Official Passport Event: Latte Art Class @ The Mud House

Awesome and unique event!
Casey was very easygoing and easy to talk to… in addition to being absolutely amazing at latte art. The bearded man she created was by far my favorite. Oh, and the warm scones and chocolate chips cookies didn’t make me mad either!
This event has definitely added The Mud House to my list of places to visit. .possibly even this weekend! How great does sleeping in then moseying down there for a tasty latte that is pretty to look at sound? Just what I need after this long work week!

This was a pretty cool time, even if I don’t drink coffee (not sure the occasional iced coffee counts). I did take a small cup of coffee just so I could get in the swing of things and tried it plain, with cream, then with sugar. Couldn’t drink much, not a caffeine person at all. But, this night wasn’t really about the coffee, it was about the art, which was pretty incredible and the owner? has the perfect personality for this type of customer experience. It does help to be somewhat of an artist but i think even I could make something like the flower … and impress my fellow man. My favorite art of the night was one with a guy smoking a cigarette … you would not expect that complex of a picture in such a small space, made with cream! Crazy good. On top of being given a show full of latte art we were also provide with some excellent cranberry? scones and pieces of brownies and gooey butter cake. The scones were fresh out of the oven, some of the best ever.
I have already reviewed this place as I went back the next day for some real food. Was good stuff. Thanks to this event I was given a new place to get to and enjoy.
Thank you Aimee!

Love Mud House. Love lattes. Love Unilocal.Perfect combo!
This event was really fun! We got to sample some yummy Mud House goodies (my hubby appreciated the fresh gooey butter cake that I brought him home!) and it was amazing to see Casey do her latte art.
I just love smaller Unilocal events, so this one was a nice mix of old friends and new that I got to chat with.
The latte was delicious. the only thing better is their chai!

I absolutely love the Mud House and I love latte art! Who knew it could be so complex to create a flower on a latte? I tried, and with the help of Casey (the owner-​who is pretty freakin awesome), my flower art turned out great and she even added a «pop» of color for me!
Upon arriving at the Mud House I was greeted by Aimee who then made sure that I knew everyone in attendance. I loved seeing some new faces at this event; especially Chris-​he is a Latte Art Enthusiast (who I believe signed up on Unilocal just so that he could attend this event)=WHOA! That’s commitment.
I enjoyed some good conversation with the new Unilocalers and it made me realize how great of a city STL really is! The people truly are so friendly and enthusiastic about this great city. Before I knew it, there were plates of brownie bites, gooey butter cake, and scones (fresh out of the oven) on our table. They were all delicious!
Now it was time to begin to learn about the latte art-​Casey was having a great time explaining her «art» and I can tell she is truly passionate about what she does. I guess that’s why she is the owner or the Mud House! You gotta be passionate about what you do and love it. She really does. She even let some of us get behind the counter to heat the milk/​cream ad use the coffee machine (I have no idea what the technical name of the machine is)…it was so much fun to press buttons and pretend to know what I was doing!
Overall, this was a great event-​probably the best of the Cherokee Passport events! I loved it. Let’s do it again-I’m sure Casey would love to have a group of us back!

You guys, I was only here for six minutes — SIX MINUTES — and I could already tell you that this was a hugely successful event.
I was working nearby and stopped by Mud House to pick up a sandwich to quickly take back to the office. OOPS! Looks like I crashed a party, what with all these people staring at me as I opened the door and barged inside. But these weren’t your normal people — these were Unilocalers at an event that I totally had forgotten about. As such, I was invited to gorge on buttercake and hang out for a while. Ok, if you insist!
When I arrived, Unilocaler Angela was learning how to put a snail into her latte just by swirling a stick thing around. I don’t drink coffee myself, so the proper caffeine-​infused terminology escapes me, but it was still pretty cool, and Angela was so proud of herself. Also, I loved that the gooey butter cake was displayed on different plates — one for the edges and one for the middles. Maybe that was only my perception as I greedily stuffed four corners of cake into my mouth at once while talking to Sarah and Aimee. I mean, everyone knows that the edges are the best, right?
Alas, I still had to find food somewhere and get back to my work, so I bid the Unilocalers adieu. But part of me wanted to hang out longer and maybe even make a stick-​drawn design in a coffee that I wouldn’t drink. And, you know, eat more buttercake.

Definitely a whopping 5 stars as far as Unilocal events go. This had many of my favorite things in one place: great coffee, endless gooey butter cake samples, old postcards for sale. Love love love.
I liked that we had the place to ourselves and that we got to go one by one to do our own latte art. I made a snail. It’s a pretty big deal. Probably the most amazing snail ever drawn on a latte. Guess you had to be there.
Let me do anything I don’t ordinarily get to do, like hop behind the coffee bar and make my own latte and I’m happy. I don’t get to break the rules much, so this is living for me.
This was an awesome event. I only wish I’d stuck to decaf because I didn’t fall asleep until 3 am last night. Ouch. But seriously. You should have seen that escargot.