How long does it take to learn how to make coffee flower? the skill of coffee flower drawing.

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As a barista, coffee is our business card. When customers order a latte, we also want to make a nice cup of flowers. It is also the happiest moment for every barista to see that customers are surprised or delighted with the pattern. But if you want to make a good cup of flowers, you need to focus on more than just foam and extraction. Even in the choice of cups are quite fastidious, so do you know what kind of cup is more suitable for coffee flower?

The formation of flower drawing

To put it simply, make a good latte: high-quality espresso and dense milk foam are indispensable. Coffee beans will emulsify the insoluble oil of coffee powder under high temperature and high pressure, and a large amount of carbon dioxide will be dissolved in the liquid. At this time, in order to stabilize these small bubbles, coffee makes these bubbles stable and elastic through "protein melanin". This is what we often call Crema. Another important key is the formation of milk bubbles. The difference between milk and milk bubbles is that the addition of steam makes milk protein form a lot of dense and small foams under the action of surface tension. High fat makes the structure of milk bubbles more stable and lasting.

The choice of cups

When we make a cup of concentrate and dispose of a cup of milk foam, we need to know what kind of cup is suitable for making good-looking and delicious coffee.

1. The larger the area of the cup is, the more favorable it is to draw flowers.

Under the same capacity, the larger the mouth of the cup, the more conducive to the formation of the pattern. As mentioned earlier, the crema of coffee and the foam of milk make up the flower. And it is precisely because of the relative movement between the two, so that the flower pattern can be well presented. So the larger the mouth of the cup, the fuller the whole shape.

2. A low cup is better than a tall cup.

I believe that many barista friends have found such a problem that they can make a beautiful flower when making coffee for customers in the store, but sometimes it doesn't seem to be easy in the packing cup. This is because the higher the cup, the greater the gravitational potential energy injected by the milk, the easier it is to wash away the crema on the surface of the coffee. In this way, the milk foam can easily be washed into the coffee.

3. It is easier to have a pattern if there is a curve at the bottom of the cup

In many cafes, we can see this mug on the left. This kind of mug often gives people a sense of "reality". But it's not easy to pull flowers with this kind of mug. Because the bottom of the cup is relatively flat, it often makes the milk recoil, which changes the structure of the coffee cup. So coffee cups with curved bottoms are easier to make.