Espresso Coffee Etching Latte Art Tutorial - How to Practice Tulip Etching Latte Art

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Coffee latte art has always attracted many young people. Beautiful coffee latte art may not enhance the taste of coffee, but it can put you in a good mood to enjoy this cup of coffee. In this issue of Barista Training, we will teach everyone how to create a rosette tulip!!

Preparation Stage

Two essential materials for latte art: espresso with moderate crema and fine, highly流动able milk foam. FrontStreet Coffee uses Sunflower Warm Sunshine Blend Coffee (Sherry Blend Red Cherry) for espresso, and the sherry coffee beans provide rich coffee crema.

For milk, we use pasteurized whole fresh milk. The milk foam thickness is 50%, whipped to 60% full capacity, with strong flowability. Thinner milk foam has better flowability, allowing for the creation of beautiful lines for rosette patterns. Conversely, if the milk foam is too thick, it will result in poor milk flowability, making it difficult to create rosette patterns. For how to whip fine milk foam, please refer to FrontStreet Coffee's previous article [Barista Training | Teaching You to Whip Fine and Dense Milk Foam!!].

Latte Art Stage

FrontStreet Coffee uses a 300ml latte coffee cup, with espresso weighing 40g. First, you need to fuse the milk with the espresso. The fusion standard is that the crema is fully "stirred" evenly by the milk, the surface color is golden yellow, and no large air bubbles are produced. Fuse until the cup is 4/5 full.

Next, start creating the rosette pattern. For the first rosette layer, the milk pouring point is at the center position. Keep the milk pitcher spout as close to the liquid surface as possible, while shaking evenly and slowly moving the pitcher spout forward, pushing to the center and then lifting the pitcher.

Next, repeat the same action, starting the pattern at 1/4 position, shake evenly while pushing forward, push to the center, and after being enveloped by the first rosette layer, lift the pitcher.

Finally, also at the 1/4 position, release a small heart shape at a fixed point, thin the milk flow, raise the latte art pitcher, move forward to the bottom of the first rosette layer, and lift the pitcher.

Important Notes

1. The milk foam thickness should not be too thick. Rosette patterns require milk to have good flowability; otherwise, it will be relatively difficult to create rosette patterns and beautiful lines.

2. The shaking amplitude should be uniform. The pitcher spout should be aligned with the center line of the coffee cup; otherwise, the created rosette pattern will lack symmetrical beauty.

3. Hold the coffee cup with your left hand and return it to an upright position at a constant speed, avoiding large amplitude shaking.

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