My #cappuccinidecorati is a #cat today. A bit of history shall we? In the United States, latte art was developed in Seattle in the 1980s and 1990s, and particularly popularized by a David Schomer. #Schomer credits the development of microfoam ("velvet foam" or "milk texturing") to Jack Kelly of #Uptownespresso in 1986, and by 1989 the heart pattern was established and a signature at Schomer's #EspressoVivace. The #rosette pattern was then developed by Schomer in 1992, recreating the technique based on a photograph he saw from #CafeMateki in Italy. Schomer subsequently popularized latte art in his course #CaffeLatteArt. At the same time #LuigiLupi from #Italy met Schomer on the internet and they exchanged videos they made on #Latteart and #cappuccinidecorati (at Dubai, United Arab Emirates)