The challenge is simple – pour latte art in something unusual and post a link in the comments or use trackback.
I’ve been thinking about this for a little while and was inspired by a few amusing pours like these:
Tonx:
Owl3:
If enough people get into it then maybe there will be some sort of pointless prize suiting the silliness of this. I challenge you – pour somewhere stupid!
UPDATE: A rather excellent first offering from Tim Styles in the comments.
haha james you crack me up
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Haha this is so awesome!
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Navel Macchiati, anyone?
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I’m in! I just wish I were creative enough to find something “strange” to pour into. Not many non-beverage containers around here.
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That is very smart James! Very nice!
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This is one of those all-so-rare times when one wishes one had a glass eye to pop out of its socket…
… or would the milk leak into your brain?
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You have my sick little brain, along with many others I suspect, contemplating the pleasure/pain aspect of this challenge. I wonder if anyone would be up for a volcano pour (directly in the mouth!)
Leave it with me, I can be very persuasive…
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That sounds hot and very wrong for all of the wrong reasons miss coffee fairy.
“You have my sick little brain, along with many others I suspect, contemplating the pleasure/pain aspect of this challenge. I wonder if anyone would be up for a volcano pour (directly in the mouth!)”
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Ahh! I was thinking about this the other day, just after I’d poured a rosetta into a saucer.
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Alright, no picture embedding….
Here’s the link: http://www.tropicalsaloon.com/photos/saucer.jpg
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I put the challenge to the guys at Ninth St Espresso (NYC) today, and only have the results in video format. I’ll get them up onto YouTube, and post links.
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[...] Users Online « A slightly absurd latte art challenge [...]
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Just made this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/perryskaravas/920585330/
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Nice one! I can’t believe this topics come up, at the only point in my life where I have no immediate access to a machine.
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Come on – lets see the contact lens pour!
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Go for it Grendel.
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Not a hope!
I tried a few variations over the weekend and only managed this:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Grendelpics/T5/photo?authkey=TXTyP9Ns2OE#5095215307754249522
Best you can say is it looks a little like an egg in negative.
Jeremy Hilsdunk at Epic had a go with my eggshell this morning and managed this:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Grendelpics/CoffeePicStorage/photo?authkey=jm1m1Yud3Qo#5095390207412477362
I reckon it is not a bad effort!
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cafe grendel: Hilsdunk’s Slamdunk
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[...] Hoffmann has recently thrown down the challenge for baristi around the world to pour latte art into obscure [...]
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Hello there, James! I managed this rather shoddy rosetta in a 4.5oz metal scoop. Not much to brag about, but this challenge is much harder than I’d expected.
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Rats, it didn’t post.
Ah well, here’s a link!
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A few of us here at murky coffee tried pouring into each other’s hands today. It was apretty dismal failure at first, but by the end we started to see the makings of some rosettas! We’re trying to become experts now, and hope to someday send you pictures :)
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well, that totally didn’t work, so here’s the link.
http://flickr.com/photos/23045811@N00/1264330150/
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heres mine.
http://www.thebeaningoflife.com/images/stories/picsnvids/HB_IMG_1841.jpg
latte art in aluminum foil.
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in an ice cream scoop.
http://www.thebeaningoflife.com/images/stories/picsnvids/HB_IMG_1845.jpg
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How about in a guitar?!
http://www.ianclark.net/guitarlatte.jpg
The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9QYrm4wzmM
Booya!
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[...] Barista Champion, has thrown down the gauntlet for some equally silly barista shenanigans. His absurd latte art challenge is attracting some interesting entries which will be up for voting very soon. The exact prize is [...]
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Hello seventh, congratulation about your winning in the WBC.
Can I participate?
Here a couple of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10064926@N07/809324801/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10064926@N07/1125721011/
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Isaiah poured a latte in his OWN mouth. Nailed the heart.
Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66932307@N00/sets/72157602159441022/
Video here: http://www.doubleshotcoffee.com/Propaganda.html
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[...] could this mean? is this a scheduled deep south down day for pouring absurd latte art in a bowl of collard greens? or is there some little-known outpost in the south carolina [...]
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For a slightly less absurd latte art challenge, Whole Latte Love is sponsoring a latte art contest where you can win a Gaggia Baby Twin. http://www.wholelattelove.com/latteart_contest.cfm
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awessssommmmeeee!!!!!
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[...] Art in different forms October 15, 2008 So the current world barista champion posed a litte challenge. That is to pour some absurd latte art. I have to say that so far I think the boys from [...]
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[...] in different forms So the current world barista champion posed a litte challenge. That is to pour some absurd latte art. I have to say that so far I think the boys from [...]
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Wow that’s preety awesome..
Keep up the hard work!!
:)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDE1Pq9DzOE
Latte Art from the milk bottle. The idea came from trying to find a quicker way to make a cup of coffee.
enjoy.
oh yeah sorry about the quality.
luke
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