With only three simple steps, you can drink beautiful lattes at home!

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In Europe, Latte means milk, and Latte Art refers to the art pattern produced by pouring milk into coffee. No matter what technique or material is used, it can be called "Latte Art". As long as you use a toothpick, you can also make the latte beautiful!

Step1: make an espresso (espresso)

Italian coffee makers are expensive, and many families use Italian mocha pots instead. But to be cheap and convenient, you can try the American invention of "Aero Press".

Easy to operate and clean, the hot water in the water heater can make espresso with crema (coffee oil), and the quality is even better than that of the mocha pot.

Step2: make a pot of milk foam

The texture of the foam is the focus of tasting a cappuccino or latte, and it is also a demonstration of the barista's ability, because the quality of the foam reflects his proficiency in handling high-temperature steam equipment.

You don't have to be so troublesome at home. As long as you have a manual bubble jar and are skilled in some tricks, you can easily make dense milk bubbles. Although they are not as solid as those made by steam, they still taste good.

1. Heat the milk to 70 ℃ and pour into the bubble pot (about half the height).

two。 Pull quickly and pump air into the milk until the foam overflows from the edge of the lid.

3. Slow down and beat for another 30 seconds to make the structure of the foam more compact.

4. Remove the upper seat of the bubble pot and let it stand for 60 to 90 seconds to slowly stabilize the structure of the foam.

Tips for manual milking

The more fat the milk in ●, the easier it is to make dense foam.

The height of the ● milk bubble pot must be higher than the surface of the milk in order to pump air in to make the milk foamy, but do not pull to the end, otherwise it will make the movement unsmooth.

Step3: decorate a good cup of coffee

There are many ways to Latte Art coffee, the most difficult one is "pouring into the molding method", and the simplest is "hand-drawn molding method".

Pour into the molded ─ leaves

The practice focuses on moving backward while shaking the steel cup, changing the amplitude of the shaking from large to small, and ending in a straight line. The following 5 steps are completed in about 3 seconds.

1. Pour the brewed espresso into the coffee cup and sprinkle some permissible cocoa powder to make the pattern more vivid.

two。 After scraping off the thicker foam on the top of the bubble pot with a spoon, pour it into a sharp-nosed steel cup and shake it in a circle.

3. Holding the coffee cup in one hand and the steel cup in the other, slowly pour the milk into the center of the coffee. When it is about eight minutes full, pull the steel cup in front of the center point and put the cup straight.

4. Lower the steel cup, start to shake left and right in the same place to produce arc lines, and gradually reduce the range, push outward in the way of water ripples, and the steel cup moves backward at the same time.

5. When pulled close to the edge of the cup, the steel cup pulls a line forward and quickly removes the milk foam at last.

Hand-drawn molding method ─ geometric flowers and grass

Using chocolate sauce, cocoa, and a toothpick, you can draw a beautiful pattern on the surface of the coffee.

1. Steps 1 and 2 are the same as the "pouring molding method".

two。 First half-block the milk foam with a tablespoon and slowly pour the milk into the center of the espresso. When it is about seven minutes full, scrape out the foam and cover the top until the cup is full. There will be a circle of coffee around the white round surface of the coffee.

Geometric flower

Use chocolate sauce to draw 3 concentric circles on the coffee surface. Use the toothpick stick to draw 8 symmetrical lines outward from the center.

Grass

Use chocolate sauce to draw two consecutive S-shapes on the edge of the coffee surface. Use the toothpick stick to draw a line in the middle of the S-shaped shape and pull out the tail. It is recommended to use your own creativity to create an exclusive Latte Art.