So to wrap up my first successful week (which has been both harder and easier than I imagined):
Related links:
Previous Absurd Latte Art Challenge
Prizes:
12 Month Subscription – Square Mile Coffee Roasters
12 Month Subscription – Transcend Coffee Roasters
(Update: Thanks to Poul Mark for his generous offer of coffee from Transcend! Awesome!)
If you are up to the challenge post a link to your work in the comments – I will accept photos or video. C’mon! Have a go! It’s very silly…..
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Thanks James for week one. To sweeten the pot, I will add to the mix and throw in a year’s subscription from Transcend Coffee to the winner as well. Think of it as shrinking the coffee community. We will find something silly for Josh to pour with around here, and get a video uploaded today. We will even pour it into some of the delicious Summer Espresso that arrived yesterday! Thanks Anette!
Well now I feel silly for asking about what no crema would mean for latte art without even trying it. Touche. Now off to find something ridiculous to pour art with.
Hey james, enjoying your video’s all of interests so far. I’ve played with the latte art in no crema before, even produces latte art in instant coffee, so i reckon you just need two liquids, one denser than the other and different in colour obviously. Anyways look forward to ABSURD challenge, I’ll be back.
When I was staying with my Mom in Ottawa during her illness, I arranged for an Innova espresso machine and grinder to be there at her home; but there wasn’t any steaming pitchers included with the setup. My mom had seen my pours of latte art, but not in person.
I grabbed an old soup can (Campbells, I believe lol), pinched the round top a bit, cleaned it out like crazy, and frothed milk in it, and was able to pour hearts and rosettas. I think I have some photos somewhere…
There ya go – started a thread on CG, and others tried it too:
http://coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/latteart/42914?Page=1
:)
Should I do it again as an entry, or does this count? Points for age of the technique?
I think you can probably pour better art now than you could then, so I vote for a redo! Points for art as well as absurdity!
Impressive work nonetheless!
Please consider this transcend coffee’s official entry:
It took a few tries, but Josh threw down what I think—considering the vessel he was using—is a pretty solid effort.
Oops, the link got kinda wonky there. Let’s just try this:
http://www.transcendcoffeeblog.com/?p=669
I absolutely love this! Awesome work Josh and everyone at Transcend!
Ach. I don’t think my piddly soup can is gonna beat that Summer Espresso bag pour goin’ there.
WOW.
You never know! Do it anyway, the more the better!
How you came up with this video blows my mind, very original, good work guys!
When’s the deadline?
Here is our entry. Thanks James, we had a lot of fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n0_0nUhXNI
Damn those Ratatat toting Transcendentals, just read your blog and decided upon pouring into a coffee bag for my entry. Never mind, I will have to come up with something equally worthy of the title.
Cheers for the chance to be a bit silly, I submitted the NZ cash register pic last time so will be fun to play around again. Incidentely, I had the opportunity to taste some Square Mile coffees recently in Europe courtesy of Hungarian barista champ Atilla, who had just come back from your neck of the wood. Fantastic coffees, just wish I could have bought some home with me.
Cheers Troy
HeLLo James!
Here’s my silly pour with DC shoe.
The milk staled little bit because of messing up with camera.
But still absurd -i think? Not my best pour but with little practise this might be good method ;)
Here’s the link:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5275/pourwithdcshoe.jpg
My submission – starring Locha, the goat.
http://www.vimeo.com/5611644
Jon L and family + goat! fantastic film! by far my favourite! the latte art strangeness was on par with the others but the film was quirky, bizarr and sort of Dr Strangelove-like in its surrealism!
Mad points for style! Great visual storytelling.
the master….
Here’s the Team Ireland entry:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/otherblackstuff/videos/3/
Nice work team Ireland. Hey, what did you use for the typography animations at the beginning? That’s very slick.
A combination of Adobe Ilustrator and Adobe After Effects.
better quality on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/5630340
Me pouring Latte Art from a drinks can…
http://blip.tv/file/2369467/#
Hey James,
Here’s an amateur’s attempt at the absurd…
http://teamprettybake.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-may-be-against-me-but-im-going-to.html
Not really a serious contender, but executed in the spirit of the challenge, so hopefully at least a little silly.
Here is our submission – we lost a lot of footage due to a corrupted file, but we finished it out anyhow – great fun!! ~ H
http://vimeo.com/5669175
I really wanted the umbrella to work. That would have seriously rocked. Nice variety guys.
Thanks James, The umbrella was one of the best ones we tried! It has potential.
So, here’s the most original submission…. pouring milk from nothing other than…….. a milk bottle – enjoy!
And here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHeFzschvA
Well heres my first attempt, was fun to do but I think I’ll find something else that has more of an affinity with latte art. I handicapped myself too much with the small volume vessel.
By the way, good stuff Hans its great to see some more Kiwis with plenty of spare time. ;)
link: http://www.vimeo.com/5676820
Hi James, and coffee-lovers!
here an Absurd LatteARt from the Netherlands!
I hope you like it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkkWhM7h2og
Cheers,
Sander Schat
ps: When is the closing date of this challenge?
Here’s my first crack at it. Sorry for the sideways, poor video quality, I make coffee not videos you know?
anyway, from wyoming with love-
Cheers-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6yfMEqsRw
My Boss and I we are up to a challange we don’t know if we are going to impress the world of coffee,Anyway besides that Sir Hoffmann i thank you for inspiring me to rise from beign a college boy to be come one of the coffee fanatics thanks to your peformance at the WBC 2007 keep up the good work i’ll be watching from a distance until we meet
Hi James,
What fun I had doing the absurd latte art, the video quality isn’t so good and please mind your neck…..
or tilt the screen….LoL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Hr3vk8uvk
Congrat’s on keeping your blog so lively for past yeras, the video post are genius!
C u all in Londone 2010
greetings from the Netherlands
Friso
Ooooo….hope I haven’t missed the deadline….also not really a serious contender, since my pouring is rubbish at the best of times, but I thought I would have a go…
http://www.tunaslut.com/absurd-latte-art-challenge
erm…don’t worry i know the url looks dodgy, but it isn’t!
Hi there,
I hope i’m not too late to enter the competition. Hope you like my video… All the other competitors steamed in a pitcher and then poured the milk into whatever the have choosed to pour with. Not me ….
// Ola from Sweden
http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=1311510753&__a=1#/OlaPersson1972?ref=profile
Sorry, you can not log on to my facebook..
So i have to put it up on you tube…
Here’s the adress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR-g3wSZBQQ
// Ola from Sweden
Sorry Ola,
your link doesnt seem to work… it goes to somesort of profile page. but no video…
Ciao!
Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR-g3wSZBQQ
Pour by Lee Mazur
Filmed and Edited by Al Arundel
http://vimeo.com/6091360
Finally uploaded this little clip. Had been playing with it here and there – figured everyone might enjoy this =]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtcWdumrbAk
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