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The reason why many people get into coffee is because of the beautiful latte art shapes. After all, every time they successfully reproduce a beautiful pattern, they feel an incomparable sense of accomplishment. So do you know who was the first to put latte art on coffee? In this article, I will tell you about the historical origin of coffee latte art.
Coffee latte art is also called "latte art"
Latte coffee is transliterated from the Italian "Caffè Latte", and "Latte" refers to milk. Fusing the whipped hot milk into the espresso creates an "artistic" pattern, hence the name "Latte Art".
Early coffee latte art was just simple patterns such as "hearts" and "leaves". With the development of specialty coffee, baristas around the world are paying more and more attention to this skill. They began to design with more refined visual effects, and a carving technique that used milk foam and accessories to create bolder graphics.
At first, baristas paid more attention to the presentation of patterns, but with the development of the industry and the high demand of consumers, coffee latte art is not only visually exquisite, but also continuously improved in the dense taste of milk, the method and technique of blending with concentrate, thereby improving the overall taste of coffee, reaching the so-called state of color, aroma and taste.
The popularity of milk coffees such as lattes and Australian whites on social media and among friends is largely due to the addition of Latte Art. Who wouldn’t like that the coffee they order not only has a fragrant taste, but also has beautiful and beautiful latte art?
The origin of coffee latte art
A cup of coffee requires latte art, and of course a supercharged espresso machine and steam wand are indispensable. In the early 20th century, Luigi Bezzera, a manufacturer in Milan, Italy, invented the first semi-automatic steam-pressurized coffee machine in order to extract coffee more efficiently, and applied for a patent in 1901. Later, the Italian company La Pavon acquired Bezzera's patent and added a steam wand to the coffee machine, which was launched on the market in 1906.
Although the practice of steaming milk had already been practiced in Italy at the end of the 19th century, the emergence of latte art was decades later. The art of latte art became popular thanks to the Americans. In the 1980s, David Schomer set up a coffee stall in Seattle, USA. One day while making concentrated milk coffee, he happened to form a "heart-shaped" shape on the liquid surface with the last white milk foam.
Later, after David had an in-depth understanding of the style and production technology of Italian espresso coffee at that time, he opened Espresso Vivace and delved into this "pattern-drawing" technique to improve and train more baristas to produce high-quality latte art. This patterned coffee became popular in the United States in the late 1980s and soon spread around the world.
Recommended coffee beans rich in oil
In addition to equipment requirements, if you want your coffee to have beautiful latte art, you also need another essential factor, which is rich coffee oil.
For customers who like fat and texture, Front Street has formulated a Front Street Italian blend of coffee beans, named "Front Street Commercial Blend Coffee Beans", which is a blend of Arabica coffee beans from Brazil and Colombia and 10% Robusta coffee beans.
This blend tastes rich in oil and texture, with the sweetness of caramel, and also has the caramel flavor of nuts, cocoa, and dark chocolate. It is rich and balanced, slightly sweet and bitter, and has a long-lasting aftertaste. Adding a small amount of Robusta coffee beans adds richness of oil and golden color. Due to the small amount, it does not change the flavor too much.
The reason why Front Street named this blended coffee bean "Front Street Commercial Blend Coffee Bean" is because it performs well in making American-style or milk coffee. With its price advantage, it is very suitable for use in coffee shops.
For friends who have a more mellow taste, we recommend Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee. This is a recipe composed of three origins: Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam. It uses deep roasting, which can highlight the mellow aroma of coffee to the greatest extent, and also allows everyone to easily extract rich and dense coffee oil. It is very suitable for making American style diluted with water or latte with milk. You can buy it at Front Street Taobao store or Front Street Tmall flagship store.
Espresso is also the base for making latte coffee, and hot latte is often accompanied by exquisite latte patterns. The delicate and rich coffee oil makes it easier to draw flowers. Espresso coffee with oil can better integrate with milk foam and maintain a stable state, which has a great influence on the detail and shape of latte art. Although espresso coffee without oil can also be latte art, the drawn pattern will be slightly stiff and rough in appearance.
In addition, because oil is produced by the oil in coffee wrapping the carbon dioxide in coffee, you can also judge whether the coffee beans are fresh by the amount of oil. The more oil, the fresher the coffee beans are. Precisely because we know that for latte art, freshly roasted coffee beans are the most important condition, so the coffee beans shipped from Front Street are guaranteed to be freshly roasted within 5 days. When the coffee is received from the logistics department, it will be within the best tasting period. In this way, we hope that every customer can drink good coffee with the most complete flavor.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
