Sunny Morning Latte

Nothing like a sunny morning and a good pour to cheer up one's day. If only my new water heater would self-install itself.

Happy and warmer days ahead!

-Naug

Less froth is better...

I now know - or at least I have reaffirmed my understanding that LESS is more and in the case of latte art, you need good tight froth, but you can't have too much lest you ruin the crema during the pour. I am also getting more comfortable with the pour itself. It is just often hard to get good dry steam and not TOO much so that I can quickly get some tight microfoam then bury the wand deep into the milk and get a whirlpool going.

My wife still wants me to learn a new pour, but until I can do a rosetta every time and equally as good as the last I continue to trudge onward and forward. My baby is crying so I end this blog entry now.

-Naug

Another try - not bad... not bad

I still try to pour good latte art every time I make a latte but depending on the freshness of the milk and basically how little I try the better results I get. I try to just minimally incorporate air when I begin to froth then I get the milk whirlpooling around. Sometimes this works great and sometimes I get no froth whatsoever and therefore no art.



I'm getting a little more consistent with the actual pours - this is where the true skill lies. And then there's my wife who keeps chiding me asking when am I going to learn a new design. Sometimes she can be so mean. ;-)



I wish I worked in a coffee shop... part-time, that is.

When you give up caring...

...is the only time I actually get a decent rosetta. I have been trying SO hard the last month to get perfect microfoam and just the right amount but I was getting way too much or none at all. Only when I wasn't even going to bother working the foam and such is when I actually made a pretty awesome pour. I guess I have much to learn.

Till next pour...

-Naug

Triumphant Return?

I realize it HAS been a while since I last blogged a good latte art. I have been more interested in facebook, origami, and most recently candy making?

But my love of coffee has never wained... just my ability to make a good pour and get the crema and microfoam just so.

Hope everyone had a great turkey day and gets all their Christmas shopping done in time - and please... no more shopping horror stories! It's just stuff... relax and enjoy the season!

-Naug