Akiba Mart Blog » Espresso http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog Another side of Akiba Mart Sun, 30 May 2010 18:47:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 ja hourly 1 Japanese Tea for Next Generation Espresso http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/japanese-tea/japanese-tea-for-next-generation-espresso/ http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/japanese-tea/japanese-tea-for-next-generation-espresso/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:43:36 +0000 Toku http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/?p=365 Web 2.0 zillionaires choice Japanese tea and no more espresso. According to the article in wired.com, these zillionaires are fond of drinking tea and in Silicon Valley, tea is pushing out the place for coffee.

Big wave is really coming, but will tea market grow and replace Starbucks? It may take time, but I hope so. But I also love espresso, so I don’t want tea to totally replace espresso :-)

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]]> http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/japanese-tea/japanese-tea-for-next-generation-espresso/feed/ 0 My Latte Art http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/coffee-latte/my-latte-art/ http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/coffee-latte/my-latte-art/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:41:24 +0000 Toku http://www.akiba-mart.com/blog/?p=268 Let me introduce my hobby.

Several years ago, when I visited Susumu’s home, he showed me his Delonghi’s espresso machine. He made a cup of espresso and that was the first time in my life to have espresso. It was marvelous. Since then, I am fond of espresso and latte :-)

Now, I brew espresso and cappuccino by myself. And now practicing latte art. Latte art is a technique to draw a figure with steamed milk. To make a latte art, milk have to be steamed and foamed in proper way. Latte art is not just a presentation, but also tells us that the steamed milk quality is good that it can be used for making art on a cup.

Latte Art - Rossetta (Leaf)

My Latte Art - Rossetta (Leaf)

Caffe Latte Art: Updated (DVD): An Instructional Video for the Espresso Professional on Milk Texturing and Presentation Featuring the Rosetta Latte

DeLonghi EC155 Espresso Maker

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