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Monday, Apr 11, 2011 2:01 PM UTC2011-04-11T14:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Salon’s Great Coffee Art contest: The winners

From tulips to dragons, rosettas to remarkably life-like faces, here are the best entries -- and 5 frothy winners

Salon's Great Coffee Art contest: The winners

In the world of latte art, there are two main camps: Team Free Pour and the Etchers. Free pourers are the traditionalists: They make their designs by pouring heated, “stretched” milk into espresso, creating beautiful designs where the milk and coffee don’t quite want to dissolve into one another. It’s a test of how well they’ve aerated and textured the milk, and, of course, of how well they understand the motions and physics of the pour. Etchers, though, are the tool users: They will draw into the milk, dragging coffee into the dense foam, and boom! You have patterns, designs and the occasional portrait of Stockard Channing.

While they may battle each other for primacy and respect, Salon’s team of coffee lovers decided to stay away from the fray and go with another, utterly subjective criteria: How happy do these cups of coffee make us? It was hard to choose just five winners, but we did … and we’re showing you our 36 other favorites besides.

To see them all view the slideshow.

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Tuesday, Apr 5, 2011 5:01 PM UTC2011-04-05T17:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Salon’s coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

Today, a classic rosetta, and an explanation of the different types of latte art

Salon's coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

When we kicked off our little latte art contest last week, we thought it’d be fun … but we had no idea how many responses we’d be getting! So, to keep inspiring great shots, pours and pictures, we’re going to run one of our favorites each day until the deadline of April 6. Fun fun! And keep them coming!

Today:

From Jesse Raub, from Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago, with a note: “Latte art is created mainly by two different methods — free pour, and etching. Free pour relies on the flow rate and textural quality of the milk to create a design, while etching involves using an implement to draw designs in white foam with dark coffee stains. The three main designs people associate with free pour latte art are the rosetta (pictured here), a heart, and a tulip.”

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Monday, Apr 4, 2011 6:01 PM UTC2011-04-04T18:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Salon’s coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

The irrepressible happiness of Snoopy!

Salon's coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

When we kicked off our little latte art contest last week, we thought it’d be fun … but we had no idea how many responses we’d be getting! So, to keep inspiring great shots, pours and pictures, we’re going to run one of our favorites each day until the deadline of April 6. Fun fun! And keep them coming!

Today: From the barista himself, Jonathan Pascual of Empire State South in Atlanta, GA, Snoopy!

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Saturday, Apr 2, 2011 2:02 PM UTC2011-04-02T14:02:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Salon’s coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

Today, the wonderful Stockard Channing, a vision in coffee

Salon's coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

When we kicked off our little latte art contest last week, we thought it’d be fun … but we had no idea how many responses we’d be getting! So, to keep inspiring great shots, pours and pictures, we’re going to run one of our favorites each day until the deadline of April 6. Fun fun! And keep them coming!

Today:

From Elizabeth Gray, a barista at Muddy Waters Coffee Shop in the appropriately-named Elizabeth City, NC. This piece of latte art caused a Salon editor to exclaim, “By God, it’s Stockard Channing!”

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Friday, Apr 1, 2011 9:47 PM UTC2011-04-01T21:47:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Salon’s coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

Behold, the Bicyclatte!

Salon's coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

When we kicked off our little latte art contest last week, we thought it’d be fun … but we had no idea how many responses we’d be getting! So, to keep inspiring great shots, pours and pictures, we’re going to run one of our favorites each day until the deadline of April 6. Fun fun! And keep them coming!

Today:

From JJ Heldmann: “Latte purchased midway through a weekend morning bike ride, at St. Honoré Boulangerie, Lake Oswego, Ore. The barista saw my helmet and gave me a latte appropriate for the occasion. It tasted as good as it looked!”

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Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 5:01 PM UTC2011-03-31T17:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Salon’s coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

Each day, we'll share one of our favorite entries until it's all over. Get jittery!

Salon's coffee art contest: Our daily shots!

When we kicked off our little latte art contest last week, we thought it’d be fun … but we had no idea how many responses we’d be getting! So, to keep inspiring great shots, pours and pictures, we’re going to run one of our favorites each day until the deadline of April 6. Fun fun! And keep them coming!

Today: From Andrew Lynn, a beautiful photo of a coffee at Patisserie Valerie on High Street in Oxford, England, made by a barista named Francesca. And, in a pleasing bit of film geekery, Andrew notes, “I was packing my trusty Nikon and, judging by the grain, it must have been Kodak T-Max 400 film.”

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