At CoffeeGeek, many of our regular members and forum participants are regular maestros at the whole latte art thing. We put out a notice some months back asking for these latte art virtuosos to post their best examples of their work.

As you can see below, the skill levels are high. Some of the machines used are some of the cheapest espresso machines on the market today; others are full prosumer machines.

Enjoy this pictorial of some of our CG members' best work

Jim Schulman (CoffeeGeek Forums Modererator)

Jim has his hot and cold days when banging out latte art (as he says himself), but lately, he's been on a roll!

Tight macchiato Macchiatos are often the most difficult latte art to pour. Rosetta A very delicate, full leaf rosetta. Rosetta Jim seems to have a nack for doing very slender leaf designs.

Bobby Ellis

Bobby recently got the hang of latte art, but he's been showing off some great examples of etching as well.

Etching Etching is something that folks stymied by latte art can do - use a needle therm to drag patterns in the latte. Etching, part 2 Etching can also be done with chocolate syrup, giving some interesting contrasts. Rosetta Wow - great, delicate, and beautifully formed.

Avi Zaks

Avi is another newcomer to latte art, but he sure is making up for lost time!

Rosetta One of Avi's first published attempts Apple Avi pounds out the apple! Heart All of these were done on a budget consumer machine - not bad!

Robert Hall, MD

CoffeeGeek's resident "amateur" latte art super expert and Forums Doctor, Rob has been setting the standard on our website for what is possible in latte art. Maybe it's the steady hands...

Rosetta Funky wide leaf rosetta by Rob. Rosetta Rob has some of the most unique leaf patterns I've seen. Rosetta Is this one smiling at me?

Steve Wang

Steve, a stockbroker in Chicago, is definitely catching up to our latteart champeen Rob - he went from nowhere to these amazing designs in a few short weeks.

Rosetta One of Steve's first published rosettas. Nice! Rosetta A very well formed rosetta with intricate weaving. Vesuvius Rosetta Beauty, with a cloud top.

Rosetta Wow factor is what comes to mind here. Rosetta Happy rosetta, nicely done! Rosetta A very nice, bottom balanced rosetta, more like a rose.

Chris Thompson

Chris is another amazing latte art technician who participates regularly in our forums. Here's some of his art.

Rosetta Wow - super delicate leaves and a bold look. Rosetta Another well defined rosetta build by Chris Rosetta Another great rosetta. Darker flecks in crema come from chocolate powder.

Simon James

Simon cheats a little in this list - he's a cafe manager in Australia - but his work is awesome.

Super Etch I don't even know how he pulled this one off! Rosetta Nice and tight rosetta pattern. Rosetta Middle of the cup, using the crema as a big frame.