Experience sharing of latte foam carving skills

Some people try their best, but can't draw the flower! Change the milk, change the mini shower head, watch the schomer teaching video, the more you want to draw it, the more you can't draw it! Abominable schomer, in the videotape a relaxed appearance, talking and laughing to draw cup after cup of beautiful "carved" Cappuccino,Latte, and even the small Machiato did not forget to draw a few petals, it is simply exasperating! Don't worry, let's see why people can carve flowers easily.

Why do people always draw it?

First, Espresso is of good quality and CREMA is thick.

What? Are you saying that we can't carve that flower? should we blame Espresso for not being good enough? No, just to remind you that a good espresso is the foundation of everything. If your coffee beans are not fresh, or if there is something wrong with the extraction process, it is more practical to find ways to improve your espresso quality first. Good Espresso has ochre red thick Krima, thick body, with a good soup head, but also afraid of not serving a delicious meal?

Second, the steam is strong and dry enough, and the steam spray rod is long enough.

Business machines have an inherent advantage, and the deadliest thing about home coffee machines is not that the steam is not strong enough (which can be remedied). But the spray rod is too short. The spray rod is too short to fully extend to the depths of the steel cup, unable to make the milk in the steel cup rotate happily, resulting in the upper layer of steam milk tends to be "ointment" and the lower layer is "water". It is difficult to produce high-quality milk bubbles with uniform concentration.

Third, rich experience, practice makes perfect.

People cook N cups every day, we cook one cup every N days, no wonder! If you want to learn carving tricks well, don't forget to practice behind closed doors for a period of time! Schomer said that when you are skilled, carving is "as natural and easy as walking".

Common causes of failure

In turn, let's look at why it is not easy for us to draw that flower. Generally speaking, there are the following reasons:

First, there is something wrong with Espresso itself.

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Remember:

A good espresso is the foundation of everything.

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Second, the steam is not strong enough and the mini steam spray rod is too short.

According to my observation, this is a fatal flaw! Many of the new steam coffee machines have a warm sensor and don't just keep heating up. If you use this kind of machine, it is very difficult to get "super" steam even if you leave it on for a long time. In general, the household coffee machine has the problem that the spray rod mentioned earlier is too short. The spray rod is too short to make the sprinkler sink to the bottom of the steel cup and make the whole jar of milk swirl in an ideal shape. So the "body" of milk foam (texture, consistency) is very difficult to meet the requirements of carving. Please refer to the third point below for a solution to this problem.

Third, change the steel cup!

If the steel cup in your hand has a round mouth, change it! If it is a vertical wall (straight cylinder), change it, too! If it is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, with a sharp mouth exit, very good, please take a look at its size first. Is it 1 liter? Or 0.6 liter? If it is any of the above, I sincerely suggest that you replace the steel cup in your hand. This is definitely not a trouble for you, but a shortcut for you to pursue carving.