I always messed the base everytime i pour, they say to pour slowly but my hand were too stiffed🫠
by GomiiSekai
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camshaft484
A lot of good things going on here for sure, reminds me a lot of what I struggle with when pouring latte art! IMO your best bet would be to practice making your wiggles more consistent. I think you nailed it when you mentioned your hand being stiff, that usually winds up being my issue whenever I’m struggling with ripples as well. What helps me is literally counting the ripples in my head as I’m pouring. I aim for 5-7 pushes at the base, and around 3 when I’m pulling back for the stem of a rosetta. Hard to tell for sure without seeing a recording of one of your pours but that would be my best guess.
The only other bits of advice I can think of: make sure you’re incorporating enough milk into the drink to keep the pattern stable, and lift your pitcher a bit higher during your final pull through so you don’t leave any unsightly rat tails in your design. I definitely think these pours have a lot of potential to get you pretty far if you decide to enter any throwdowns in the near future, though! Keep practicing!
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Hold up high for a second at the top before the pullthrough, prevents what is known as “penis art” in our cafe and makes for a sharper more defined tip. Please keep in mind that this is just solid top tier work, I’d happily send these out. At this point you’re just competing with other baristas, the customers are stoked to be getting swans and whatnot.
Don’t stress about stiff hands, I actually do most of my wiggle from the shoulder and keep a pretty rigid wrist and elbow. If anything go for MORE stiffness and practice a broader side to side wiggle with more violent jagged back and forth movement. It’s hard to explain in words but I try to “tear” the milk away from itself if that makes any sense. You get some really sharp well defined edges that way. I got really paranoid about RSI in my wrists and adopted that method and it actually improved my art by a lot.
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A lot of good things going on here for sure, reminds me a lot of what I struggle with when pouring latte art! IMO your best bet would be to practice making your wiggles more consistent. I think you nailed it when you mentioned your hand being stiff, that usually winds up being my issue whenever I’m struggling with ripples as well. What helps me is literally counting the ripples in my head as I’m pouring. I aim for 5-7 pushes at the base, and around 3 when I’m pulling back for the stem of a rosetta. Hard to tell for sure without seeing a recording of one of your pours but that would be my best guess.
The only other bits of advice I can think of: make sure you’re incorporating enough milk into the drink to keep the pattern stable, and lift your pitcher a bit higher during your final pull through so you don’t leave any unsightly rat tails in your design. I definitely think these pours have a lot of potential to get you pretty far if you decide to enter any throwdowns in the near future, though! Keep practicing!
Hold up high for a second at the top before the pullthrough, prevents what is known as “penis art” in our cafe and makes for a sharper more defined tip. Please keep in mind that this is just solid top tier work, I’d happily send these out. At this point you’re just competing with other baristas, the customers are stoked to be getting swans and whatnot.
Don’t stress about stiff hands, I actually do most of my wiggle from the shoulder and keep a pretty rigid wrist and elbow. If anything go for MORE stiffness and practice a broader side to side wiggle with more violent jagged back and forth movement. It’s hard to explain in words but I try to “tear” the milk away from itself if that makes any sense. You get some really sharp well defined edges that way. I got really paranoid about RSI in my wrists and adopted that method and it actually improved my art by a lot.