, with some marking I didn’t want at the very bottom, but overall I think it’s respectable. Goes to show that if you just keep practicing you’ll get there eventually. These are both with oat milk as well, which I think makes it a bit trickier.

I’ve been trying for a year to improve my latte hearts but like others here only make a handful each week. Some of the great ones above make me want me to give up !

Perhaps I’ll just stick to caps and claim it as art

I’m about a year down the line - clearly a slow learner!

Mutepost Try pouring the designer faster. That’s what I was missing. It helps the design spread