Can't draw latte art? Maybe the milk foam is not made well enough

I want to learn how to make latte art. I watch the demonstrations of coffee experts on video websites and pay attention to every step, but why can't I make a latte art? Professional coffee teachers say that at this time, you should check whether the ratio of milk foam to milk is wrong.

Not all milk can be used for the milk foam used for latte art. Whole milk must be used, and the temperature should be between 60 and 70 degrees Celsius, while the temperature of the coffee should be between 50 and 60 degrees Celsius.

Some people keep adjusting the latte art movements but still find that they are still ineffective. In fact, they should go back and readjust the proportion of milk foam and milk. Don't get hung up on the details, because the failure of latte art is most likely due to the failure of the preliminary work to be done well.

There are five elements to coffee latte art, including crema, milk foam, milk, feel, and proportion. The crema must be golden yellow. If it is black, brown, or white, the art will not look good and it will not be easy to successfully draw the art shape.

After preparing the coffee with golden coffee oil, pour it into the cup about 1/5 to 1/3 full. Then, pour the fluffy and soft milk foam and milk made by the milk frother into the cup through the pointed latte art steel cup. When it reaches 1/2 of the cup's capacity, start to move your hands to prepare latte art. The latte art process is ready to end when the milk foam reaches 80% of the cup.

There are only about 10 seconds from pouring the milk foam to make latte art. The quality of coffee latte art is closely related to the rhythm of your hand. Good rhythm produces beautiful milk foam and patterns.

When it comes to the most important coffee crema and milk foam for latte art, he admits that the coffee crema produced by the fully automatic coffee machines in convenience stores is too light and too thin to be suitable for latte art. Generally speaking, semi-automatic Italian coffee machines are used to make Italian coffee, which is suitable for latte art.

Professional coffee shops have suitable machines. Although each espresso recipe is different, a thicker golden coffee oil can still be produced, which is suitable for latte art.

The key ratio of milk to foam is the latte art. Hand-beaten milk foam is wetter and heavier, and is not suitable for latte art. The milk foam beaten by a machine with high temperature and vibration is fluffy, and the coffee latte art will be beautiful. In addition, the water content of milk is too much or too little, which will affect the result of the latte art, so it needs to be adjusted at any time.

Therefore, accumulating experience is very important. The ratio of milk foam to milk is not something that an average layman can figure out by intuition.