Famous Death Row Last Meals
Food Fights: The Biggest Culinary Scandals Of 2011
The gorgeous, perfect swirls on top of a latte are an art form. It never ceases to amaze me what a good latte artist can make with the sinfully good coffee drink. But just like pretty much everything in history, a machine is here to up the ante.
The Kitchn has posted a look at a latte printer, one that can give you pretty much whatever art you want on your latte -- from crisp lettering to winged horses. While it's certainly a neat idea, it just isn't the same. What's so wow-worthy about a machine that makes the art? The real jaw-dropping comes from the perfection attained by hand.
But what do you think? Weigh in below!
Jennifer Lopez, Tori Spelling And More: The 15 Worst-Dressed Celebrities Of The Week
Family Faces Eviction Over Toddler's Noise
Komen Foundation Makes Stunning Reversal
Karen Perry Loses Three Kids, Ex-Husband and Now Home?
Who's Buying Your Next President? Sheldon Adelson Makes His Bid
31 Of Isla Fisher's Cute And Chic Outfits
Courtney Love, Pet Killer? Frances Bean Says Hoarding, Drugs Led to Animal Deaths
6 Ways The Job Search Has Changed Post-Recession
The Craziest Super Bowl Food Concoctions
Why the U.S. Should Get Rid of the $1 Bill
Which Ford Mustang is most popular with thieves? [w/video]
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam
Amy Winehouse Coroner Resigns: 'Unqualified' Autopsy May Be Ruled Illegal
Open Houses of the Week: Super Bowl Weekend
California Police Identify Cold Case Victim But Forget To Tell Family
7 Startling Numbers We Now Know About Facebook
I-75 Crash Survivor Won't Be Deported
11 Signs You're Doing Laundry Wrong
Nick, Aaron Carter's Sister Dead At 25
Polo-playing Mogul Adopts His Girlfriend As His Daughter
Suzanne Somers, Joyce Dewitt Bury Rivalry, Stage 'Three's Company' Reunion
The Biggest Risk To Facebook's Success: Mark Zuckerberg?
30 YEARS: Letterman's Best Moments
What A Wreck! Sunken Treasure Found
What I.Q. Study Reveals About Racists
10 Things That Mean Less Than A Trump Endorsement
WHAT A LOSER: Entire Town Wins $950-Million Jackpot Except One Man
Smallest Woman Has Big Political Dreams
Two-Faced Kitten Born In Florida
The 19 Most Fun-Loving Colleges
Photos: Adorable Cats Sleeping
The Most Awkward 'Romantic' Photos - Ever (PICTURES)
8-25-2008 @10:04AM Baron said... The machine isn't really creating art, someone had to program/create the art in the machine in the first place. Technically, doing that was probably just as difficult as doing it by hand. Of course, once you get the machine programmed and in production, other than templates, the hard part is done where as baristas still have work left to do.
Reply
8-25-2008 @1:35PM Greg Sherwin said... These printers are pretty funny. They are pieces of conversational art in themselves. Latte art is rather superfluous as it is -- can you imagine global competitions for restaurant plating, plating jams, and the like?
And if we're really going to talk about art, there are far more, and better, mediums than the surface of a cappuccino to work with. Even colored chalk on a sidewalk, for example.
In a way these printers are a send-up -- they make us rethink how serious we've taken a schoolyard barista trick and add a perspective about it.
Reply
8-26-2008 @6:06PM brockgraphix said... technology and art are not enemies creating the machine that makes art on coffee foam is art on its own i think this is very cool and i wonder when starbucks will geto ne to put their logo on my coffee
Reply