latte art origins

Ok so is it just me or did people only start making ‘latte art’ AFTER it was seen in this movie? and did alot more brewers start doing this after they had realised what an impact it can have on people and how much more appreciative it makes the coffee? well no, this movie did not start the ‘latte art’ trend, in fact latte art developed independently in different countries, following the introduction of espresso and the development of microfoam, the combination of crema and microfoam allowing the pattern; it presumably was initially developed in Italy.

in the United States, latte art was developed in Seattle in the 1980s and 1990s, and particularly popularized by David Schomer.  Schomer credits the development of microfoam (“velvet foam” or “milk texturing”) to Jack Kelly of Uptown espresso in 1986, and by 1989 the heart pattern was established and a signature at Schomer’s Espresso…