Sometimes I manage to make some latte art that’s pretty good, but I am very inconsistent. Is it my steaming, or am I just bad at pouring? Does anybody have any good tips or good tutorials I can watch?
by muchachonino
28 Comments
RaiseAcceptable
Your rushing the pattern. Starting it a bit late and not giving yourself enough time to create the pattern.
Start tilting the cup sooner, plus tbh the cup your using doesnt give you awhole lotta room to achieve the rosetta you were looking for
BYoungNY
way better than my daily latte art of “the continent of Antarctica”
matthewbadboy424
Definately slow down, makes it easier to control and then you can see what ur next move needs to be.
VictorNoergaard
My suggestions: Stop doing the wrist shaking when pulling back near the end. Your milk or skill level is not quite there yet, just focus on the monks head (the big blob before turning it into a heart)
Make sure to keep the pitcher in the same position, so you only get a single blob of milk, instead of pulling back like you did in the video. You literally made the perfect setup for a beautiful heart, but kinda ruined it by pulling back.
Also, quite important. When striking through (the line through the monks head), make sure to lift up your pitcher and push through from a distance. That creates a thin stream with momentum that makes it look way better. The pitcher should be at a distance (say, 7-12cm) from the surface of the coffee when striking through. Practice on the basics.
MrMuf
Trying to run before you can walk. Master a heart first
EmergencyMuted2943
I dunno man that a pretty good onion !
Skiingislife9288
You’re not bad at latte art you’re just trying to create designs above your pay grade. You had the makings of a really great heart before you went for the Rosetta.
Shrink1061_
Your cup isn’t helping either. Art really needs a wide open tapered cup to get the jug nice and close. Only once you’ve mastered that should you move on to complex crockery 🤣
You’ve already got past the hard part really, now it just requires consistent practice *with a much more suitable cup*. That thing is so narrow at the top, you’re limiting the amount of control you have. Try and buy a traditional “flat white” style coffee mug and just keep on practising. It took me months and months making hundreds of coffees a day to get any good and I’m still not that consistent. Just gotta practise.
Edit: also just work on pouring tulips, don’t get ahead of yourself with the wiggles, rosettas, swans, whatever. Just try and pour stack after stack and keep practising that.
Joe85739
I’m more impressed at how you managed to purge your machine with a double tab of the milk jug to be honest…
just from pure observation: – your pitcher is too far from the coffee, so it’s harder to draw – your cup doesn’t help learning, it has an odd opening – a little bit more air would be perfect, too loquidy. – don’t be in a rush, no one is chasing you c:
mekaniker008
Dude. You are 10 levels ahead of me haha
low_volume_
Grind finer
Low-Emu9984
you had the heart then blew it by waiting too long to push through. Learn the heart perfectly then move to other designs.
boymeetsbeans
Slow down and let the milk do the work.
FrontWork7406
I think you’re just trying to paint the Mona Lisa without learning stick figures. Start simpler. A Monk’s head would probably show you that your milk is too thin — stretch the milk longer / more aggressively during the first stage of steaming.
Progression: Monk’s Head Heart Tulip Framed Tulip Rosetta
Constant-Ad6514
Is this sarcasm? My latte art is basically a big blob of foam falling on my coffee so this is more than good.
thatsadmotherfucker
I can only do penises
V1sion_RL
A cup that has a wider opening would allow you to get the pitcher closer to the surface. But really I agree with a lot of the other comments, just practice.
28 Comments
Your rushing the pattern. Starting it a bit late and not giving yourself enough time to create the pattern.
Start tilting the cup sooner, plus tbh the cup your using doesnt give you awhole lotta room to achieve the rosetta you were looking for
way better than my daily latte art of “the continent of Antarctica”
Definately slow down, makes it easier to control and then you can see what ur next move needs to be.
My suggestions: Stop doing the wrist shaking when pulling back near the end. Your milk or skill level is not quite there yet, just focus on the monks head (the big blob before turning it into a heart)
Make sure to keep the pitcher in the same position, so you only get a single blob of milk, instead of pulling back like you did in the video. You literally made the perfect setup for a beautiful heart, but kinda ruined it by pulling back.
Also, quite important. When striking through (the line through the monks head), make sure to lift up your pitcher and push through from a distance. That creates a thin stream with momentum that makes it look way better. The pitcher should be at a distance (say, 7-12cm) from the surface of the coffee when striking through.
Practice on the basics.
Trying to run before you can walk. Master a heart first
I dunno man that a pretty good onion !
You’re not bad at latte art you’re just trying to create designs above your pay grade. You had the makings of a really great heart before you went for the Rosetta.
Your cup isn’t helping either. Art really needs a wide open tapered cup to get the jug nice and close. Only once you’ve mastered that should you move on to complex crockery 🤣
Not worse than me my guy.
https://preview.redd.it/jor5cna0kxbg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=733829541cf44d2db476426307e1cc6d0505e14e
Moose knuckle. Nailed it!
You’ve already got past the hard part really, now it just requires consistent practice *with a much more suitable cup*. That thing is so narrow at the top, you’re limiting the amount of control you have. Try and buy a traditional “flat white” style coffee mug and just keep on practising. It took me months and months making hundreds of coffees a day to get any good and I’m still not that consistent. Just gotta practise.
Edit: also just work on pouring tulips, don’t get ahead of yourself with the wiggles, rosettas, swans, whatever. Just try and pour stack after stack and keep practising that.
I’m more impressed at how you managed to purge your machine with a double tab of the milk jug to be honest…
https://preview.redd.it/tmv9s0oroxbg1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a6b896538886151a454b127deff232096fe9ae4
With practice, one day you can reach my level.
just from pure observation:
– your pitcher is too far from the coffee, so it’s harder to draw
– your cup doesn’t help learning, it has an odd opening
– a little bit more air would be perfect, too loquidy.
– don’t be in a rush, no one is chasing you c:
Dude. You are 10 levels ahead of me haha
Grind finer
you had the heart then blew it by waiting too long to push through. Learn the heart perfectly then move to other designs.
Slow down and let the milk do the work.
I think you’re just trying to paint the Mona Lisa without learning stick figures. Start simpler. A Monk’s head would probably show you that your milk is too thin — stretch the milk longer / more aggressively during the first stage of steaming.
Progression:
Monk’s Head
Heart
Tulip
Framed Tulip
Rosetta
Is this sarcasm? My latte art is basically a big blob of foam falling on my coffee so this is more than good.
I can only do penises
A cup that has a wider opening would allow you to get the pitcher closer to the surface. But really I agree with a lot of the other comments, just practice.
https://preview.redd.it/k34t89wazybg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94bbec1c654834b89bf740143f720e35e272bc12
You got nothing on this. As you can see it’s a fisherman.
https://preview.redd.it/ontsw3bk6zbg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ae68c18d1bb64b3b69026c04a0ea76f0e1c2e89
Behold: Man in Canoe 🛶
Honestly looks good to me
Try switching to abstract latte art, it’s what I did and now I let the person drinking it tell me what they see.
Nice drawing of a camel toe.
I tend to end up with 1 of 2 basic patterns:
“The Buttplug” and “The Sprouting onion”