milk art | Coffee, It's a Helluva Drug

this kid, he gets it

This weekend I had a coffee from a café I hadn’t tried before. Some of the staff looked pretty young. I would think the guy who took my order and made my drink wasn’t older than 15 or 16.

He seemed quite serious and deliberate as he went about his business. When he was done he paused for a second, then grabbed his phone to take a picture of the drink. Very endearing.

This is the finished product:

It tasted pretty good, too!

Well done, young man. May you have a long and joyful barista journey ahead of you.

whoa

This is a first:

Good thing this wasn’t a Starbucks, it would be weird drinking a macchiato with “Mort” written in the foam.

I’d been thinking about finding an affordable way to improve my home gear to make better coffee. For me, ‘affordable’ would not mean splashing out north of $1,700 for a Rocket Appartamento, even if it’s gorgeous and Gail from Seattle Coffee and my buddy Dillon each have one.

I was browsing through the Fellow Products website with that idea in the back of my mind when I came across the Eddie pitcher. Hmm, maybe it wouldn’t make a big difference in taste, but it would be nice to up my milk art game. Also very convenient to have a bigger pitcher than my stock Breville, for those times I make two or three coffees at a time for me and the fam.

one benefit to working from home

….. is having the chance to improve on making milk art (getting to hang out with your dog is pretty sweet, too). Because I know you’re all out there yelling “MOAR COFFEE PICS!!!!”, here’s today’s effort. Not great, but decent for a small glass with a quad shot.

Made with Wonderstate Coffee‘s Driftless blend and 2% milk.

kinda proud of this one

not bad, especially for a macchiato in a 4 oz demi glass (on a triple shot), as opposed to my usual cap/latte in an 8 oz glass

sunday is brunch day

*the eagle-eyed amongst you, say hello to Charlie*

We had some family and friends over for brunch yesterday. Beautiful day, which allowed us to sit outside. The espresso machine got quite the workout, as I ended up making about a dozen drinks in a relatively short period of time. By the end it was putting out pure crema. Here’s one of my earlier efforts, I managed to get some milk art into a smaller glass for a macchiato.

quick hitters

hey there. a few odds & ends for you today.

most recent home milk art attempts, feel like I’m making progress if definitely not all the way to where I’d like to be

byootiful

spectacular milk art at Kittie’s in Bexley, OH

progress

a little better, if still not where I want to be

well that was new

This morning my barista poured the milk by turning the pitcher to its side and just letting it go, no delicate use of the spout. The last kerplunk was foam. This off-handed ‘effort’ still looks more interesting than any of my milk art failures. Rat? Jellyfish? Marge Simpson’s head on a cat’s body?

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