We make beautiful drawings in a Cup of coffee

The art of creating beautiful and original drawings on coffee is called &&171;latte-art&&187;. Usually the fruit of this art can be found in coffee shops or caf in which professional baristas with delicate precision tolerate coffee their creative vision. To recreate this beauty at home.

There are several ways to create drawings. Basic - this etching (with a sharp object such as a toothpick) and pitching, based on the use of the pitcher (&&171;the milkman&&187;, special jug made of stainless steel, conducting heat well and has a special &&171;spout&&187;). Possible mixed option when using a sharp object after drawing basic drawing pitcher. In addition to foamed milk in coffee sometimes add cocoa powder, grated chocolate, syrups, nuts and cinnamon.

A major role in creating a beautiful picture plays the milk, which should have a certain fat, heated to a specific temperature to be uniformly saturated with oxygen. Quality foam maintains the figure for 10-12 minutes.

First of all, take a pre-heated mug, fill it up espresso from the coffee machine. Or make a Cup of coffee in the Turk. Prepare the melted chocolate or instant coffee for &&171;painting&&187;. Foamed milk obtained from conventional pasteurized milk with a fat content of 3.5%, if it is, of course, not powder. Instead of the pitcher, you can use a similar capacity with acute &&171;spout&&187;.

Before preparing the foam of the milk is cooled to 2-4 degrees. Heat the milk needs approximately 65-75 degrees. Then it can beat or using the coffee machine, equipped with a steam wand, in the extreme case - mixer or French press, filling him milk to half and making the movement of the piston up and down a few times. The resulting foamed milk can be poured into the mug with coffee from this moment begins the work.

The most common is the style &&171;Rosetta&&187;, which create the leaves, twigs and flowers. For this purpose, the milk through a sharp nose poured a light swinging in different directions - small zigzags.

If you want to get on the surface of various colors, white milk can be alternated containing dyed (with chocolate or cocoa). To do this, layers of milk, alternating, carefully poured into the center. Then using a toothpick, you can begin to create various patterns.

To obtain kaleidoscope recommended white milk pour into the center Cup, and podkrucheno drip on its outside diameter. Then take a sharp object and around tinted drops to make a zigzag motion of a white foam.

To obtain a clearer picture can be sprinkled on the foam cinnamon, cocoa or grated chocolate. You can also purchase special stencils for latte art.

If the first time you have will not work - do not worry, it is absolutely normal: for the development of any art requires practice. Experiment!

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