When cafes produce milk-based Italian coffee, latte art is often the standard, simple hearts, leaves, complex animals, ** patterns. In some coffee competitions, latte art is a must-have skill for baristas, with a variety of exquisite patterns. So who developed such a brilliant technique in the first place?
Did latte art originate in Italy, or in the United States?
A cup of coffee requires latte art, and of course, a pressurized espresso machine and steam wand are indispensable. At the beginning of the 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 P**on acquired the patent for Bezzera and added a steam wand to the coffee machine, which was introduced to the market in 1906.
Although the practice of steaming milk was already practiced in Italy at the end of the 19th century, it was only a few decades later that latte art became known to the Americans. In the 80s, David Hume (D**id Schomer) set up a coffee stall in Seattle, USA, and one day when making concentrated milk coffee, he happened to form a "heart" shape on the liquid surface with the last white milk foam.
Later, after gaining an in-depth understanding of the style and production techniques of Italian espresso coffee at that time, David opened Espresso Vivace, and delved into this "pull pattern" technique to improve and train more baristas to make high-quality latte art. This patterned coffee became popular in the United States at the end of the 80s and soon spread around the world.
Latte art is also called "latte art".
Latte is transliterated from the Italian word caffè latte, which means milk. The whipped hot milk is incorporated into the espresso while pulling out an "artistic" pattern, hence the name latte art.
In the early days, latte art was just a simple heart, leaf, and other patterns, and with the development of specialty coffee, baristas around the world increasingly valued this skill. They began to design more elaborate visuals, as well as a carving technique that used milk foam and trimmings to create bolder graphics.
At first, baristas focused more on the presentation of patterns, but after the development of the industry and the high demand of consumers, coffee latte art is not only visually exquisite, but also constantly improved in the dense taste of milk, and the method and technique of fusion with concentrate, so as to enhance the overall taste of coffee, and achieve the so-called color, aroma and taste of the realm. David points out that both a high-quality espresso and high-quality milk are essential to making a beautiful latte art art.
The phenomenon that milk coffee such as latte and Australian white can become popular in social ** and circle of friends is largely due to the addition of latte art. Who doesn't like the coffee they ordered, in addition to the mellow taste, but also the pleasing high-value latte art.
end -