How to Make a Latte Art Heart | Perfect Coffee

My name is Mike Jones, and I'm a barista at Third Rail Coffee right by Washington Square Park in New York City. I'm going to teach you some basic coffee-making skills.

Alright, I'm going to talk to you about latte art. Latte art is kind of the exciting part of making espresso drink. It's what gets a lot of people really pumped about making coffee. It's not necessarily a representation of a quality beverage, but it definitely shows that the person who made it cared—it's the mark of a professional, similar to plating with food. Now, the first thing you need is a good shot of espresso. You need the milk steamed properly with good micro foam, and then you have to pour, keeping a few things in mind. This is velocity, so basically how fast you're pouring. And then where the milk is going in the cup, and where it's flowing outwards. It's kind of something you have to feel out and you really have to practice it many many times to get down. So we're going to start off by doing the heart. This is sort of the basic latte art design and then the other one would be a rosetta which is a fern, and then a tulip. So heart, rosetta, tulip are the three basic designs you can do with latte art. So I'm going to start off making the heart, pulling a shot, steaming the milk and then pouring. Alright, so when you're starting to pour latte art, the first thing you want to do is pour from a greater distance up, or from a greater height so that way the milk is actually going to go underneath the espresso and then as you get closer and start pouring faster, the foam rises to the top and this is when you start controlling it. So to make the heart, you're basically just going to be pouring into the center until you see it's about three-quarters full. So I'm pouring into the center there. Then as I get closer, the foam will rise to the top and you just kind of shake it, and then you lift it up at the end to suck it in and cut through. So again, pouring to the center, getting close when it's three-quarters full, pulling up to suck in and then cutting through. That's a heart.

[DerNesor]

Step 1 : espresso
Step 2 : Milk
Step 3 : Magic
Step 4 : make heart appear

[dbsshadow]

a lot of people don't realize how much work goes into a cup of coffee until they have to or try to make one themselfs. I'm practice this when i get to work.

[keepfeatherinitbrothaaaa]

I need to learn this shit by tomorrow morning. I've got a job interview for a barista and I've never made coffee before. Fuck.

[elisecriqui]

He makes it look so easy. The time I did a heart in a cup of coffee at work was by accident 😂

[misterspaceman]

I'm a barista of mid-level ability and these videos have gone a long way to strengthening my fundamentals while very clearly explaining some of the more advanced techniques. These are things that surprisingly few coffee houses are able to train employees on, and it falls on the barista to train themselves on latte art and sometimes even basic foaming. I would be a much less skilled barista without these fantastic tutorials.

[phmayor]

This is a minor point but as I've struggled to do this for some time now and tonight had a breakthrough in understanding I thought I should mention this: the milk isn't "rising to the top." What happens is as you lower pitcher of milk close to coffee surface the milk foam stays on the top as gravity of a higher fall isn't sending it down. Important distinction. In a way you are "placing" the foam on the top gently to make the design.

[clever.daytrading]

barista is not just a job, a special passion and determination

[NickCummings]

I watch this after I fail at making a heart. So most of these views are from me.

[octavianschaefer]

By far the best tutorial ive watched. It's nice to see someone actually explain the physics behind it and give a literal step by step process to it.

[phoenixastra]

whenever he looks at the camera I feel like he's judging me and just done with my shit rn lmao

[urigross]

To all the batistas we want you to know how much we appreciate your professionalism with coffee making.

Great video, many thanks!

[kaylamaeanderson]

I hate my job as a barista, but seriously gonna try this tomorrow at work!
I applaud those who have made being a barista their career. Idk how you do it! Definitely the hardest and most demanding job I have ever had!

Most days I want to throw coffee at the customers' faces.
At least there will be a heart in their lattes now. So if I ever do it, it'll be with love! 😂

[giavanesa]

Thank you howcast so much. My dad owns a bakery and my big brother thought that he could make better cappuccino art then me. The I found this video and the next day my was going t judge who made the heart better and I won. THANK YOU HOWCAST!

[cerberusxvi]

kinda nice to see someone who is so passionate about what they do. my goal is to find a job I feel the same way about

[J]

This guy is actually teaching how to make the heart step by step into details with his experience and reasoning. LIKE!!!

[hormozhosseinpour]

Thank you Mike for sharing your experience. I have been watching other videos for months and trying to make a simple coffee art. You are the only person who actually talked about velocity and how to do it. It worked. I got it. You are the master

[DJfractalflight]

3:27 “That’s a heart.” He said it like he just then discovered what shape it was lol

[sizzlechestmcmurphy]

Great video man...  GF nearly flipped out when I served her coffee this morning.

[EduardoRodrigues-wgxs]

Thank you! I have been trying to control the amount of foam to make latte art, and thanks to you I found out my mistake :)
Cheers man! You re the best.

[brd]

It starts here and never ends. The heart will go on and on.