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Gadget fires foamy 3-D pandas into your lattes

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Two-dimensional artwork has graced the foamy heads of Guinnesses and coffee drinks for decades. But over in Japan, they’re taking beverage-top sculptures to another level entirely. If you go to the right coffee shop, you’ll get 3-D foam sculptures and froth giraffes right on top of your drink.

Now there’s an in-home machine that you can use once then put away forever to pull off the same foam feats. The Awa Taccino, made by everyone’s favorite water-gamesmith Takara Tomy, is basically a frosting gun that doles out foamy milk instead. It’s designed to be used with non-fat milk for cold beverages and soy milk for hot beverages.
via Wired

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Image: Tomy Takara

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