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culinary-arts

Coffee & Latte Art

Pull balanced espresso and pour clean latte art at home

12 lessons4 modules10h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course teaches the cause-and-effect behind a good cup rather than a set of memorised recipes, so you can diagnose and fix a drink instead of guessing. You will learn the espresso variables that actually matter (dose, yield, time, and grind) and how to dial a shot to a target ratio around 1:2 in roughly 25 to 30 seconds, taste it on the sour-bitter axis, and adjust grind to correct it. You will steam milk in two phases, stretching then texturing, to build the smooth, wet, reflective microfoam latte art needs, then pour a heart, a rosetta, and a tulip by controlling height, flow, and the finishing cut, and rescue a flat or off-centre pour with a simple etched design. By the end you can produce a balanced shot and a clean poured pattern on demand, and explain exactly what to change when one comes out wrong.

Curriculum

Module 1: Espresso Foundations: The Four Variables and a Repeatable Shot3 lessons
Module 2: Milk Science and Steaming: Building True Microfoam3 lessons
  • How milk foams: proteins, fat, and temperature🔒45m
  • The two-phase steam: stretch then texture🔒55m
  • Reading texture and fixing milk faults🔒45m
Module 3: Free Pour: Heart, Rosetta, and Tulip3 lessons
  • Pour mechanics and the heart🔒55m
  • The rosetta🔒55m
  • The tulip🔒55m
Module 4: Etching, Recovery, and a Repeatable Routine3 lessons
  • Etching: drawing on the surface🔒45m
  • Diagnosing the whole drink: a fault checklist🔒50m
  • The dial-in log and a practice routine🔒50m
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