it's about art, except it's not.

[mollitumnata]

Aria Brandudy shared a photo. 3/30 near Recollé

I’d heard of various other coffee shops offering latte art, and decided to give it a try. After a while, I think I'm getting the hang of it! This is my best one so far. Although, what I want to ask of everyone is if there are traditional drinks for springtime in the city, or if there are any suggestions for new menu items. I would have to ask my manager for approval of course, but I'm interested in what others have to say. I *was* thinking of fruit, but with what happened recently...

Comments

it's mints all over again

[esperimental]

You guys have to stop being so sensitive about fruit that don't care they're being sliced.

oh my gosh so cruel

[mollitumnata]

But they are moving animate objects! Would you say the same of an animal?
Then there is the trouble of them not standing still long enough sometimes.

minty notfresh at its finest

[esperimental]

I can understand the latter point but
they don't have internal organs or survival instincts.
No feelings deeper than that skin-deep doodle-quality smile.

Also they keep knocking stuff over, we need fruit prisons now. On second thought you're right the last point alone makes them more trouble than they're worth to regularly deal with.

[professahhh]

Well, I'm not really one for coffee, but if you're taking suggestions for tea...

[mollitumnata]

Oh I would never say no to tea suggestions
It is a coffee shop but maybe the manager can be convinced?
If not I'd be okay with testing it on my own, I can find others who would be willing to taste and enjoy it

[professahhh]

In that case, there's a berry-and-leaf blend I absolutely savor! Blackberries, mainly.

1/2

[mollitumnata]

Loaf? I'm not sure how that would work, but I guess it isn't out of the question for someone to prefer such a thing

2/2

[mollitumnata]

[ Then she reads the message again—oh. ]

I'm sorry, I misunderstood your message! Would there be specific leaves involved, or is it something generic?

[professahhh]

Blackberry leaves and ordinary tea leaves.

Speaking of which, I recently learned that green tea and black tea all come from the very same plant: Camellia sinensis! I had no idea.

[mollitumnata]

I'm not very knowledgeable of tea, so I had no idea! I imagine that the entire process is more complicated than 'just go to a florist and pick the plant leaves.'
I take it you know more about it?
I'll have to look up that knowledge once I'm done cleaning all this up, making the art can be somewhat messy.

[professahhh]

Well, I like to think of myself as a champion of tea-drinking, anyway!

[ dohohohoho ]

I don't know half so much about art.

[mollitumnata]

Then in the future ill be sure to come to YOU about how it should be properly done!

[ A skill is a skill! Aria for one wouldn't demean a person for it, however unusual. ]

Like I mentioned, this is my first time trying it and it's the most basic one I could do. I don't think I'm too artistic honestly, but I give it my best

[professahhh]

Well, it does look quite nice. A leaf, is it? Or a fern?

[mollitumnata]

A leaf yes!
I can see how it would look like a fern though
But now it looks more like a distorted leaf a spiral maybe?
The bad thing about practicing is having to drink all the coffee afterward

[glacian]

Why not...edible flowers instead of fruits?

One of my favorite spring drinks incorporates the usage of cherry blossoms mixed with strawberry or vanilla.

[mollitumnata]

Oh that never even occurred to me, but you're right!
it makes sense with all the flowers blooming yet I limited myself in just thinking about colours and flavours
but how would you go about making flowers edible?

[glacian]

Most flowers are already edible thanks to Nature itself but the best way to utilize them is to brew them as a tea. Take the nectar within their pollen and ground it up into a fine paste. Then use the paste within a tea filter.

You could use the colorful petals as decoration within your recipes too.