Pictures of coffee foam art that will make you want to drink your screen

Like the art of "plating" food for a chef, making those super-cool designs on top of your latte is a barista's way of saying "I love you" with coffee foam. The three most common designs are hearts, rosettas, and tulips:

(Heart)

(Rosetta)

(Tulip)

And making them depends on two things: the speed at which steamed milk is poured into espresso, and where its poured. If you've always wanted to know how to make coffee foam art, you can watch this video by Mike Jones from Third Rail Coffee, one of the best coffee-foam-artists around:

(Mike Jones, Third Rail Coffee)

Or, you can just look at these photos on your way to get your next fix: