Houston is a hotbed for competitive latte art — baristas who create images in the foam of your fancy coffee.
For example, earlier this year, Emilee Bryant, who was living here at the time and working at Greenway Coffee, won the top prize at the Coffee Fest Latte Art World Championship Open.
And many of the top competitors at these contests are often from Houston, according to Chris Porto of Houston’s Boomtown Coffee.
In the audio above, Houston Matters producer Brenda Ruiz visits Porto at Boomtown.
He tells her about how latte art is made, about the competitive world of “latte throwdowns,” and about how Houston represents at them.
