'Chewy, We're Foam': Coffee Artist Creates Impressive Portraits in Latte Foam
Breach now has a full-time job as a jet-setting latte artist. "I wake up every day and I go, is this a joke, is this real? Am I really doing this?" he said. "I wake up in Australia, and I'm like, 'wow, I'm in Australia.'" Here's Breach's version of the Sydney Opera House.
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Artist Michael Breach went from being a barista serving coffee to the Michelangelo of milk. Breach manipulates latte foam to create stunning portraits, from movie references to TV show characters to celebrities, and landscapes, and posts photos of his creations on his Instagram account, @baristart. Shown here is his "'Chewy, we're Foam!' Han Solo Espresso and Brewbacca," a nod to the upcoming movie, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Breach uses nothing but one cafe latte and a toothpick to create his art. This photo he called "The Velatte-raptor" as a nod to the upcoming movie, "Jurassic World." "I think it's art a lot of ways, because it doesn't really have a use," he told "Nightline." "The only real purpose of art is to make somebody happy, to be pleasing to the eye for aesthetics."
In this step-by-step collage, Michael Breach is shown here hard at work creating a portrait of "Nightline" co-anchor Juju Chang in latte foam (bottom) and Derek Jeter (top right).
Breach said he started doing latte foam art when he had down time as a barista. "I had a lot of time on my hands and I had a lot of coffee around me and I just wanted to make art with whatever was around me, and to entertain myself," he told "Nightline." His caffeinated creations have earned him more than 53,000 followers on Instagram.
Shown here is Breach's portrait of "Game of Thrones" character Tyrion Lannister. Breach said he started doing portraits kind of on a dare. "Just sort of did it because I thought it was funny and I got really good at doing latte art, and somebody was like, 'I bet you can't draw a face.' And so I just tried doing it," he said.
For this latte foam portrait of Taylor Swift, Breach wrote "Drink it off," a play on Swift's song, "Shake It Off," on his Instagram account.
"Just Tweet It," Breach wrote with his latte foam portrait of Michael Jackson, a play on Michael Jackson's song, "Beat It," on his Instagram account.
Breach did a whole series of latte art during the Oscars. Here is his creation for the movie, "Gravity."
Breach's account is also full of nostalgic references, such as this latte art showing Macaulay Culkin from the 1990 film, "Home Alone."
He also has some fun incorporating the mug holding the latte in his designs, such as this example of a dripping, foamy slice of pizza.
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Breach crafted this "Nightline" logo in latte foam during his interview with "Nightline." Watch "Nightline" weekdays at 12:35 a.m. ET.
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