A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Vinson wanted to speak up but Arielle shot him a look before she replied with a meaningful smile, “Very well. Challenge accepted!”

Shandie was momentarily taken aback but recovered quickly with a smirk. “Good! Let’s do it. Right here, right now!”

Cindy was not idling away in the gallery either as she went over to hash things out swiftly with the organizers, after which two coffee tables were moved onstage and equipped properly.

Vinson looked a tad apprehensively at Arielle who remained silent throughout.

Once the host saw that both of them are ready, he said, “Ladies, you may begin.”

Shandie burst into action the moment his voice trailed off.

The first step to creating latte art was, of course, to prepare the espresso which had to be hand-brewed by the participants themselves.

The assiduous Shandie weighed up fifteen grams of coffee beans and fed them into the grinder with tremendous refinement.

Arielle appearing quite competent when she stole a glance over, as though the latter actually knew what she was

the filter holder before she raised the kettle to pour

when she observed that, noting that this was something only professional brewers would know. Pouring clockwise would allow for the filter to adhere better to the holder, and at the same time,

coupled with her

it be possible for this country girl to know how to

that she was not hallucinating,

 from

before she pinched herself hard

Arielle knows how to make coffee, will

took a deep drawl in a bid to settle herself

required two infusions of water, after which an aromatic cup

her second infusion while she herself was already done, and dismissed Arielle’s knowledge as something the latter

response, the host communicated that they could both proceed with the creation of their

latte art was the real litmus