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What does the flow distance and flow rate of Italian latte pull flowers mean? Share tips on making coffee flowers, love leaves, tulip patterns!

Published: 2026-05-30 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/05/30, Just gently shake the flower jar in your hand and pour out the milk, and the milk bubbles will leave white lines on the liquid surface of the coffee. Next, we just need to guide the milk bubbles to leave traces on the liquid surface according to our ideas, and we can draw the ideal flower pattern. The above is an idea many friends had before learning to draw coffee flowers.

Just gently shake the flower jar in your hand and pour out the milk, and the milk bubbles will leave white lines on the liquid surface of the coffee. Next, we just need to guide the milk bubbles to leave traces on the liquid surface according to our ideas, and we can draw the ideal flower pattern.

The above is an idea that many friends had before learning to draw coffee flowers, and Qianjie is one of them. However, when I really started pulling flowers, I found that the operation was very different from what I imagined. The appearance of lines is completely uncontrolled, and the ideal pattern is not formed at all. The main reason why this situation occurs is that everyone only "learned" the skill of drawing flowers through their eyes, but to really make a beautiful drawing flower, you need both proficiency support and understanding. The principle.

Qianjie has shared a lot about the making of lahua, such as how to make a milk bubble suitable for lahua, how to make a clean and tidy lahua pattern, etc. You can all learn from previous articles on Qianjie through searching. But if you want to master the ability to easily make any drawing pattern, then you need to understand two basic drawing points: flow and flow distance. Because Qianjie discovered that not only novices, but even some friends who know basic drawing didn't understand the logic of drawing pictures, or the meaning of some actions when drawing flowers. The reason why the picture was able to be drawn was only because he mastered several movements to make this pattern and made the pattern after perfect reproduction. If you are not satisfied with this, then Qianjie Association recommends an in-depth understanding of the impact of traffic and flow distance on drawing flowers, which can help you easily make more drawing flowers.

Flow distance and flow The so-called flow distance refers to the vertical distance between the milk and the level of the coffee when it is injected from the milk vat. The higher the flow distance, the farther the cylinder nozzle is from the liquid level of the coffee and the higher the height at which the milk is poured, and vice versa.

The height of the flow distance determines whether the milk foam can float on the surface of the coffee to form lines. When the flow distance at which we inject milk is higher, the milk will gain a greater impact force due to the farther distance, which will allow the milk foam to rush directly into the coffee and fully mix with the coffee; and when we inject milk, the lower the flow distance, the milk foam will not be washed into the coffee liquid to mix, but can float on the coffee liquid to form patterns.

Therefore, we usually use a high flow distance to inject milk during fusion. The purpose is to allow the milk to be fully mixed with the concentrate and not leave traces that affect the cleanliness of the liquid surface. When pulling flowers, the flow distance will be lowered, in order to allow the milk foam to float on the liquid surface to form a pattern. The flow rate refers to the rate at which milk is poured out of the milk vat. The greater the flow rate, the more milk and foam are poured out. The smaller the flow rate, the less milk and foam are poured out.

Different flow distances and different flow rates when pouring milk foam will have different combined effects. If it is a high flow distance and a high flow rate, the poured milk will have a very strong momentum. Although it can be better integrated with coffee, it is easier for the milk to bounce back to the liquid surface after hitting the bottom, causing the liquid surface to turn white, which will affect the overall aesthetics; if it is a high flow distance and low flow, then the poured milk will be small and powerful, which can be well integrated with coffee without easily affecting the cleanliness of the liquid surface; if it is a low flow distance and a high flow rate, what will happen? That's right, it will allow you to make large-area drawing patterns/patterns. Because the flow distance is low, the milk foam does not have much momentum and can easily float on the coffee surface. Then, with a large flow rate, a large amount of milk foam is injected at a time. This encourages us to draw thicker lines and larger areas. Large, such a combination will be used when making large-area patterns such as big white hearts;

Of course, there is another situation, which is when combined with rapid shaking. If you quickly shake the milk tank while injecting milk bubbles at a low flow distance and a large flow rate, the milk bubbles will form a large area on the liquid surface, but with delicate patterns, such as thousand-layer hearts, leaves, etc. It's kind of like we're drawing patterns by throwing foam out of a milk tank. Because of the large flow rate, these patterns will be stacked, and the larger the amount poured out, the more stacked.

If it is a low flow distance with a low flow rate, it is conceivable that this combination can help us draw some smaller patterns and more delicate patterns. Such combinations are often used in making composite patterns, because most composite patterns are composed of small lines. So when making some more exquisite drawing patterns, we can try to reduce the flow distance and reduce the flow to draw the pattern. The above is all the content shared by Qianjie this time. Understanding these two points before learning to draw flowers will help you get started making draw flowers more quickly. Especially after you officially get started, you can combine it with practical exercises to deepen these two points. understanding.

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