Latte ART

By JONEL ALECCIA
Mail Tribune

In a world where coffee consumption has become an art, Maia Potter is an artist.

No longer is she limited to get-and-go lattes with their cardboard cups and plastic lids.

Certainly not.

Instead, the 26-year-old roastmaster for Melello Coffee Roasters of Medford crowns each steaming cup with a creamy flourish: a heart, a leaf, a chocolate-and-cinnamon rendition of the Taj Mahal.

"I really inherently believe there is art in every cup of coffee," says Potter, who put her vision to the test last weekend in the Millrock Latte Art Competition in Las Vegas, Nev.

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