Hello and welcome back to our series on milk texturing and pouring. Last time we
looked at the three fundamental patterns in latte art; the heart, the tulip, and the
Rosetta. Now we are going to combine them into two slightly more interesting
patterns. The first one we're going to look at is called the hanging heart or
the wave heart. This is a fantastic pattern for new beginners who are
starting out doing latte art dine-in, it's great for speed, it happens as fast
as the Rosetta does but it requires slightly less precision because of the
lack of symmetry. Right, we're going to start off the same way as we do all our
patterns, mixing in to create an even canvas to work on now we're going to
leave about the same amount of room in the cup as we would for the rosetta, so
about 3/4 of the way full we're going to start in the same position as we do for
the rosetta. So once the milk stills we drop down about three quarters of the
way away from our jug and we're going to start the exact same as the rosetta;
stationary and wiggling. So, the jug is stationary in its position but I'm just
moving it side to side, then we're going to start the draw back now instead of
drawing back directly straight as we would for a rosetta we're going to come
around to the side. Next is the most challenging part and that's the hang at
the top, so we're going to call this the neck of the design, it's a nice thin line.
Now to create nice thin lines in latte art it's just like the sink through
motion, so we're pulling it high and through. So it's up and around and that's
going to create a nice thin line of the neck, so down the bottom we're up to the
side, around and then in the centre of the negative space created by the leaf
on the side that we're going to drop down to create the heart, so heart, just
like last time, is dropped down and pull through to create the heart.
The idea to make this one aesthetically pleasing is that we have the heart in
nice proportion to the negative space created by the wave on the side. I do
find this one works slightly better with a little bit thicker milk so it's
fantastic for cappuccinos when you're in a hurry, it still looks great and you're
still going to get a lot of people taking photos of your latte art for Instagram.
Alright so this is a great segue on to our next pattern which is The Swan. This
is a real crowd-pleaser, guaranteed hit on Instagram, really simple and fun once
you've mastered it. Probably one of the most challenging things about the
Swan is if there's a lot to fit in the cup, and it happens very quickly. So my
first tip is to think about where the elements are going to go in the cup
before you even start out. When I first started pouring swans I also started
with a tulip base, the aim of this is to settle you down and slow the pattern
down giving you a little bit more time to think while it's happening. There is a
lot going on in the cup so instead of starting with 3/4 of the way full we're
going to start half the way full and that's going to give us more room to
pour into. The other way that we can get a little bit more room to pour into is
simply by angling our cup a little bit more, the more you angle your cup the
greater the surface area. So this is particularly important when you start
doing slightly more complicated designs with greater elements to fit into the
cup. So we're starting as always creating our canvas; mixed in, mix in, mix in, break,
still a pour and then about 3/4 of the way away from the jug we're going to
drop down for tulip leaf, drop down and then it's the same as the base the way
of heart. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, and then we're
going to pull around to the side this is where it starts getting a bit different.
Instead of hanging the heart what we're going to do is pull through the wing.
So we're basically dragging the milk in a sinking motion, so again that sinking
motion is up and through and instead of being in the center of the wing it's on
the side and that's going to pull it through and create nice
feathers. At the bottom, the Swan has a body, so to create the body all we do
is drop down just like we would for a heart and that's going to create a nice
fat body. The next thing we want to do is create a nice slender neck for our swan, and
this is exactly the same as the neck which we created on hanging heart so
it's that sinking motion, so it's up back and around. This is one of the most
challenging parts of the Swan design purely because people tend to when
they're first starting out get the wing and the head and the body in odd
positions and it kind of looks like a dismembered chicken. So what we want to
do is really make sure we're placing them in the right area so I'll pull
through is it an angle creating a V with our neck. So it's pull through, hold
at the bottom and V up. Once we've created our neck, our swan needs a head
and so the head is the drop down motion and pull through, it's just a simple
heart a little one like we did on the hanging heart. So once again and a little bit
faster mix in, mix in, mix in half way through more of a tilt, tulip base, tulip
base, you can skip that if you're feeling confident, wiggle wiggle wiggle
pull back to the side sinking motion drawing the wing down to the base up in
a V we've got that thin neck and we're hanging a heart on the end to create the
head. Alright, so those are two slightly more fun combination patterns
for hanging heart and the Swan. Good luck, see you next time.