Coffee prepared by adding steamed hot milk (microfoam) to espresso so that the flavour is brought out and the texture is unusually velvety. It has less milk than a latte but both are varieties of coffee to which the milk can be added in such a way as to create a decorative surface pattern. Such effects are known as latte art. Coffee can also be incorporated with alcohol to produce a variety of beverages: it is combined with whiskey in Irish coffee, and it forms the base of alcoholic coffee liqueurs such as Kahlúa and Tia Maria. Darker beers such as
Mellower Coffee and hand-drip coffee, more than 30 creative hot and cold coffee drinks, fresh cakes and pastries, and a wide variety of coffee sets. In 2010, Mellower Coffee opened its first shop in Kunming. Weekly coffee salons are held to share the coffee culture and coffee-making with enthusiastic drinkers. In 2012, the second shop opened for business, and the Mellower Coffee Academy was founded, providing courses designed in accordance with the SCAA and SCAE (Speciality Coffee Association of Europe) standards while offering education on hand-drip coffee, latte art and specialty coffee level-I and -II courses. In 2013, Mellower Coffee's Kunming roasting