- This isn't what you're getting
from your local coffee place,
a portrait of someone?
Oh my God, of Barack Obama?
Is that who it is?
It seriously looks like Obama.
That's all I can see.
- [Producer] Have you seen "The Rock?"
The movie?
- The movie that, oh my God.
This is Nicolas Cage?
[rhythmic guitar music]
[hissing]
- [Producer] Wow.
- Okay, I'm making sure it's plugged in.
- We're makin' pizza, right?
- Is this one timed?
[tapping]
- Can you do my eyelashes in that?
Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm all right.
- I was a barista, it was
one of my favorite jobs,
but it was like 17 years ago.
- Look, I feel like, everyone here,
everyone here just loves coffee so much,
they're like, what, what
you've never made a latte?
- I usually go like pour
over coffee plus the milk.
I normally don't really make all this.
- Can you make latte art with chai?
- M'kay,
that's a beautiful fern, I could
only make that by accident.
- This isn't going to be,
it's not gonna be this good,
but this is gonna be my intention.
- Some people see a heart,
I see a butt.
- Yeah, no friggin' clue how to do that.
- Now this is getting really advanced.
This is beyond, I think,
anyone's skill level.
That doesn't even look
like coffee anymore.
- Yeah, well, this is, wait, what is this?
[laughs]
- [Claire] Oh my God.
- What the f-?
- Oh my God, it's a cat!
And two fishes.
- Okay, that's great, thank you so much.
But I like to just see what happens.
Naturally.
- I'm not using coffee,
I don't drink coffee,
I never have, I don't like the taste.
I just have chai, black
tea, brewed with cardamom,
a little milk, a little sugar, that's it.
- I think Chris will do well on this.
I think Andy will do.
Delaney makes like 18
coffees a day for himself,
so I think Delaney will do very well.
- But it's my interpretation of latte art.
- [Producer] Yes.
- So it doesn't have to be in a mug.
- [Producer] No.
[claps]
[laughs]
- These are the cups?
- [Producer] You ready?
- I'm ready!
- My heart is friggin' pounding right now.
- Let's begin.
[whirring]
- I want like 18 grams.
- When I learned how to
use a machine, 19 grams.
- Let's see.
No idea.
- So this is supposed to be between like
18 and 20 grams, 18.
- I'm gonna go with 21 grams.
- And then the next thing
you wanna do is like,
basically, if you leave the grounds
just centered in the cup like
that in a little mountain,
when you press them down,
they're not gonna distribute
evenly across the cup.
So you wanna just kind of
spread it out a little bit.
- I've been told not to
pack it down too firmly.
[piano jazz music]
- I could some more.
- Okay.
I'm tapped, I'm locked, I'm loaded.
I'm goin' in.
- I usually get this nerdy.
I am actually going to weight
how much liquid comes out of here.
- I'm gonna steam my milk first.
Who people who like coffee,
I know you're supposed
to steam your milk first
and then pull your shot 'til
the coffee starts to change.
[claps]
- It's pretty nice.
- Nice stream.
Maybe a touch, touch fast.
- And when the the espresso,
when you see the liquid
to kind of rat tail,
like spin around, you know
you're pretty much done.
- Just wanna pour this in here.
- We got a nice, warm cup.
We got our shot.
- Okay, that feels right, okay.
- Whole milk is the easiest milk to steam,
it keeps its shape the longest,
the way that the fat
content reacts to heat
makes it more pliable.
- Even though I practiced
a lot with almond,
whole is a little more,
it's just less persnickety.
- Okay, I'm gonna go whole milk
just because I refuse to choose something
that I wouldn't then drink.
I usually just go for a whole milk
in coffee or espresso and I also know that
non-dairy milks can sometimes foam weird.
- Ooh.
You need to start with cold
milk for the best foam.
And this was hot.
- All right, so I'm just
gonna like this much milk.
- I put this sticker here,
it's a P-Touch label that says
clean the wand, you animals.
- You know what?
I'm gonna, I'm gonna clean the wand.
And then also, because
you left the wand dirty,
you wanna clear it out.
See, it says it right there on the sign.
Clean the wand, you animals.
- The woman who trained us literally said
the most important thing
is keepin' your wand clean.
Don't read anything into that.
- You start by just like dipping it
in the like, getting this
like almost up 'til here
in the knob, and then you
like fully submerge it
to really like foam it up.
- Quietly.
- Oh, Gaby, hold it up to the bottom!
- Wait, I know, but how do I turn this?
With my third arm?
- Righty tighty, lefty loosey.
- I know how to do it, but
how do you want me to hold it
and do like, ahh?
Thank you for the advice, Brad.
- No, like this, Gaby.
- I know, but I have to turn this on!
- I know, put your hand under here.
- After I turn this on!
- We're live!
- Okay, ready?
- I'm ready!
- Ready?
- Yeah, ready.
- Set, go.
[hissing]
- And you wanna keep
your hand on the bottom
when it starts to get hot.
- Ah.
- Whoa, whoa!
- I don't know how you
know it's foamy enough.
This doesn't seem foamy enough.
This seems like it hasn't done much.
- So, I'm pretty happy with my foam.
[tapping]
I'm just popping some of the big bubbles.
[tapping]
- You wanna give it a little tap
that basically the foam that it creates
is less dense than the milk,
so the foam is gonna rise to the top.
- I just wanted to pour a little bit out.
- So we're gonna start my coffeescape.
Little.
- I've seen this a couple of times.
You move the cup, you put a bunch of milk,
and then you just, ahh, I'm spilling.
And then you stay in the middle.
And nothing's happening.
[rhythmic jazz music]
- They never pour from the
spout like you're about to do.
- Oh, they pour from the, like this?
- I feel like they always do that.
- I'm gonna pout from the spout.
- All right.
- Maybe I'll do it, ooh--
- See, there's a reason why--
- Oh, this is why.
This is why!
Okay, got it.
- Oh God.
[laughs]
- No, you know what?
I'm gonna save this.
Make a little cool sunrise.
- You gotta get the cream.
Here, here, here.
Oh gee, look at that!
- What?
- Huh?
Now we're gettin' there.
[laughs]
- [laughs] What the, I
don't know what it is!
- I pulled this way too early.
Not steamy.
[laughs] It doesn't even work.
- All right.
I decided to go a little looser.
- Hold on.
- Maybe we need some dirt.
[tinking]
This is the sands, the Hawaiian sands.
This is like street art,
but it make it latte.
[clinks]
- How does it compare?
- I don't know what that is.
I'm done.
I'm done, I'm done.
- [Producer] All right.
[laughs]
- Just needed to something on David.
- It's not my best work,
but I need to know how that compares.
[rhythmic percussive music]
- I'm really proud of this.
Like, seeing what's art these days,
I think that we could like
a hundred thousand for this.
Maybe we should just
duct tape it to the wall.
- A bear.
- It's a bear!
- [Andy] It's not a, it's not a puma.
- It's a frightened
bear, can I drink it now?
I haven't had my coffee today.
The foam looks good, though, right?
Right?
- Looks a little too foamy.
- Looks over-foamed?
- It's over aerated, I think.
- Oh, all right.
I only wanted a compliment.
- Okay.
- It looks great!
- I was going for a heart.
This sometimes happens.
But I made a fish,
so I accept this fish,
I'm very pleased.
He's like a guppy.
Mmhmm.
Mmhmm!
- So this is more like a cafe au lait,
which is just, you
know, espresso and milk.
So there you go, that's
how you don't do it.
[laughs]
- It is abstract.
I think of it more as like
kind of outer space, but sure.
It could be a man.
A little bit of hair here.
And then you see his chin.
And now he has a mullet.
[laughing]
What?
- I would say this is one of the,
this is like a Magic Eye.
If you look really closely,
you can see a pattern.
But otherwise, it just looks like foam
on top of a cup of chai. [laughs]
- [Producer] Wanna show the camera?
- Look, it looks a butterfly
that is sort of dying.
You see it, right there?
- Eh.
We'll get 'em next time.
- Do you want my cappuccino, Andy boy?
My sweet Andy.
- We're not, do we not
drink espresso, do we?
I know you do.
- I do, I drink, I do
cappuccinos every morning,
but I do almond milk.
- It's delicious, very balanced.
Not too, not too much milk.
- [Molly] You eat with
your eyes, you know, so?
- Yeah, I get it.
Is that Obama?
[laughing]
- Shut up.
Are you serious?
- No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
