Video 5 – The return of the absurd

July 10th, 2009

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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  • http://www.transcendcoffee.com Poul Mark

    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!

  • http://www.cuptocupcoffee.com Cup to Cup

    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.

  • Rob Dunne

    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.

  • http://www.coffeegeek.com Mark

    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?

    • http://www.jimseven.com James Hoffmann

      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!

  • http://www.transcendcoffee.com james S
  • http://www.transcendcoffee.com james S

    Oops, the link got kinda wonky there. Let’s just try this:
    http://www.transcendcoffeeblog.com/?p=669

    • http://www.jimseven.com James Hoffmann

      I absolutely love this! Awesome work Josh and everyone at Transcend!

  • http://www.coffeegeek.com Mark

    Ach. I don’t think my piddly soup can is gonna beat that Summer Espresso bag pour goin’ there.

    WOW.

    • http://www.jimseven.com James Hoffmann

      You never know! Do it anyway, the more the better!

  • http://www.edmontoneyedoctors.com dsc

    How you came up with this video blows my mind, very original, good work guys!

  • https://bridgehead.wordpress.com Ian Clark

    When’s the deadline?

  • http://www.epicespresso.com.au Angela

    Here is our entry. Thanks James, we had a lot of fun!

  • Troy O’Rourke

    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

  • Niko S

    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

  • )on Lewis

    My submission – starring Locha, the goat.

    http://www.vimeo.com/5611644

    • http://www.ruas.com alexander ruas

      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!

    • http://www.transcendcoffee.com james S

      Mad points for style! Great visual storytelling.

    • http://blog.kaldiscoffee.com Mike North/Marquard

      the master….

  • http://theotherblackstuff.ie David Walsh
    • http://www.transcendcoffee.com james S

      Nice work team Ireland. Hey, what did you use for the typography animations at the beginning? That’s very slick.

      • http://theotherblackstuff.ie David Walsh

        A combination of Adobe Ilustrator and Adobe After Effects.

    • http://theotherblackstuff.ie David Walsh

      better quality on Vimeo:

      http://vimeo.com/5630340

  • Alex R

    Me pouring Latte Art from a drinks can…

    http://blip.tv/file/2369467/#

  • Em

    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.

  • http://www.safehousecoffeenadtea.com Hunt Slade

    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

    • http://www.transcendcoffee.com james S

      I really wanted the umbrella to work. That would have seriously rocked. Nice variety guys.

      • http://Safehousecoffeeandtea.com Jacob Orr

        Thanks James, The umbrella was one of the best ones we tried! It has potential.

  • http://www.meritoespresso.co.nz Hans Pronk

    So, here’s the most original submission…. pouring milk from nothing other than…….. a milk bottle – enjoy!

  • http://www.meritoespresso.co.nz Hans Pronk

    And here’s the link:

  • Troy O’Rourke

    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

  • http://www.coffeevibes.nl Sander

    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?

  • http://www.edgycoffee.com Jesse Bladyka

    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-

  • cornilius chibaya

    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

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/yirgachief/ Friso

    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

  • http://www.tunaslut.com BL

    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!

  • Ola Persson

    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

    • Ola Persson

      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

    • http://www.coffeevibes.nl Sander

      Sorry Ola,

      your link doesnt seem to work… it goes to somesort of profile page. but no video…

      Ciao!

      • Ola Persson

        Here it is:

  • http://vimeo.com/6091360 Lee Mazur

    Pour by Lee Mazur

    Filmed and Edited by Al Arundel

    http://vimeo.com/6091360

  • Stephen

    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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