Week 2 – Technique Research

Progress Update

This week, I continued to practice my latte art (please see the sad sad progress photographed). As I was practicing this week, I became very impatient and frustrated with the process.

The matcha with hearts was an attempt at saving a failed heart. I think the milk was frothed a little too thick, while the first latte had milk that was too thin.

Research on YouTube

Because I was so frustrated, I did some research on YouTube to find some tips to improve my chances at being successful with this endeavor. Linked below, you will find some videos that I found most helpful for understanding where I am going wrong and how I can improve.

Week 1 – The Baseline

I love making my own drinks at home and have always wanted to learn how to do latte art to take my beverages to the next level. I prefer matcha and hojicha over coffee, but, I’m going to experiment with all three. My goal for the end of this project is to successfully make a heart in a latte.

I have minimal experience with latte art so I needed to collect a baseline of my abilities. Throughout the past week, I attempted latte art with coffee and hojicha. As you can see, the ‘heart’ needs some work…

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