
Friday, May 27, 2011
Day 26 and an international guest.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Day 25, The blog is back

For those that haven't heard, I recent took a job at a local coffee shop. So I will be making a whole lot more coffee, which means a whole lot more practice. Well thanks for reading.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Day 24 starring Travis Lehman
Pulling the perfect shot. |
Tamping the grounds. |
Hello readers welcome again to another Latte of the day. Again it has been several days since the last posting. Interestingly enough it was not entirely my fault this time, blogger had been down since Wednesday, and back up Saturday. And what a glorious day to be back on too, because I get to introduce one of my all time favorite friends, Travis Lehman. Faithful blog follower and professional barista. Travis Lehman, flew all the all from Berlin, Ohio in order to be a guest on the blog. As a professional latte artist he dabbles in the post modern latte art as can be seen in art of his final design. Some argue that he is one of the forrunners in post modern latte art! After many tours through out South America, Italy, and the greater Western Europe, Travis has finally settled down in Ohio in order to get out of the lime light and resume the life of a normal person instead of a star. He stated during the interview, "that living with the Amish as really given me[Travis] a greater appreciation to the simple things in life. I find myself spending more time with my family and really just getting back to the root of latte making"
If you are eve in the area of Berlin Ohio you will find Travis at Java Jo's Coffee, still pouring latte's and having great conversations with the locals.
Enjoying his creation! |
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Day 23,

Labels:
Espresso,
espresso machine,
milk frothing,
milk texturizing
Monday, May 9, 2011
Day 22 Another day another latte

Sunday, May 8, 2011
Day 21 Happy Mothers Day
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TJ's finger is to the left, and Travis's finger is at the top |
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Day 20 The Modification
Before |
After |
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Silky smooth Microfoam |
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day 19 Lattelicious!!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Day 18 and the subconscious fear

Going through each rigorous process of the latte process, I was pleasantly rewarded with one of the best tasting lattes made for the blog. Despite the not so beautiful art on top, the texture of the milk was as near to perfect as it ever has been, creating somewhat of a picture of something.
Once again, I want to thank Josh for being the first of many guest appearances on The Latte of the Day. Due to popular demand and the enormous amount of traffic that came in during that post, the Guest appearance will be arriving every Monday. So hopefully you will be able to appear as the guest latte artist next time.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 17
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Josh pulling the shot |
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Josh preparing the shot |
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Josh proud of his mushroom shaped Latte |
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Josh steaming the milk |
However during the course of those two days, I still did work on the lattes. In fact I had my first guest appearance. The guest is a die-hard blog follower and coffee purist, Josh Ostlind. If I were to describe Josh in three words it would be - ski fanatic. okay maybe that was only two words. As the legend goes, Josh was performing a in a recent ski competition, which entailed several kickers and rails. While he was performing a trick he landed wrong, leaving him unconscious with a mild concussion. After being rushed to the hospital he awoke from a vivid vision full of overgrown vegetation and speaking sheep. During the course of his discussion with the sheep he realized that there was only one thing left for him to accomplish in this life, pouring the perfect latte. It was upon this revelation that he inquired about the art of latte making. I informed him that i could not show him true perfection, as I am only an amateur, but I could guide him down the path in the direction of perfection, ergo he is the first guest on The Latte of the Day blog.
Comments from tasters
"It is not an A, but it is not an F" - Lisa Ostlind (Josh's Mother)
"that is the best shaped mushroom I have ever seen!" - Janie Helgeson
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