In this series, I will share with you my progress with Latte Art as a complete beginner. I have taken all the lattes I have poured since the very first cup.
This is part 2. (For part1, please jump over here)
I am still practicing pouring a consistent heart. This post will cover roughly 30 pours, from by 24th to 52nd.
My heart seems to be stabilizing a bit, but there are quite a few times that are pretty asymmetric.
Looking back at these pours, I feel like I am over stretching the milk a bit. There is so much foam that it does not spread like I see in tutorial videos. Mine sort of pushes out, rather than a neat flow (It’s difficult to explain).
When I see experienced baristas pour, the is a flow that makes the foam wrap around back to the spout. My pours just don’t seem to do this…
Trial 24
There’s quite a few visible bubbles, which I don’t want.
And espresso is all over the rim of the cup. This is because I’m using a bottomless portafilter. If I mess up the puck prep, espresso spurts everywhere.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4D575A42-D477-48C5-AB5A-F73085D1899A-e1643445088495-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 25
Again a bit too many visible bubbles. Maybe too much air?
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/B939ADE3-F0C4-48D4-8633-2CA311C1EEDA-e1643445096804-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 26
I have too much foam and it doesn’t flow out, It really just pushes out in all directions causing everything to go round.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/7F7C3F6D-410C-4BEA-BC9A-411F47DB30F9-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 27
I’m going to do some matcha latte art as well.
It’s a bit different from espresso so need to adjust to it a bit. I wrote a post about how to do this here.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/24550FD8-77FF-4296-8398-281BFF9C3D6A-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 28
Without the doing the trick I covered in the post, the milk foam spreads out way too much.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/25CAD617-7F04-4FC5-A49A-3881F186BD4A-e1643445108746-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 29
You know, it also happens with espresso.. I should not blame it on the matcha.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/C7E49025-17B9-430F-88E2-AE117F2AAADE-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 30
Getting a bit back on track?
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CE4DF329-AB9C-440B-BBBA-087B85CB13D6-e1643445118758-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 31
And… no, that was a lie.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/89D6352D-28C4-4B45-B6AA-2C82FA43431E-e1643445129273-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 32
I was pretty into matcha latte these days. Not getting any better though…
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/146694F1-87B5-48A1-8716-DE8011B147E9-e1643445140514-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 33
I seem to do a bit better with espresso.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CB7088AC-29DD-49EB-B6B7-880FC9343404-e1643445150603-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 34
Hmmm… not good.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/30C71F03-5C3A-49F3-8964-B5104F47B0A2-e1643445159759-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial35
Nice circle! (although, that was not what I was going for)
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BC5F1A81-2970-4101-ABFA-78F624CA9E3A-e1643445170905-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 36
Not bad?
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/E275B2E5-C2FA-4249-9D89-289CFBD45E49-e1643445178776-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 37
The milk in this trial looks really nice. It’s smooth and not a lot of visible bubbles.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/E29D1D83-5A8F-421E-A60E-E4F7D90E1B0E-e1643445187831-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 38
Getting a bit consisitent?
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/52549E06-BF46-48FE-A52D-A49F2F385D93-e1643445195352-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 39
Ok, ok.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/14A32196-B963-4F8D-915E-5158E84F0C99-e1643445204833-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 40
On the better end of my matcha lattes.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BFD0921F-929B-45EF-AD85-84F47A0EBC1C-e1643445215658-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 41
Can see a bit of wobble in the pour.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/720954A7-B4EB-4961-A9B6-B7C1E6CF9BC6-e1643445226801-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 42
Might be the lighting, but the milk texture looks nice.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/E3B3FD4F-64F3-4826-9164-8C5AC638321B-e1643445236565-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 43
This also looks like quite a nice milk texture.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/F86235A5-2A1D-448B-85F9-0E7401B08FEC-e1643445246946-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 44
I think they call this the monk’s head.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DC5FB9EE-9BE2-4D72-9CF0-CB5AF2CA4BD1-e1643445255526-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 45
Very shaky… I didn’t mean to do it.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/97E18D7B-CC5A-4431-A4DD-F59177C5FD1B-e1643445263978-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 46
From this point onward, I started taking video’s of the pour so that I can rewatch what is going wrong.
I tried rippling this time, but the foam was too thick and no ripples appeared.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6FECF7FD-47E9-425E-A0AE-4729DB03223B-e1643445283286-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 47
Tried rippling again. This time with a little bit of success. It’s asymmetric though.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88978662-446C-4464-B2DA-9B92B7BEB5E7-e1643445292580-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 48
This time I gave up mid way since I could not get the foam to spread.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/C49C92B4-C2FB-4C14-AC75-A889FE68BCA3-e1643445341393-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 49
Too much foam again, so I did not try rippling.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BA36A9E6-8443-40E9-8D20-4067EEF5FC21-e1643445356786-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 50
I was quite happy with this one.
The trick seems to be to ripple quite slowly.
And milk texture is crucial.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/21878BFB-D9BB-46BC-A113-56E97E7150B3-e1643445365140-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 51
It is so difficult. I’m rippling on this one but cant really see them in the cup.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1F09C71F-226A-47D4-A3C1-E5D3D063FE35-e1643445379990-1024x768.jpeg)
Trial 52
The milk did not spread on this time. I tried recovering it some how, but ended up a bit misshaped.
![](https://comoricoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/B730868C-3B6A-419F-B25F-FC1B082CC851-e1643445392546-1024x768.jpeg)
So that’s all for part2.
I feel like I hit a wall around here. Not getting any better.
I think I need to really work on milk texture. I have not found the “correct” texture yet.
This is the difficult part of trying to learn alone. I can’t really tell what I’m doing wrong. Just have to try a lot of things.
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