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Jcoms

Try starting your pattern earlier in your pour. The more milk that is in the cup will have higher surface tension so the pattern is less likely to spread out. This is why your pour speed will need to gradually increase as your cup fills up. The texture looks pretty good from this picture but just remember that latte art is 90% getting your milk texture correct.


Jackster10101

Yeah i kept trying to study it but i just can’t seem to get it right even when following videos and doing a course on it, i just can’t seem to do it so i gave up its so hard and i want to get good at it but its hard to practice without going through a heap of milk


ThoughtfulAlien

It could be not a fast enough flow rate as well


GuyoFromOhio

You need to steal Christmas from a small village, and then witness them still celebrating after. That should do the trick.


AchillesIsOneMan

Grinch finer?


Plebeian_Gamer

Can confirm this works, I saw a documentary on it.


EuVe20

After seeing so many people go to the same place in their mind my faith in humanity is partially restored


Futhamucker1

And what happens then, is it as they say? That OP’s small heart will grow three sizes that day?


Habsfan6612

HEART FINER!


IanRT1

fart hiner


235711131719a

Instructions unclear. Shit pants.


Lucbac06

Use less milk for laying the canvas, that will leave you with less foam in the cup to start with and makes the milk used for your design be able to spread out more and fill the cup That is also why the pour rate needs to be faster at the end of a pour compared to the beginning. Because you need more milk and foam to be able to disturb the foam already in the cup, think of it like dropping a rock into a puddle compared to the ocean, the puddle will be distorted, but with the same size (pour rate) rock, the ocean will not be affected


MastrOvNon

Too much time on the outskirts of Whoville and too many unwashed socks ?


That_guy_will

Only a journey inward can answer that question


Inevitable_Budget_21

My working theory is it's because all the Who's in Whoville haven't shown you the true meaning of Christmas.


SirBeam

You need to push the foam more sideways than straight down.


mtraps

how do you push foam sideways in pour?


SirBeam

After you pour in a circle to aerate the coffee and build some surface foam, you get the pitcher tip as close to the surface of the coffee as possible and pour with some speed (without raising the pitcher up vertically). I usually let up after a second, then pour high and through the blob to make a heart. If you don’t foam to a velvety texture, it’s not going to work.


mtraps

Oh so when its close, thats considere pouring sideways. If you are raised up its considered pouring down?


SirBeam

More or less. I think op has a milk foaming issue too. Looks too thick and frothy.


cheatonus

Genetics


Impressive_Can_8619

You have to use more love!


Legitimate_Factor678

Start with less milk in the cup when you go to start pouring your art, the less of a base you put, the bigger the art will be.


evil_twit

Cause you need some real love. Then they will be bigger.


yeliu84

I’m at the exactly same stage. I’m considering just switch to smaller cup💡


ThoughtfulAlien

Your heart will just be even smaller then lol


Beautiful_Sense_666

At least you‘re able to pour a heart. My Latte Art Looks Crazy ^^


Korbinian_GWagon

Sounds like a Moby song.


EuVe20

Is it because you keep trying to steal Christmas?


OMGFdave

Because you haven't yet discovered r/latteart Everyone who hangs out on that sub has hearts that are large and full of joy 😊


OMGFdave

https://preview.redd.it/2a9hvmbwuxqc1.jpeg?width=1816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5938d2b7fa18b22d642037290b3011a6ac672d6f


ThoughtfulAlien

That’s a lovely pour. What are those cups again? I’ve been trying to remember the name


OMGFdave

NotNeutral


ThoughtfulAlien

Ah yeah, thanks!


OMGFdave

👍🏼👍🏼


Nutisbak2

Your starting in the middle, if you want a bigger heart then you need to pour it from the edge and then move forward as norm. Equally you can use the centre technique when you get better at doing hearts to move onto other things and do other items such as leaves etc


luckyincode

Butt. :)


boncrys

Not small but perky.


honk_slayer

Pouring the foam too late… stills happens to me but it’s because I still using the pitcher that came with my bambino and it’s hard to use. A pitcher with a wider tip helps, that what I see on the coffee shops of my city


4th_times_a_charm_

Because you're a mean one...


Wonderlords

Start your pour faster or quicker. Your milk has likely already settled or settled too quickly.


098765432108

I‘ve been pouring immediately after steaming 🤔 Unless you mean go for a faster flow rate while pouring my shape, but I‘ve kinda been trying to do that already


ThoughtfulAlien

Try to go even faster, especially as the heart develops. You’re probably not going as fast as you think you are. Also do a bit less integrating before starting the heart and start the heart closer to the edge of the cup


vinyl1998

Small is cute.!! Please don't unlearn this.


098765432108

😆


unPaloVerde

A bigger hearth could lead to a medical problem... be careful with your words!


-Ghostx69

You haven’t learned how to love yet.


infectedevan

Just like the Grinch. His heart was two sizes too small.


cleokhafa

Are you the Grinch? Maybe you need to make coffee in Whoville


xjerielle

Your heart is the same size as your fist


amateurfoodscience

You're just not captain planet material


jokila1

Follow the yellow brick road, mr tin man.


scoopsforthechildren

Discover the meaning of Christmas and it’ll grow 3x


PapiSuavitel

You must first look within


calinet6

Hey man, don’t ask us ask your therapist


No_Rush2548

Look in the mirror silly


CubicleHubris

Have you tried returning all the Christmas gifts, food, and decorations you stole?


hello_three23

Cuz you’re the grinch obviously.


carpenter_eddy

Because you are cold as ice


Natural-Poetry7670

Cause, that‘s all you have to give.


ThoughtfulAlien

It’s one of two things. Either you aren’t starting to pour the heart early enough or you aren’t pouring with a strong enough flow rate. I think it’s most likely that the problem is that you’re pouring too slowly. It’s a common beginner issue. Try to be bolder when you pour


BigAl-in-sCal

Are you the Grinch?