The Story of The Sweet Maria Hot Chocolate

A photo posted by @mayviva on Jan 25, 2016 at 3:57pm PST Photo from @mayviva on Instagram Hot chocolate is an all time comfort drink, so I wanted to create a recipe that stayed true to that feeling. Recently, our ArcheLoft curator, Maria, traveled down to Mexico and brought back some melting chocolates to make …

Follow Fridays: The Beehive

We really … really are Coffee Geeks. Elle recalibrated and deep cleaned the espresso machine last night and went to bed without having a coffee – well, because she was going to bed! Ironically, she couldn’t sleep a wink because she really, really want to have the very first last latte after the cleaning – …

Mighty Monday: Storm of X-Men

Almond milk is usually a difficult medium to work with. It usually does not foam well and when it does foam, giant bubbles cover the surface! A barista cannot draw latte art if the surface is marred with big bubbles! Thanks to Allison, co-owner of Latte Art Love, we found an almond milk brand that …

Throwback Thursday with Snow White

Today is Throwback Thursday and Elle remade a Snow White coffee art that was first sketched in April 2014. In April, Snow White was drawn into the latte with espresso crema straight from the cup. The art was distinguishable, but the lines were thick and blurry. Today, we do our coffee art with Ghirardelli Chocolate …

Mighty Monday: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I’m always really hesitant to do realistic art of people. I’m much more comfortable drawing anime versions – people are turned into cuter, chubbier, & more animated characters. I, however, have some leftover confidence from yesterday’s fantastic public cafe event that I decided to give it a try with today’s Mighty Monday! Here’s Buffy the …

TARDIS Thursday – Sixth Doctor

I’m having trouble making dry lattes in my TARDIS mug … in order to be able to draw art in the TARDIS, the foam has to be minimal. For some reason, the foam separates much quickly in the TARDIS than in any other mug – that makes it very difficult to draw detailed artwork. It must …