Perfect your latte art with Alex Stathis
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2016
- Meet Alex Stathis, an award winning barista and co-creator of the Latte Art App ‘Art of Coffee’. In this Food Thinkers video, we go behind the scenes where Alex demonstrates 4 popular latte art designs, from the beginners ‘Heart’ to the challenging ‘Swan’.
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I must have seen over 200 videos on Latte Art; this is the only one that shows the ultimate trick on how to transition from the starting pour to starting the design...that is the change in the height of the jug - start at normal pour height and then when you want to start the design, bring the jug almost to the coffee line. Thanks a lot for the wonderful demonstration! I have a Breville 870 and works like a charm!
Ajay Pandya boy thats pouring 101
Beautiful work Alex! We have been using your videos to improve our latte art at home. Well done, thanks!
Love your video! Great demonstration
Amazing!!!! It's soooo beautiful art .👍👍Thank you..
Amazing Skills..
Clean and Beautiful Flawless Art.
Loved Watching your Video.
Thank You for Sharing. ☕️
Yes I'm fascinated
Kudos Alex! 👍👍👍
Can you please tell me what temp you heat the steam to? I have the breville oracle touch and I want to know what temp and number froth you put it on
That swan is was the most elegant one I’ve seen
Jst want some tips how to make nice froth tried today at work bt couldn't coz am used to automatic machine now we change to manual one
What is the milk setting ?
Lovely video thanks ton
few tips for people who wants to improve latte art. use higher fat content milk as it's easier to steam and stretch. don't get it too hot or over stretch it. if you get the right texture for milk then it's all about pouring technique.
Samuel Kim
I prefer skim.
It’s lower in fat and it’s the proteins you want to stretch, not the fat.
Did you get awarded a PhD in the bichemistry of methylxanthines?
Easier to understand this, fat is for flavoring while protein is for foam
@@user-mf7of9qn4p I have been led to understand that the facts actually help make a more hibachinus mixture because the bubbles suspend better so you get microphone instead of foam and liquid that doesn't mix as well to make easy latte art. Maybe it takes a more experienced artist to handle that kind of more how to regenius mixture. I was struggling with 2% milk which is very common in the United States . The phone just immediately wants to sit on top of the milk and not stay mixed together even when it looks good it almost immediately separates And you don't even really have to hesitate after swirling and it's already separated and it looked freaking awesome Just a second before period period the next gallon of milk I'm definitely buying full fat and seeing if I can at least get a jump on being able to start practicing art because I am struggling with 2% milk
What is the app called?
This machine seems to be great!
Very interesting!
Does anyone please know why my coffee sage machine when pouring the coffee, it does not pour smoothly into cup? I setted up side button with number 2 and 4 for brewing and is the same... Also how to make a proper milk? I have tried it manually, I have tried using the sensor for frothing Numbet 5 and 6, pouring more or less milk into jug and it just cannot get proper milk for art. I just don't get it 😑
Can anyone tell me the name of the app? Please
How many cubes could this machine do
I've got the same coffee machine- what foam and temperature do you select?
no response so I'm guessing they are hiding the secrets.
would you mind tell the grinding size for a perfect espresso and the milk temp and froth# to get the art going? thanks!!
They mind. They'll never reply, nor even look twice at these comments. Online marketing, how duz iT w3rk?
The grind varies depending on the bean you're using so it's a trial and error situation until you figure it our. If you don' have a jug with thermometer, just steam until the jug burns your hand a little. The milk should look like wet white paint. Glossy and thick.
Hi Phil McKnight,
I’ve recently purchased an Oracle Touch with the view to making latte’s. After doing much research and watching hours of videos I decided on the Breville Oracle Touch because the claim by Breville hosted expert baristas, yourself and other Breville representatives is that the product could make latte ready milk.
After some testing with this machine I cannot get this to happen using the milk steam wand as per your demonstrations.
Looking more closely at two CZcams professional barista demonstrations sponsored by Breville using the Oracle I finally noticed that on both occasions the milk steamer was being utilized in the ‘manual’ mode, relying on the skill of the barista to create the latte quality foam. I didn’t notice this at first but it now makes sense since it seems impossible for the Oracle to make this foam without human barista skills.
I looked at all the other videos by yourself, Gail (Seattle Coffee Gear) and others and the camera always cuts away during the latte frothing segment so it was impossible to tell one way or another whether the end result was produced using the automatic latte milk frothing setting.
Is it possible that you demonstrate the milk frothing and final results without edit and in detail, show us the combined milk froth mixture and the end result.
At this point i’m only able to produce hot milk with floating thick foam on top which is not suitable for lattes. I don’t mind paying $3K for a coffee machine as long as it performs as advertised.
The actual coffee crema is great, the rest of the functionality is great but the reason I purchased the Oracle is for the latte’s.
Would appreciate some feedback.
Thanks.
If you have too thick foam: stretch only half of the time of the heating process, the second half just make the milk whirl around like crazy, with the steam wand submerged (no longer frothing, just heating and whirling).
If you have too big bubbles, you probably hold the wand too high above the milk. It's a very precise position, even 1/16th" matter.
henq Thanks I’ll keep that in mind. This machine is advertised to make the latte foam without any human interaction. It actually injects the air through the nozzle as part of the design. Unfortunately it doesn’t appear to work as advertised.
I have an oracle and mine works perfectly fine in auto for latte art, perhaps your problem is isolated?
Daniel Ponsford Thanks for the feedback. What model Oracle do you have and what froth setting do you use for lattes. Once the frothing is complete is most of the milk comprised of micro-bubbles or just the top 1/2” ?
One other thing, are you able to make latte art?
I use a slightly lower setting, maybe one or two notches below the centerline. Also, I find that you cant have too much milk in the jug, or too little. Finally, You have to properly purge the steam arm in manual before using it in auto. After all this, as long as the pour is timed well, and the milk is tapped and swirled, it seems to work fine for me
Beautyful barista
Has anyone tried using bigger jug than the usual 480 ml jug that comes with the machine?
what's your setting on the milk?
Yes, what is the setting on the milk? Thanks.
can you adjust the steam temperature on Breville barista express ? I find the milk gets a bit hot while I’m trying to achieve the wet paint texture..
TLDR: no, modify your technique.
In all the research I've done, that is not a thing. You just have to learn to do it in a shorter amount of time period you can get lower powered machines but you can't really turn down the temperature of steam the steam a specific machine makes Especially not a push and play unit from Bravo. That's not an insult as I just purchase myself a Bravo bambino knowing there are limitations but I was shopping the full rand other units under a $1000 some of the more commercial style machines have the ability to change the temperature to the brew group, nothing I saw actually had any way to change the temperature of the steam, whether it was a heat exchanger or a separate boiler for the steam. Thermoblocks had no accessibility and neither did the thermojet like the rebel bambino, bambino plus and whatever that new unit they came out with recently that also has the thermojet heating element.
@@NoZenith I upgraded to Barista touch, it does consistent automatic milk …
@MrTacoma congratulations! I'm pretty happy with my two-day-old Bambino plus. I don't but barely have space for this in my kitchen haha. I definitely don't have the Knack of getting the right texture before my milk is too hot with this thermojet system. They aren't kidding when they say the milk is up to temp in 40 seconds... I don't want to waste milk so I really haven't been able to get the Knack because 40 seconds is a lot faster than you think! It's still delicious though 😁 (I also bought 2% milk and the typical Chobani oat milk that is not Barista blend that I normally drink, both of which foam well but that doesn't integrate well into the silky texture you need for latte art I am to understand. It's to do with the stabilizing effect of the fat in the milk for the stabilizers that are added to Alternative milk in Barista blends)
Dope
Talented and Very stunning woman! 😛😛😛
I need to learn barista
Great video. The machine is the Breville Oracle and I just purchased one. Makes a fantastic coffee and been trying to reproduce this art and from my experience of a few days, it looks a lot easier than what it really is. I've perfected the blob :)
the blob is my specialty aswell
I have relatively primitive equipment (old wega etc) but with 7 weeks under my belt, I can manage a heart or tulip about one in 3 attempts -- and an occasional rosetta (or similar) -- with others looking like various blobs (and a few resembling genetalia, but won't go into detail on those, LOL)
PS. When I served one to my partner in the past day, she couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes, in order to actually drink the coffee :p
(Should have taken a photo)
I am master of the blob.. sometimes, well, most times..the blob won't even show but ohhhhh the taste..Yes...art will come it must. Viva la Blob !
What is the normal temperature of milk to make latte art?
You should stop the steam wand at 50 degrees Celsius.
She's cute...
but why does her rosetta look like a pen!s 😩
Literally the only reason i want to learn how to do coffee art is so i can make a Late Penis.
😂
Can’t help with laughing for literally 5mins🤣
You..."beat" me to it.
Kuemmerling Enthusiast ah a comedic genius
People did not realise that this video is breville ad? Do not blame the lady in the video.
That’s why the machine looked familiar
Nice video and good to see a passion to make coffee
My milk just wants to sink - I don't get that floating separated stuff unless I get really foamy milk and then it's all bubbles.
What is the name of the model of the machine?
Breville Oracle in the US. Sage Oracle in Europe.
I don't know how she manages to put such a beautiful latte art with such a wet milk
I'm jealous!!!
Just use more milk in your pitcher or go lower size of your cup, trust me it works, thank me later
@@altamashkhan3461 Are you saying to fill your jug Fuller than the amount of milk you're going to use and end up with extra milk?
Wow
Drawing on coffe
The milk i pour keep flowing into the coffee..does not *float* or give blop like that
me too... let me know if you work out why!
nowadays some people buy these kinds of espresso machines, lets say budget or starting a small coffee shop business which is good. i myself wants to buy that kind of machine someday
Anyone else think that it's weird that they have a bunch of eggplants flying across the screen during the intro? I mean, what's the message there?
Sadden to learn the app was $3. Will pick it up next payday better than taking a $120 NYC Barista course.
Lol nice rosetta you got there, wink wink!!
Nice :-)
0:03 what’s with the black eggplants divider? Hilarious
Ya that was super random
says they weigh every shot, gives a demo doesnt weigh the shot...
Raph Vandal because they don't actually use that machine. She probably feels convicted for using a fully automatic machine too probably lol
영화배우 매기 질렐할 닮으셨네
눈색이 어후 아름답다
She said she participated and won in barista competition right? 🤔
OK, what's with the eggplants at the beginning??
she's really beautiful
I’m only mad about that machine because of how much fricken time I’ve spent the last couple months trying to perfect the technique with a goddamn expensive-ass semi-automatic machine. THIS FUCKING EXISTS NOW?! *throws mug at wall*
2:41 video starts
She is pretty
nice coffee looking (`_^)
😂 at 3:34min its “auto frothing” the milk then at 3:45min its frothing in “manual mode” 🤔🤔
Good catch!
Don't cut to a new camera angle during the moment you're trying to show us a specific technique. This clip would be much better if it weren't overedited.
Thanks For Having your hand all the way in front of the Cup, So we can't see well
Video starts at 2:30
you all realise this is on the BREVILLE channel... of course she will be using a BREVILLE machine for consumers
There is a la marzocco station for consumer
Where is the fun if a machine does everything for you? 🤦🏻♀️
Ilyas Cicek
What, like a washing machine?
Machine is doing the work not you
Well, you can focus on what really matters
The machine does not do the art. I have the machine. Still working on the art.
@WarLead2792 it’s the oracle
Ok everyone. You all are complaining about the automatic machine. How do you make an espresso without a machine?
You use a manual machine..? Duh 🙄
It’s not very professional for a barista to use a machine that does everything for you, which would normally take a certain degree of skill and knowledge on the barista’s part.
Obviously this is a Breville ad so she’s using it for that reason, but your question was utterly stupid.
nice art ... and you know you are really such a beautiful girl i like you mam...
disappointed to see a barista use an automatic machine. I absolutely love using a manual espresso machine at work. The whole pride of the trade lies in the techniques one uses to get great coffee with manual settings, if you ask me.
J RR couldn't have said it better myself
J RR PREACH
J RR you are obviously an amateur, it’s a semi manual machine.
Actually if you look closely (pause the video) she sets the milk frothing to 'Manual', my guess is that the machine can't make proper latte textured milk in the automatic mode.
Agreed, but this is an ad for Breville coffee machines, so of course she's going to have to use one of them.
I'm sure she could do much better designs with a commercial machine that she was used to.
You have such a nice mini espresso machine. Probably, pricey.
Marry me
This isn't a latte art tutorial - you're using a machine that does everything automatically, where most machines can't. If you buy the Oracle, this video is useful, but if you buy any other machine it is useless.
the video shows how to do latter art, it assumes u already know how to steam perfect milk ... this video is usefull for anyone not just those with that machine..... if you wanna do latter art but dont know how to steam the milk , you shouldnt even try to do latter art in the first place,, practice steaming milk first..
I can do decent latte art without steaming milk. I use a milk frother. Sucks to have to use a mokapot and milk frother instead of an actual espresso machcine.
Kaiser68 this is made by breville...they want you to buy their product
Um lovey, this very much is a latte art tutorial. The sorts of videos you're looking for would be found by searching such things as "how to steam milk"/"how to pull a good espresso shot"/"how to maintain/use an espresso machine" or even something more on your level, "how to know the difference between latte art tutorials and how to use an espresso machine"
😊 I do hope I've helped you here if you haven't already found it a year later from your comment.
IT'S A FUCKING AD FOR BREVILLE don't be fooled
it's good but I'm not impressed.
I'm sure she is devastated because you aren't impressed.
+jesaliga i am sure you are not being sarcastic and very much agree with your sentiments. having said that, when people go to such lengths so as to use words like "perfect your latte art", one is assuming that they are really good and pour perfect art. there comes responsibility in using such words like best or perfect and i will call it like i see it. instagram.com/lowinthesky
to show you that i at least have an idea of what i am talking about. so yeah, make the title improve your latte art, then i wouldn't write such comments.
I don't think this is even good. but I do believe if she uses a manual machine, you will be amazed.
@@lowinthesky i agree. Was expecting much more. I'm a semi noob and i can do a tulip better than her
I can't watch this video with this australian accent :D sorry.... I know it's a bad thing... but why australians always say things like they are asking?
"So we are gonna start with the rosetta? And you aim to the middle?" :D
Ok, I watched it all anyways. Great video. I learned a lot. Specially cause I also have a Breville (Sage) machine.
Look at that, No one cared
@@NpgSymboL you did... to a 3 year old stale comment of mine :D
its espresso not coffee... there is difference
It’s coffee
Well... My oracle doesn't make that microfoam
Disappointed as a barista to watch this video
Oggy Oggy: Thank you
Is it just me, or does the rosseta look like... hmmmm
Beautiful girl, not so does her latte art
You basically edited out the 5 seconds I actually wanted to see. The rest of the video is simply fluff.
The Rosetta looks like a vulva. I think she's saying she's looking for a mate.
Interesting to see someone who says they've won barista championships demonstrating latte art using an auto frother. Come on. You want to be taken seriously or is this just a well paid plug for Beeville?
it's a video for Breville using the skills of an experienced barista, not the other way around.
No I think it’s beeville
Wait, so you’re weighing your shots to 0.1 of the gram, try to perfect your espressi and push the limits of what’s possible and you’re using a BREVILLE?? A bloody Breville, an automatic machine? That’s like a master chef cooking with a thermomix, absolutely pathetic.
Espresso is about fine tuning all those different parameters like grind size, brew temperature, tamping pressure etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure the Breville is a fantastic machine, but don’t act like you’ve mastered everything and then brew with an automatic machine.
So if they were using the Breville Barista Express, which is of course a completely manual machine and essentially just a mini café machine, would it still be pathetic..?
I think you should’ve used ‘ORACLE’ rather than ‘BREVILLE’ in your rant.
This girl is very good but the machine she is given produces poor, big-bubble cappuccino foam that is not really suitable for latte art. Good for her doing the best she can with what she has to work with.
Art is very amateur.. how on earth did she win that competition?! 😮
And the latte art “sucks” all talk and poor execution.
nice art ... and you know you are really such a beautiful girl i like you mam...
Kalandhar Rahul agreed
can i have a contact number
Kalandhar Barista Jesus fucking Christ you’re weird.
Judging by your name, it appears you’re from a backward country where you can just pick your women of the shelves. No chance she’d want anything to do with you, freak.