CoffeeCup, younger daughter found this photo on Tumblr and showed it to me knowing your love of Latte Art.



I looked it up using Google Photo Search and found out that it came from the Annual Figaro Latte Art Competition. "26 highly talented and good looking Figaro baristas vied in the Annual Figaro Latte Art Competition. The objective is to produce a very artistic and original latte art. Each contender was given 5 minutes to make 2 artworks wherein they will choose which ones they will present to the judges for evaluation and grading." You can view each of the 26 cups at the link above, but this is a photo of the winner:



I also found out that there is a Latte Art World Championship

"This exciting 64 Competitor, bracket style, sudden death format features head to head competition as "a match" between the competitors. The competitor receiving the highest score from the three judges advances and the loser is eliminated. Competitors are given three minutes to produce one drink for the judges which is then scored against the competitor at the facing machine."


Judging is based on five categories:
1) Aesthetic Beauty
2) Definition
3) Color Infusion
4) Degree of Difficulty and Creativity
5) Speed

Here is a link to judging categories explained

Here is a photo of their winner