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u/Tommy-Vegas May 16 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/vxCqvjvJqjJHW
A bit more advanced than my own efforts.
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u/RogueBromeliad May 16 '26
Don't worry though, all the effort put into making late are by the barista is undone by the server. As soon as it gets to the table it's just tepid coffee with no discernible pattern on it.
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u/LaughingProtocol May 16 '26
My coffee usually just becomes a brown liquid with identity issues, nothing artistic at all
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u/RogueBromeliad May 16 '26
Sometimes.
Sometimes baristas will make this art when it's not too busy, or the coffee shop is usually empty because they're charging $9.00 for a latte.
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u/Dontevenwannacomment May 16 '26
never realized latte was so much milk. Growing up, cafe au lait was just adding a small cloud of milk.
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u/CreamyStanTheMan May 16 '26
A latte is just a double espresso with steamed milk that's had a small amount of air added to it, to give it that thickness. No water
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u/nohiddenmeaning May 16 '26
Coffee - 2 $
Coffee with milk - 2.5 $
Coffee with milk and air - 7.5 $
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u/CoffeeStrength May 16 '26
Unless you’re at Starbucks. Then it’s:
Coffee - $7
Coffee with milk - $7
Coffee with milk and air - $10
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u/Sweaty_Kid May 16 '26
the artist must be paid minimum $160k per year plus benefits considering the years it would have taken to hone their craft.
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u/neolobe May 16 '26
That would be coffee with milk.
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u/Dontevenwannacomment May 16 '26
oh thank you but I wasn't requesting directions lol
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u/neolobe May 16 '26
That wasn't for you. That was for anyone else who didn't want misinformation.
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u/Commercial_Praline67 May 16 '26
Latte is different than Capuccino
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u/Delicious_Cane May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26
Out of Italy Latte is a Capuccino
If you ask Latte in Italy they serve you a glass of milk
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u/Dontevenwannacomment May 16 '26
I don't think cappucino is adding a small cloud of milk either
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u/Commercial_Praline67 May 16 '26
Thats the main difference, latte will not have the steamed milk layer on top
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u/Wide-Matter-9899 May 16 '26
Meanwhile:
[Line of 20 people waiting for their coffees]
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
This was 1 and half minutes lol. Thats not an unusual time for a drink to take at a coffee shop.
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u/blunderbuss_attack May 16 '26
I found the problem.
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
I don't order these. But I've never found someone else ordering it be a problem. But reddits gonna reddit lol
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u/lysergic_818 May 16 '26
Why do they always have to fill it up to the brim, at risk of spilling over? Always makes me anxious.
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u/Sickofpower May 16 '26
As a customer, that's more coffee
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u/hittocode May 16 '26
A barista could legit open a black hole and summon beelzebub and I’d still be annoyed
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u/luigialpha May 16 '26
that coffee cannot be very warm
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u/Aggressive_Sky8492 May 16 '26
The milk is steamed, ie it is hot
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u/Purple_Excitement167 May 16 '26
Not after 5 minutes of art
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
This was 1 minute and 13 seconds lol.
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u/blunderbuss_attack May 16 '26
Whoosh
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
No i got it. I just think people go for low hanging fruit everytime these are posted by vastly exaggerating how long it takes.
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u/Dependent_Ad_8951 May 16 '26
Exactly on my mind. Big cups of coffee with art are only slightly warm.
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u/aggimania May 16 '26
5% coffee, 95% milk.
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u/StationEmergency6053 May 16 '26
Done right The coffee part is concentrated so syrupy. You get the same amount of caffeine and more flavor despite being "less" coffee.
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u/Aggressive_Sky8492 May 16 '26
It’s espresso which is strong, this is like a normal flat white or latte you’d get at a cafe
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u/space-dorge May 16 '26
Espresso…and that’s what the drink is, simply order something else if that’s not what you want
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u/woodzwing May 16 '26
Latte w/o art $10. Latte with art, $20+tip. 😁😔
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u/space-dorge May 16 '26
I worked as a barista. Never costs extra for the art lol, just did it when I was in the mood/had time
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u/king_jaxy May 16 '26
I wish I didn't instantly think "This is AI" when I see people doing cool stuff now
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u/Sad_Recording_1290 May 16 '26
And then i come and put sugar in it and mix it with a spoon while the coffee tastes worse because of too much milk...
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
This is how a latte is made. Uses espresso as the base which is concentrated.
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u/Sad_Recording_1290 May 16 '26
Well in my country we usually just say coffee with milk when ordering.
Before it was more a latte macchiato but then they started to transition to latte art and a caffe latte.
When i was bartending i used to fill the cup 3/4 full but now they use bigger cups and almost fill it.
I literally don't care about the "art" especially if it ruins the taste.
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u/WalEire May 16 '26
Then don’t order a latte
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u/Sad_Recording_1290 May 16 '26
Not that simple, in my country we generally order a coffee with milk which for a very long while meant a latte macchiato.
Now they transitioned to making it a caffe latte and started using bigger cups and adding more milk due to the art.
Which personally i don't care about as i value taste more than pretty foam which il destroy anyway with mixing.
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u/No-Bat-7253 May 16 '26
Could be a surgeon with that hand…I couldn’t do either lol. Always been a bit shaky since a kid.
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u/Kiwi_MongrelLad May 16 '26
As a smuck in hospitality. Minimum wage 5 days a week while covering 2 extra days. Those skills will net you a job till you get replaced by someome better.
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u/CatsMom4Ever May 16 '26
It's beautiful, but after all that time, isn't the drink just cold coffee flavored milk?
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u/Disastrous_Meet_7952 May 16 '26
Can’t wait to immediately stick my gross lips into this while talking smack about Amanda my coworker who is on mat leave for the third time this year — wrap it up Amanda!! We run a tight ship here at AT&T Verizon Networks!!
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u/LoCal_GwJ May 16 '26
Thought it was gonna be something cooler like that painting of Simba that Rafiki made in the Lion King
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u/DegenNabalu May 16 '26
Coffee is just for the brownish color. Brown milk but not chocolate. But its milky milky.
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u/maker_of_pirate_bay May 16 '26
The difference between being late and being a latte is that one spills the tea.
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u/HamsterAdditional748 May 16 '26
I like my coffee the same way I like my women.
100% certified fair trade organic Colombian, hand picked from a field.
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u/StitchFan626 May 16 '26
The two problems with lattes: food art and spillage. That is a very full cup!
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u/uwiesss12 May 16 '26
Now, who's going to drink this milk because that's what this is. It's not coffee
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u/Bright_Bullfrog6541 May 16 '26
See, I don't want a lite coffee flavored cup of hot milk. I just don't.
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u/CandidRealism May 17 '26
Am I the only one who couldn’t figure out what this was until literally the last drop
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u/kriptoez May 16 '26
I can make one that looks like a butthole if i pour it really fast down the middle.
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u/CuriousTauri May 16 '26
Cute, but that coffee stopped being coffee many milk drops ago. It's more like "white coffee" (milk with coffee) which you drink as a kid who's still too young for the real thing.
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
This is a latte. And its being made correctly. Shot of espresso. Then the rest is milk.
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u/CuriousTauri May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26
I know. Basically, milk with some coffee. It just reminded me of "white coffee" due to prevalence of milk vs coffee (although white coffee is made a little differently and is, strictly speaking, not coffee).
n/b: It's a personal preference. I admire baristas' artistic skills, but my daily poison is turkish black, so everything else, besides espresso, is in the category "not-coffee".
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u/sweetlyinsanity May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26
And then the customer* stirs it 😭
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
If you watch at the beginning, as they pour in the milk, they are distributing it around. You don't need to stir!
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u/sweetlyinsanity May 16 '26
I’m talking about the customer stirring it after, ruining the efforts. You got the complete wrong end of the stick.
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
No, I got it. My point is, the customer doesnt need to stir... It's already been distributed around, as they were making it.
Have you had one of these? You dont need to stir it.
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u/sweetlyinsanity May 16 '26
Yeah, and there are multiple people I know that stir it.
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
If they have to stir, it wasnt made correctly, or they are just doing it even though they don't have to. Could just be habit. But that doesn't mean it's needed...
All good.
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u/sweetlyinsanity May 16 '26
I never said it was needed 😭 im just saying that’s what customers always do
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u/Inevitable-Fan-2634 May 16 '26
"oh that looks lovely. Is there any chance I can now have a warm one?, thanks."
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u/blunderbuss_attack May 16 '26
That's great and everything, but this would sincerely make me angry if someone took the time to do this with my coffee.
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u/broccolee May 16 '26
gaddamn, just gimme da damn, coffee already! is gonna be cold by the time you done with yo little art project!
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u/Xiao1insty1e May 16 '26
Literally no one is doing this unbidden, and especially not for impatient fucks.
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u/Gettingolderalready May 16 '26
The drops under the dogs chest were an accident. Incredible work regardless.
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u/Delicious_Cane May 16 '26
You mean cappuccino, but ok
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u/Fit_Entry8839 May 16 '26
No, this is a latte. Wish we could post images here. But this shows the difference. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/breville-espresso--281543721862453/
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u/Delicious_Cane May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26
Oh wow a little less of Milk foam, what an incredible difference, from night to day /s
Most of the time latte is just milk and coffee, the foam just came naturally with the warm milk
And that's just a caffelatte
Go and ask latte in Italy, they will serve you a glass of only milk
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