Coffee Latte art guide - How to make a Rosetta (Leaf) Latte art

There is nothing better than drinking a nice cup of coffee with a beautiful latte art on top.

Like many passionate barista, when I just started in the coffee industry, I practiced day and night and drunk thousands of coffee till I got the latte art right. It is amaizing how milk can be manipulated to create beautiful pattern on the coffee by just pouring.

There are various different kind of patterns that can be made, such as the heart, apple, rosetta, double rosetta, triple rosetta etc. But here I will show you how to make one of the basic latte art, Rosetta (Leaf) Latte art

Before we start with the latte art, make sure you can make a good shot of espresso and make a nicely textured milk. If you are not sure how, you can check my other articles:

espresso

http://hubpages.com/hub/Make-espresso-like-a-barista

http://hubpages.com/hub/Make-espresso-like-a-barista-Part-2

How to texture milk

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-texture-milk-for-latte-art

Good & low cost milk exercise

http://hubpages.com/hub/Latte-art-guide-How-to-practice-milk-frothing-without-wasting-milk

And having a good milk jug may help as well

http://hubpages.com/hub/Best-milk-jug-for-latte-art

 1. Tilt the cup when you pour the milk, it makes the milk flow more smoothly once it hit the bottom of the cup = prevent destroing all the crema.

2. start pouring from the middle. Do not pour too fast as it will destroy all the crema.

3. When the cup is almost half full, bring the mouth of the jug closer to the surface of the coffee to draw the line.

When the jug is held up high, the milk just go straight to the bottom of the cup without leaving a line, but when it is close to the surface of the coffee, the milk won't fully mix with the milk leaving the white line used to make latte art.

4. Move the milk jug like a pendulam, just swing your "jug" sideways not your wrist.

5. Pull your hand back as you start drawing the lines,.

6. And once you reach the end of the cup, move your hand forward to create a leaf pattern.

The explanation might be a bit hard to understand, so here is a video to make it easier

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