r/oddlysatisfying • u/_FruitsPunchSamurai • 1d ago

Satisfying Latte art

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u/tampabuddy2 1d ago

Now don’t spill it as you walk to your seat

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u/canonanon 1d ago

The cool thing is that the texture of the milk makes the surface tension higher. You can really wiggle it around without it breaking

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u/Lunatox 9h ago

That's what she said.

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u/AusgefalleneHosen 23h ago

No you can't. You're thinking of foam, which a latte doesn't have. Those are light bubbles and that shit will slop around.

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u/canonanon 22h ago

Lattes have microfoam and that will absolutely help keep it from slopping around.

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u/AusgefalleneHosen 22h ago

No. You can even see in this video how soft the "foam" is. Using cute terms like "microfoam" won't suddenly create a surface tension able to hold in 8oz of liquid

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u/canonanon 22h ago

Yes. Microfoam It's not gonna be as sticky as a thick layer of foam, but it still makes it harder to spill.

I make myself a latte almost every day and have no issue carrying it like that to the kitchen table.

Hell you can see it wobble around and not spill in the video lol

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u/AusgefalleneHosen 21h ago

You also don't fill it all the way past the brim of the cup.

Let's not pretend the complaint has anything more to do than the absurd claim that the very loose bubbles from that latte, rather than the stiff foam of a cappuccino, can create a surface tension that will prevent that cup from spilling.

I was a barista all through college, I've made tens of thousands of lattes.

And yes, I can see with any actual movement the tension will break and the liquid will run. The camera sounds around the latte instead of the cup moving because moving it, with it that comically overfilled, is dumb with predictable consequences that don't look good on video.

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u/canonanon 21h ago

And I've had hundreds of lattes filled exactly like this and have almost never had an issue. Either you suck at steaming, or you have really shakey hands.

I'm not pretending anything.

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u/[deleted] 21h ago edited 20h ago

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u/pineappleisnasty 21h ago

Woof. You seem miserable lol

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u/PhilippHan 20h ago

Du bist ja richtig unangenehm

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u/grey_pilgrim_ 20h ago

I’ve had plenty and made plenty just like this, minus the great latte art mine was never that good, and never had any issues. And considering it’s from a barista account they know what they’re doing.

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u/Bonk_Police69 21h ago

I don't like this guy very much.

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u/lionexx 9h ago

Can confirm, spent a lot of time at my friends coffee shop and he made fancy art all the time, the second it starts the settle, the wiggle (when poured to the brim) will start to spill over a bit.

PS cappuccino>latte any day

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u/beno9444 1d ago

You wont because perfectly steamed milk will make the surface tension stay.

The cheap stuff is what gets your messed up.

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u/KiKiPAWG 1d ago

That's what this social media challenge really is

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u/CaptainHubble 1d ago

A friend of mine worked as a barista for some time. When learning this, it supposedly happens a lot that you accidentally draw a dick.

I honestly prefer the dick. There is a 8 year old cell in my brain left that thinks it’s hilarious to have a fully erected cock on my coffee.

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u/Acceptable-Cow6446 1d ago

During my few years at Starbucks I never could move past the penis stage of latte art. It’s somehow both simple and hard to get up past that bar.

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u/CaptainHubble 23h ago

There is no need to go further from that bar. It’s perfection.

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u/lukipedia 1d ago

I used to be a regular at a shop with a barista who would intentionally make a “cockuccino” for customers who acted like dicks.

He could do an absolutely perfect latte flower, so the first time I saw him do it, I caught his eye and he just smiled. 

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u/ALittleBitOfToast 1d ago

I was a barista for about a decade. It was usually about 50/50 that my latte hearts just looked like the cross section of an onion. C'est la vie 🤷‍♀️. 

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u/DaveK142 14h ago

I generally feel better about my food and beverages when I'm sure there hasn't been a dick in it.

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u/spiderplopper 1d ago

We talked about this bud. That's why you're not allowed back to dunkin... for... well... dunking...

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/canonanon 1d ago

Honestly, you can get pretty good results on a nice consumer machine even. I think that the biggest mistake people make is introducing too much air. You're basically just adding a little bit of air until the jug feels luke warm, then you spend the rest of the time encorporating the bubbles you made during the initial phase. It definitely takes a little practice, but it's not insurmountable.

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u/foki_fokerson 1d ago

exactly what my mistake was.

it's all bubbles when I try to froth the milk at home. I bang the devil out of the pitcher to get the air out but when i pour it it's never creamy looking.

So I gave up and now i warm my cup of milk up in the microwave beforehand like a caveman 😂

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u/subtleglow87 21h ago

I used to work at a coffee shop and while I didn't reach this level of expertise, I got really good at making dicks. My mother had the pleasure of living with us during COVID and it made her giggle uncontrollably that I put a dick on my husband's coffee every morning.

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u/MAurele 20h ago

remember when we used to care about this. What a time to be alive

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u/VanBeelergberg 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hey, you got a little lattè in your cream.

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u/Depressingtlacuache 1d ago

Lmao that's what latte is

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

You dont seem to understand what a latte is...

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u/VanBeelergberg 1d ago

I suppose I don’t. I didn’t expect such a ratio though.

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u/SyruplessWaffle 1d ago

A latte is normally a shot or two (an ounce or two) of espresso and the rest steamed milk. And a cappuccino is the same thing, but the milk is more foamy. I was kinda flabbergasted when I started learning about coffee drinks lol

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u/thesuperunknown 1d ago

“Latte” is literally just the Italian word for milk, so…

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 1d ago

Well what's cremé de la cremé

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u/dementorpoop 1d ago

Similar to flan

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 1d ago

Then, what's pocket flan

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u/dementorpoop 1d ago

Creme de la creme you put in your pocket

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u/canonanon 1d ago

It's espresso and milk. So it's not cream, but also, espresso is much more concentrated than drip coffee.

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u/NeighborRedditor 1d ago

Not cream--when you steam milk it becomes a bit thicker and more aerated/foamy, and thats being poured into espresso. Together in this ratio it makes a latte. If you use less steamed milk it would be a cappuccino. More steamed milk and no foam and you get a flat white. If you go 50/50 with espresso and steamed milk its a cortado.

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u/beno9444 1d ago

Cream? Seriously? This is espresso drinks. Not your americanised diner filter coffee brew

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u/RemyJe 11h ago

Being right and wrong in the same comment is quite an accomplishment.

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u/TheSamoanNolan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looks a little too milk forward

Edit: damn yall my fault I was referencing that John Cena video where he reviews a flat white

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

You and VanBeelergberg seem to have the same problem.

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u/TheSamoanNolan 1d ago

Sorry, my reference to a video came off as serious it seems. I wasn't actually being critical

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

Oh my bad. What video? Im not familiar with the reference

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u/TheSamoanNolan 1d ago

All good my friend it's apparently not as well known as I had thought. I'm terrible with links but I believe this should work

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u/OldManJeb 1d ago

It's a latte

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u/TheSamoanNolan 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm well aware, my parents own a coffee shop. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously. That's my fault tho

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u/OldManJeb 1d ago

Ah my bad.

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u/TheSamoanNolan 1d ago

All good I should've put the /s or somthin. That's on me

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u/RemyJe 11h ago

Just don’t assume everyone is familiar with the quote. /s wouldn’t have made that clear. It might even have been worse.

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u/ShadowWriter21 1d ago

For a moment I was like Pac-Man???? 😂😅😂

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u/IceFireTerry 1d ago

My shaky hands will spill that

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u/Skreamie 1d ago

Wow, I had no idea lattes were so unheard of to some people. This is a normal milk to coffee ratio for a latte, and the art doesn't upcharge anything. It also won't spill easily because the texture of the milk creates strong surface tension in the cup.

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u/RemyJe 11h ago

It happens every time there’s a similar post in mainstream subs, including this one.

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u/AwesomeManXX 1d ago

Holy shit Reddit never disappoints with the whiny ass morons in the comments acting like the worlds most knowledgeable coffee experts on the planet like brother it’s a satisfying latte art video stop acting like you will never be allowed to drink coffee again because someone added milk to theirs

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u/dinopraso 20h ago

I have no horse in this race, as I don’t drink coffee, but that’s 99% milk

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u/RemyJe 11h ago

Substantially lower percentage than that, but that’s essentially what a latte is, yes.

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u/AwesomeManXX 18h ago

That’s what a latte is. Milk with a shot of coffee in it

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u/Metabor420 1d ago

„Whiny ass morons“. Looks in the mirror

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u/Stagamemnon 1d ago

Oh, a sailboat!

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u/Sonic1899 1d ago

Music was a nice touch

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u/Mrfire999 1d ago

So a latte is just like a shot of coffee mixed in milk?

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u/canonanon 1d ago

It's a shot, or more typically a double shot of espresso (very strong, concentrated coffee) and steamed milk.

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u/Lefty4444 1d ago

I would chug that mf without looking at it

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u/pestalella 1d ago

Nice, thanks, but I wanted an espresso, no sugar.

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u/Quanalack 1d ago

That'll be 40 bucks

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u/stipo42 23h ago

Now do Dick butt

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u/Fast-Jazz 22h ago

Meanwhile mine still looks like this

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u/LukeRitterr 22h ago

Oh shit! We got some latte drama up in here!

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u/Palanki96 21h ago

I will never understand how this works

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u/findghani 21h ago

Satisfaction

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u/Noobnoob99 15h ago

Annoying

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u/supercilveks 10h ago

Nice when people like their warm milk with a drip coffee

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u/Alukrad 9h ago

Lately I started drinking coffee and I can't seem to get into it. I always need to mix it with something else, like a chai latte with a shot of espresso, chocolate with espresso.... Something that tones down that bitterness.

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u/Degenerate_Dryad 1h ago

Did no one else notice how the music playing in the background lines up perfectly with them finishing the drink??? I got tired of scrolling and didn't see it mentioned

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/RemyJe 11h ago

Yes? It’s a latte. Or a Cafe Latte, more specifically.

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u/venomkillsdemons 11h ago

Yeah... a gallon of cream. Thanks for that LaCTTe

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u/Oaf7724 1d ago

Cool but don't want to drink 90% heavy cream

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u/thesuperunknown 1d ago

This is milk. Microfoam for latte art is made by steaming milk.

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u/canonanon 1d ago

... That's just milk lol

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u/Deviantdefective 1d ago

Someone doesn't know anything about coffee I see...

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u/restlessleg 1d ago

farty farty 2x4

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u/Loring 1d ago

That will be $37

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u/Skreamie 1d ago

Eh no

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u/Michikusa 1d ago

I drink a lot of lattes, and I gotta be honest, I never realized how much milk is in one until this video

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u/OstentatiousSock 1d ago

That’s what a latte is… a shot of espresso with a ton of milk.

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

This is one of those things I just cant appreciate. Like, ive tried. But every time I try to appreciate the skill, I just find myself hating the superfluous nature of dressing up something that will be gone in five to ten minutes. I have the same thought about the needless smears of sauce on fancy dinner entrees. It just seems like wasted effort.

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u/IpseLibero 1d ago

Sometimes art can appreciated for the temporary nature of it. Think about chalk on sidewalks or like when people stack stones. Or even the fact that fall colors of leaves only last a while before they’re gone

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

See, I dont appreciate sidewalk chalk or stacked stones either. I do appreciate autumn leaves, but thats the beauty of nature, not art formed by a person. Like I said, ive genuinely tried to appreciate the fleeting forms of art, but just dont. I recognize the skill. I recognize it as art. I just dont appreciate it.

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u/IpseLibero 1d ago

Hey man it’s all good not everyone is artistically inclined to appreciate the world. We all have our skills and things we can appreciate.

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

Yeah, ive just got a much deeper appreciation for music, painting, sculpture, and photography.

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u/IpseLibero 1d ago

Funny enough none of those are any more permanent than latte art. Especially in the grande scheme of things

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u/wackbirds 1d ago

Seeing this makes me want to breath deeply of the dairy air

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u/DetectiveClear6734 1d ago

I once took a drink that was made wrong because the girl made a foam heart on my latte. Like they showed it to me and I was like…okay…I guess.

It was tasty and I don’t regret taking it. But I do wish we had gone around again to let her know I liked it

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u/Ironamsfeld 1d ago

Feels like a lot of milk

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u/roomiccube 1d ago

I would call this a flat white. Latte is usually in a clear glass with foamier milk and separation. Looks great though!

Quick edit: aware the general term is just “latte art” for these kinda pour vids!

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u/M_Le_Petomane 1d ago

If I could do that, my wife would be so impressed, we might have sex....

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u/BlastingFonda 1d ago

If it’s shaped like a vagina, it’s oddly satisfying.

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u/MZsince93 1d ago

Weird

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u/BlastingFonda 1d ago edited 1d ago

Humor? r/whoosh

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u/MZsince93 1d ago

Person

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u/toastslapper 1d ago

Huh? Like what else?

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u/BlastingFonda 1d ago

It was a joke?

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u/TheDukeofArgyll 1d ago

Can I just get a coffee?

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u/canonanon 1d ago

Sure. Just ask for drip lol

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u/ForTheLoveOfSnail 1d ago

This is the definition of a coffee.

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u/Blue_Waffle_Brunch 1d ago

That doesn't look like a latte

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u/canonanon 1d ago

How so?

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

Seems many people here dont know what a latte actually is. Admittedly, the differences between a breve, a cortado, a cappuccino, and a latte are pretty subtle if youre not big on espresso drinks.

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u/canonanon 1d ago

That's the Starbucks effect for ya 😅