What Is Latte Art?

Latte art is the art of drawing things on coffee when pouring milk into your espresso

. The art can also be accomplished by just drawing on the froth after the latte is made. Latte art, like all other arts, needs practice to perfect. If you have ever had coffee at any good coffee shop, you will have come across latte art. It is the art of drawing on the top of your coffee. It adds to the appeal of coffee and shows the skill of the one serving it.

Amongst the many Latte Art designs, hearts are the most popular usually. You can find latte art such as leaves, stars, cats, swans and more. The rosetta is another more difficult design compared to the heart, but is popular non the less. Experts in the field of latte art, who have mastered pattern control can create faces, animals, flowers and more on top of the latte with much detail.

Learning latte art can be tricky as most skills are passed down from barista to barista. There are many training classes and video tutorials online that can help you learn. Here we cover two basic ways of creating latte art. The first method is the free pour, in which latte art designs are made as the milk comes into contact with the espresso. The second way is an etching design, made by creating artwork in the froth shortly after the milk is poured with a stick. The trick is to add the milk to create the white part of the design where shades of brown are created at the coffee surface.

The free pouring pattern can be made by either keeping the cup flat or tilted on the table-top. After the poring is done in the particular way, the white foam will rise to the surface, either straight up or sideways depending on how you had initially placed the cup. Placing the cup level with the table will give you the heart shape while the other method will help you get the leaf or the fern pattern.

Using etching, a barista may execute very complex patterns that are impossible to do with the standard pouring techniques beyond the free pouring techniques but with etching the foam dissolves into the milk layer making these patterns have a short life span. Perfecting latte art techniques may take years or more, but a experienced barista can make designs effortlessly.

There are many factors that effect the end result. These factors including the type of espresso used, the espresso machine, the thickness of the foam later as well as the ability of the latte artist. It is fairly easy to practice this each day as coffee is consumed often, even if you don't work in a coffee shop. If you ever plan to work as a barista these skills will come is very handy. If you want to check out more latte art in your local area, many competitions exist. Ask your local latte art serving coffee shop about events in your area.

by: Emmanuel T. Rogers

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