Any Coffee Cups Recommendation for Latte Art?

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  Lewd on 08/12/2022 - 23:11

  I use the original version of these: https://alternativebrewing.com.au/products/acme-evolution-15… but as long as the cup has a curved bottom to it, you should be good.
  Cups that go straight down like a cylinder are harder to work with.
  Taller is more difficult because the flow of milk doesn't really hit the bottom and come back up to create the pattern in the espresso

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    kiitos on 09/12/2022 - 08:15

    I don't quite understand what you mean. I can't do any latte art, so maybe this is the missing piece.

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    JinWu on 09/12/2022 - 15:19

    Thanks mate,
    is 150ml a bit small for single shot + milk?

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      Banj0 on 09/12/2022 - 15:37

      Can pour simple art in an 80ml, so surely a 150 is fine.

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        JinWu on 09/12/2022 - 16:14

        If the art is complex, do you think 250ml is better

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          Banj0 on 09/12/2022 - 16:25

          +1

          @JinWu: For me…but I'm not terribly good at it :) When I pour a 250ml, I'm usually putting 40ml of espresso in (somewhere between 1:2 and 1:3 is what I go with). Another 200ml odd of steamed milk to top it up then. I've settled on a 450ml jug for my milk.

          I can sort of pour a swan (but it looks a bit deformed), and I think I could manage this in 150ml - I might just choose a different jug from what I would use on 250ml (usually I use the ~300ml jug). Around 80ml I would have no hope of doing anything other than a heart or tulip or something like that, but can do that with a double shot in that size no probs.

          All that aside, I think it's probably more down to skill than cup or jug volume and shape. After all, there's videos on YouTube of people pouring some pretty impressive latte art from paper cups.

          I'm sure that one day my swan pours will no longer bring laughter from my wife! My latte art is not high quality :)

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  Banj0 on 09/12/2022 - 07:24

  I find the quality of my milk stretch to be a bigger influence than the cup shape or size (within reason).

  I’ve been pouring milk almost daily for a couple of years now, and I still can’t nail a swan! I guess a pro would be doing 50 a day though, and probably using a much better boiler than I am.

  I do prefer a broad round bottomed cup around 250ml give or take, but I can and do pour tulips and the like in pretty much anything right up to 500ml, flat, round, tall, or short.

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  Hugh G Rection on 09/12/2022 - 07:26

  i like round cups, it works out great for me.

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  shertiger on 09/12/2022 - 09:11

  +1

  If your steamed milk is correct then any teacup with larger head than bottom should be fine. If your milk is too frothy or not enough then no cup will help.

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    Banj0 on 09/12/2022 - 16:29

    This. Probably the most important thing is getting that 'micro foam' just right.

    If you make really coarse foam, and lots of it, well, you can still perhaps have a monk's head on top, but forget about getting nice contrast and detail.

    If you don't get enough foam, then you'll have trouble getting any milk to settle on top at all.

    Then one day, you just nail it, and the art just pours itself. And you'll never be able to figure out how you got that milk so perfect! :-D

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  dasher86 on 09/12/2022 - 10:30

  Key is to get the right volume for what you're pouring.
  as long as the milk finishes at the top it should be fine.