Latte Art: Complete Guide to Pouring Heart, Tulip, Rosetta, and Swan at Home
Latte art is the result of three things: well-extracted espresso, properly steamed milk, and controlled pour mechanics. The milk has to be silky microfoam — that part lives in the milk steaming methodology guide. This guide covers the third part: how to actually pour the patterns. Every common pattern is built from four pour mechanics: cup angle, pour height, pour speed, and wiggle frequency. Heart, tulip, rosetta, and swan are different combinations of those four levers. Once you understand the mechanics, every pattern becomes a recipe rather than a mystery. ...