Coffee flower is too difficult to learn what to do? The genre of the handicapped Party: hand-drawing + Die drawing skills

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There are three main categories of coffee flowers, one is directly poured in to shake the vat to form a pattern, which is the most difficult and technical way in the flower-drawing competition, which can be seen from the separate flower-drawing competition in the world competitions; the second is the line graphics of animal and plant shapes; the third is the mold graphics (screen pattern method), the simplest of the three.

First, pour directly into the forming method

Even if the foamed cow is still used, it is quickly poured into the espresso without the separation of milk and milk foam, and after the fusion of milk, milk foam and espresso, the shaking technique of the hand is used to make the milk foam and milk float on the espresso using the principle of water pattern fluctuation. Baristas can use a variety of sloshing control techniques, while the shape of a variety of graphics.

The resulting graphics can be divided into two categories:

The first category is a combination of heart-shaped and leaf-shaped lines.

The second category: line graphics in the shape of animals and plants.

The amount of milk, foam and espresso needs to be combined according to the barista's skills, and beginners usually start to shake after one-third is full, because beginners can't control the flow rate very well. If the barista has been able to control the flow rate very well, and does not require complicated patterns, it can be mixed to 8 points and then begin to shake flowers, so that the coffee made in this way can better experience the taste spectrum after the fusion of coffee and milk, and the mellow and fragrant coffee. The sweetness of milk will be balanced in the drinker's mouth.

The formation of the flower pattern is very short, so it requires very smooth and rhythmic movements, and fast and accurate hand shaking control techniques are needed, and most people get cold feet because they cannot meet this requirement in a short period of time, so long and correct practice becomes all the more important. If you want to be a master of flower drawing, you have to keep practicing carefully.

II. Hand drawing method

The so-called hand drawing method is on the coffee that has completed the fusion of espresso, milk and milk foam, using white dots and irregular shapes formed during the fusion, using toothpicks or needles, occupying materials such as chocolate cocoa powder, and sketching various shapes on the surface of the coffee.

The hand drawing method is much simpler than the direct input method. As long as you master some details, you can make a lot of very beautiful graphics, of course, you can also creatively draw your own graphics.

3. Mold graphic method

The principle of screen graphic method is very simple, generally speaking, it is divided into two forms.

The first method is to let the milk and the milk foam separate to a certain extent after the milk has been foamed for about 30 seconds, then use a spoon to block part of the milk foam to allow the cow to mix with Italian coffee first, then use a spoon to cover the milk foam on the surface of the coffee to form a snow-white surface, then place the coffee pattern mold on the 25px away from the coffee surface, sprinkle cocoa powder or cinnamon powder on the screen or sieve. Make the surface of the coffee form a variety of patterns.

The second method is similar to the first, except that you don't have to wait for the milk to be concentrated and fused directly after you finish the foam, paying special attention to not producing white foam on the surface of the coffee, and then using a variety of coffee pattern molds to make the figure like the first method.

Mold graphic method is the simplest way for all coffee flower drawing skills. Everyone can carve different coffee models according to their own preferences or buy ready-made coffee patterns.

Summary:

Today, the world coffee flower has developed to a very high level, but also encountered a lot of bottlenecks. Directly into the formation of the method, most of them use the basic heart shape and leaf shape to make changes, it is difficult to jump out of these basic patterns, this situation is due to lack of contact, control skills are not hot. There is no real understanding of the principle of the inverted formation method. So most people can simply use hand drawing and model graphics.

The hand drawing method developed in Europe and the United States is mainly based on regular geometric shapes and uses rich raw materials of various colors to make changes, which makes the coffee look extremely colorful.

In Japan, it is more like to change with specific hand-painted patterns, the development of a lot of super lovely animals and characters. It has something to do with Japanese animation culture. In China, it is mainly suitable for the basic direct dumping method.