ラテアート、別名コーヒーアートは、まさしくコーヒーを使ったアートで、エスプレッソコーヒーとミルクを使って、カップの表面にパターンやデザインを描くものです。ラテアートには二通りの技法があり、ひとつはミルクピッチャーから注がれるミルクの流れを使ってシンプルなパターンを描く「フリープア・ラテアート」、もうひとつは、匙や針を使って複雑なデザインを描く「エッチング」という技法です。近年、ラテアートの人気は高まり、毎年、バリスタたちが競うラテアートの世界大会も開催されるようになり、2010年には、日本人女性が初めてこの大会で優勝を果たしました。さらに、書店には素人向けにラテアートの教本が並び、趣味のひとつとしても親しまれているようです。もはや一杯のコーヒーは単なる飲み物ではなく、ラテアート・アーティストにとっては歴としたキャンバスなのです。Latte Art in Kanto Area (Japanese)
-Maki
What is Art? This is a very big question and it is difficult to limit the scope of the field. Even though the work looks just a trash or scribbling or metallic lump and you cannot understand what it does mean, for some people, it is exactly Art and it is easy to find such kind of things at many art museums or parks. However, Art is for not only at such places but also everywhere we live, that’s more near to you, for example, in the coffee cup which you are drinking with now reading this article.
“Latte Art” is a style of art which exactly use coffee, so it is also called coffee art and created a pattern or design on the surface of latte by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso. There are 2 forms of Latte Art; one is called “Free pouring” which use only the flow of milk from a pitcher to create a simple design, the other is called “Etching” which is possible to create more complex patterns with a coffee stirrer. In recent years, Latte Art has been very popular and surprisingly World Latte Art Championship holds for baristas every year and Japanese woman took first place for the first time in 2010. There are also manual books about Latte Art for amateurs in book stores, so Latte Art may be a favorite as a hobby with some people. A cup of coffee is no longer just a drink for Latte Artists, it is a genuine canvas. Latte Art in Kanto Area (Japanese)
-Maki
英語コミュニケーション学科 ラー二ングコミュニティ