A leisure sunday in Cheung Sha Wan

What you gonna do in Sunday? After a hectic workdays, supposing resting at home watching Netflix and doing nothing. Time flies, entering half of 2018, I deciding to learn some hobbies. I found an interesting workshop which run by a coffee shop. This coffee shop is located in old building in the industrial areas which in Cheung Sha Wan. I never been here before and I guess is a good choice to walk around here. I am enjoying to walk around strange place and get lost. This is the way to explore and surprising myself.

Here is the cafe located. Old building. Firstly, you are wonder, where is the entrance. Well, I had the same question, I run to security guards and ask them and they show me the lift. 

I never see this kind of lift before. This is the lift for heavy object. 

This is the lift for people only. 

Tada!!!! You are arrived. 

Here is the cafe!!!

Don't get surprise. You will definite love it. They do sell a lot of handmade things such as organic soap, ink indigo art pieces and some unique jewelry. 

And don't forget is a cafe shop. 

Here's some pics 

So today, what i gonna do? Haha is Latte Art Workshop

The tutor as well as the owner 'Kala' explained the theory of latte art and teach us some basic technique. 

 The Making of Latte Art 

1. Prepare coffee powder. The tutor said the ideal coffee powder should be mixed at least 2 to produce a prefect taste. Either nutsy or fuity taste is depends on which country's coffee beans. 
2. Using coffee blender machine. Espresso is the main soul of a coffee. Every coffee needs espresso. 
3. Pour 1/3 milk inside the steel container first. The ideal coffee is both steam milk and espresso are same temperature. 

• Latte: single shot espresso (25ml) + steam milk + foam 
• Cappuccino: same ingredient with latte but more foam 

      4. Plug coffee powder inside the machine and press start 'single espresso'. Kindly remind, press start button to ensure hot water flow before lock the coffee powder inside the machine.

      5. Steam milk until 60-70 degree Celsius. Either you can use thermometer or feels it by your hand. Once you feels the burning finger sensation,then is the right temperature.

      6. Now espresso and steam foam milk are ready. There are four little steps to follow.

•    Directly pour little milk inside the espresso (increase height a bit to ensure the milk soak deep inside)
• Start pouring the milk inside espresso clockwise like drawing circle until 60-70% full
• Stop for a seconds. Then start shack your wrist to pour the milk like 'Zic Zac'
• Lastly draw a 'tick' to become the tail of heart. 

Here is my art piece. The big heart suppose on middle but this is my first trial. You can use latte tool or toothpick to draw others decorations on blank space. 

So tasty. (My personal feeling hahaha) 

Hey peps, not to forget to tell you. I also joining the ink indigo workshop. The ink is all origin from nature sources such as stem of flower, ginger, orange etc. 

Today what I using is blue stem of flower. The workshop is including a piece of handkerchief and a pocket size bag for you to dye. 

The beginning of class, the tutor will teach you how to design different pattern such as straight line, circle, star or flower by using rubber band to tie up, chopsticks, ice cream stick or even tube.  

Here is my art piece 'before' colour dye

Here is the fermented blue steam dye. A bit of fishy smell

Here is my final art piece looks like. I made a flower shape on handkerchief and semi-circle on the corner. For the pocket bag, I made a horizontal line on bottom and freedom pattern on upper part. 

If you wanna learn some extra hobby, here @https://www.instagram.com/livingroomcafehk/ and https://www.instagram.com/whitewallhk/ is definite a good place. You can even have a sip of coffee and dessert in this lovely place.