New Wave Espresso

There’s a nice video up on the NYT website that talks about the New Wave Espresso as an artistic reality in NYC. They highlight two shops, Gimme! Coffee (a favorite of ours with roots in Ithaca NY) and Ninth Street Espresso. The video walks through the care that a great barista will take to get you a truly excellent espresso. They also show some very nice Latte Art on the video.

Click HERE and then search for “espresso” to pull up the video.

Latte Art Movie

So we've put a few posts that can help you with Latte Art, now we found a video that can help you too. Below is a video from You Tube that shows some decent latte art. It's not too hard, but somehow, mine still turn out looking like mud. I keep cranking out the espresso shots (they go fast with a bunch of ESE Pods lined up), frothing the milk and doing the pour, and I almost got one this past weekend, but my leaf looked more like an ink spot. I'm going to keep trying, there's always the next Latte.

More on Latte Art

More on Latte Art – come on, you know you would love to be able to turn these beauties out yourself; I can’t yet, but I keep trying. I found another good solid site for showing you to take some steam, espresso, and some milk into Latte Art, and thought I would pass it along. This one has some nice photos and diagrams of how to accomplish the seemingly impossible, turning your own milk into a work of art. Me? I am still trying. Stay tuned, maybe I’ll share.

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Artwork on your Cappuccinos and Lattes from Gimme! Coffee

For those who have made the trek to Ithaca, NY in search of excellent coffee, you may have just ended up at Gimme! Coffee. Yes, I know Ithaca, NY is not exactly the first place one would think of for great coffee, but Gimme! has set the bar for excellence up there by delivering coffee and espresso based drinks that are of the highest quality. They are driven by coffee quality and exacting preparation at their five locations in Ithaca plus one in NYC. They are the recipients of numerous awards including being named one of the 10 best coffee bars in the US by Food and Wine magazine this year, and they want to share how to make a great cup of coffee with you.

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