Latte art - coffee painting

Classic latte art originated in Italy - a country where they really love coffee. Latte art is based on a special way of pouring foamed milk into traditional espresso coffee when making such drinks as latte or cappuccino.

To perform latte art on a professional level, you need to learn a lot, practice for a long time. Besides, for latte art you need special tools. This espresso coffee machine - the main tool for latte art and pitcher - is another tool, indispensable in the latte art.

Pitcher This is a special jug for milk, in which the milk is beaten. Whipped milk from the pitcher poured into the coffee, forming drawings on coffee.

Technology of preparation of classical espressoprescribes 7 grams of freshly ground coffee to pass through water heated to 88-92 ° C under a pressure of 9 atmospheres. The time of preparation of the drink is 25 seconds. The coffee prepared in this way is the base for latte art.

Milk whipping is carried out with the help of a steam crane of an espresso coffee machine. You can get high-quality whipped milk fromcooled to a temperature of + 4 ° C of whole pasteurized milk in a fat content of 3-3.5%. To whip the milk is poured into the pitcher, the steam cock is immersed in the milk to a depth of about one and a half centimeters in the center of the tank.

The steam valve should be opened quickly and withinThe first 5-15 seconds continue to hold the pitcher so that the nozzle spout remains centered and at the same depth. Milk increases in volume so you need to lower the reliever a little. During the next 5-15 seconds, the steaming phase occurs.

At the steaming stage the nozzle of the steam tapis 1.5 cm from the bottom of the pitcher, the tap is near the walls, the pitcher is slightly tilted on the whipping. Whisk the milk until the temperature reaches + 65-75 ° C.

Milk and espresso are ready and you can proceed directly to latte artu. To date, there are several main types of latte art.

Pitching - latte art, performed only with the help of a pitcher.

Etching - Drawings on coffee are applied with a pointed object, for example, with a wooden toothpick.

Cappuccino Art It is a kind of latte art, in which, along with whipped milk for drawing drawings on coffee, chocolate syrup, grated chocolate, and sometimes food colorings are also used.

Multi-art combines the technique of etching and cappuccino and allows the master to achieve striking results.

Espresso Art - a special kind of latte art, when drawings for coffee are performed on cream - espresso foam. Drawings are made with a pointed object.

Latte art is an improvisation, every masterthey get their own unique images. However, there are several basic drawings for coffee. This "flower" ("rosetta"), "heart" and "apple". Are these drawings pitcher.

Flower (rosette)

To obtain a picture of coffee in the form of a flower inlatte arte it is necessary to mentally divide a cup of coffee into 4 equal parts. In the upper part choose the so-called entry point - the point of infusion of milk. Put this point, the cup should be filled with milk to half, and then smoothly direct the flow of milk to the left side.

Easily shaking the pitcher left and right, - movement"Snake" - the milk is directed to the right side and, continuing the "snake", finish at the bottom. When the cup is almost full, the pitcher should be raised and, with a small trickle of milk, cross the drawing, quickly moving the pitcher to the top (where the entry point is).

A figure resembling a flower on a stem or leaf was obtained.

A heart

Mentally imagine a small circle inthe center of the cup. The entry point is in the center of the cup. Pitcher shake left and right with a small amplitude and fill the milk with an imaginary circle. When the cup is filled almost to the brim of the pitcher lift and a small trickle of milk cross out the imaginary circle in diameter. You should get a figure-heart.

An Apple

This basic drawing of latte art is executed like this. Fruit-apple "apple" draw a small amount of milk at the far wall of the cup. Then move the pitcher to the center of the cup and, gently rocking the pinscher from side to side, fill the cup without leaving the imaginary circle.

In latte art, the patterns are more vivid and expressive, if the surface of the cream (espresso foam) is previously sprinkled with cinnamon, cocoa powder or grated chocolate.