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True that the best Latte Art is created using pro Espresso machine and Powerful Steam Wand. Many people also said that these are essential for creating the honey-like coffee and true micro-foam in the frothed milk. However there are videos showing that with only manual milk frother you can also create decent foam for Latte Art. Here I try to get the coffee from a Bialette Moka Express and pour some pattern upon it. The color is much lighter but I guess that's due to the lighter coffee you get from such Moka Pots. In the video I used a grinder from the dorm and Lavazza beans, however normal pre-ground coffee powder can achieve this. In fact if you slightly tamp the coffee (for a single-cup pot, don't tamp for bigger pots as they seem to produce higher preessure) you get a slightly darker color coffee. (of course you can also cheat using cocoa powder). Thing is, if you're making Latte like this, or even add caramel and vanilla syrups, the coffee underlying isn't that important as the milk and syrup would cover almost all the taste. The milk frother is simply a supermarket frother (around 10€). The electronic frother (IKEA / Aerolatte) creates a much coarse and solid foam that is perfect for Latte Macchiato or Cappuccino, but the foam would be too solid and too light fro latte art. They'd float on top of the cup at the time you pour, no matter how you mix them or shake them (even with all visible bubbles gone and a silky look). Finally, this process is more about the look ...
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@taleofrevenge Ah that Nescafe wasn’t from me. I shot this in the shared kitchen in a student’s dorm.
Its funny how you have a really good coffee machine with good proper coffee and also a jar of Nescafe Instant coffee which is terrible.
Anyway, good video
@ilusuens seems that it’s also possible to use hand frother also. pls check related videos on YouTube (as I can’t paste a link here)
wow thanks for telling us the difference btwn an ikea frother and the $10 frother
@qiuxiaoqiu Presso machine is manual, $150 then get a hand grinder for $100 from orphan. All set, but no steaming…
@MatBleau $100 espresso machines can’t make real espresso or even good steamed milk. So no.
@MatBleau Thanks. I think at certain point I’d just head for something like a Nespresso machine as it’d be probably too troublesome to operate a real Espresso machine (since I only do one shot per day on early morning). btw I haven’t found much 100$ espresso machine on the market here in Germany and I guess for that price tag capsule machine would have a better consistency.
Nice try I guess. It’s really hard to do latte art with espresso from a moka pot, theres absolutely no crema. You would be better off with a 100$ espresso machine and it’s integrated frother. Not only for the latte art, but also for the taste and warmth.