Coffee Art

The best place to start with Dhan Tamang. This 128-page guide covers 60 latte art designs, progressing from basic hearts and rosettas through etching, stencilling, and 3D foam sculptures. Tamang brings six years of championship-level experience to bear, but the book is written for complete beginners. He starts with how to create proper crema and microfoam before moving into any designs.

Why Start Here

Tamang’s first book is both his most accessible and his most comprehensive. “Coffee Art Masterclass,” published in 2024, is a worthy follow-up, but it assumes you already know the fundamentals. This book teaches them. The progression from simple free-pour patterns to elaborate etched designs gives you a clear path to follow, and each step builds on the one before it.

His instructions are precise without being overwhelming. Tamang knows from years of teaching exactly where beginners struggle, and he addresses those pain points directly. The photographs show each stage of a pour, so you can compare your results to what the design should look like at every step.

What to Expect

A visual, practical guide that works as both a tutorial and a reference. The book covers four categories of techniques: free pouring, etching, stencilling, and 3D sculpting. It includes nine stencil patterns you can trace and use immediately. At 128 pages, it is a quick read, but the designs inside will keep you practicing for months.