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Latte art
by Ransom Riggs - January 25, 2007 - 9:25 AM
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In a fancy restaurant, anyone paying $50 for a piece of fish might reasonably expect that their entree be plated in an artistic way. In fancy coffeehouses, it’s becoming increasingly common for lattes and other coffee- or cappuccino-based drinks to be presented nicely, too (and at $4 a pop, rightly so), and some ambitious baristas have raised that final touch to what many consider a new kind of art form. That’s right: latte art. According to the ‘pedia (Wiki, that is), latte art is created either by “manipulating the flow of milk from a jug into the espresso (known as free pour latte art) or by drawing designs with an implement (known as etching), using stencils, powders and milk foam.”

There’s even an annual latte art competition in the Netherlands. If you’d rather not leave it to the baristas, you can find a do-it-yourself latte art guide here. And this is a great collection of latte art photos via flickr. But the topper, of course, is a video demonstration:

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Comments (5)

  1. Are there places in Philadelphia that do this? This is surprising…had to pick my jaw from the floor (and clean the drool!).

    posted by Rebecca on 1-25-2007 at 9:50 pm

  2. At most of the pubs I visited in England the barman (or woman) would draw a shamrock in the head of your Guinness with the last bit of the pour. I’ve tried it myself, & it’s harder than it looks.

    posted by Evan on 1-26-2007 at 2:33 pm

  3. Yes! I’ve heard of that…family members have gone and have told me of that too. Like all art, I suppose practice makes perfect. This is fantastic, though…even in it’s short-lived and simple form. ;)

    posted by Rebecca on 1-28-2007 at 12:28 pm

  4. this stuff is so cool! they should like start a web site!

    posted by Rebecca on 10-29-2007 at 7:52 am

  5. There is a cafe at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where the art students behind the counter create designs like these. I guess they can’t help it. The student cafe not the museum cafe.

    posted by art freak on 10-29-2007 at 6:14 pm

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