The skill of Italian coffee flower drawing about making milk foam by manual milking machine

1. Production of hot milk bubbles

Heat the milk (milk that can be foamed and held, recommended Nestle) to a temperature that is hot but can be held. What kind of heating method is used is not important, the key is to reach this temperature (why this temperature should be reached will be discussed later). The heating method used in the store I have instructed is the microwave oven. at first, it is slowly trying to find out how long it takes to heat the milk to the target temperature with a big fire, and then just put the milk in and heat it at the time after the test. it's very convenient and very fast.

Can the milk from the manual milking machine be used to make coffee flowers? The answer is yes. In particular, some shops that do not have a coffee machine can not get coffee similar to espresso, but they also want to produce coffee like the pull coffee produced by a shop with a coffee machine (please note that the coffee made by this method is similar in shape but not in spirit. Remember!), here, I give this method to friends who are interested in trying.

Let's take a look at the simple deconstruction of espresso in the following picture (thank you illy for taking such a beautiful espresso picture. Borrow it. If there is any copyright problem, I will delete it. I also cherish the memory of Dr. illy, whom I particularly respect. The literature of this great man of coffee has been of great help to me and will benefit me for the rest of my life!):

The following deconstruction is done in a language that most people can understand. Non-professional terms and professional analysis. With regard to the professional aspects of espresso, I will discuss it with you for a very long time in a future special topic on espresso, because espresso is very "yellow" and powerful (in YY), and it is not discussed in this topic.

As the picture shows, espresso has two most basic features, namely, the upper layer is a layer of coffee-like foam, and the bottom is black coffee liquid. This kind of coffee can be used to make lace coffee. So all we have to do is to fill the coffee cup with black coffee about 30ml, then use the beaten milk foam, pour in a little bit, and then stir it well with a spoon, and the white milk foam on the surface becomes a "coffee-colored foam", and it floats on top of the black coffee. Next, we can use milk foam to pull flowers, I have tried N times, ah, the effect is good. However, the coffee made with this kind of liquid is too light, and the flowers with strong layers have limitations, so we can only try it and do not promote it. There are only things on the shelf, you can do it after tea, don't take it seriously. Of course, it's good to practice your hands in this way from time to time.

2. Production of cold milk bubbles

Cold milk foam is the milk foam produced by pouring fully refrigerated milk directly into a manual milking machine and using a manual milking machine. This kind of milk foam is widely used on iced coffee and has a good effect. However, the author occasionally adds it to hot coffee and obtains the different performance of cold and hot effects in a cup of coffee, which is worth a try.

3. I use the manual milking machine.

Before I talk about this procedure, I would like to talk about one of my opinions. I think it is particularly unpleasant to make a sound when operating a manual milking machine in a coffee shop, so my technique is to try not to make a sound during the operation. Then there is a requirement for our gestures, and there is also a requirement for the part of the milking machine. As shown in figure 1, this is where our fingers should be placed, so that each twitch hits our own fingers and does not hit directly on the milking machine (figure 4).

Now talk about the method. Manual milking machine foam we are divided into two steps to complete, the first step: first do fast low hit (figure 1), hit until there is obvious resistance and cotton feeling; then do medium hit (figure 2), also hit the obvious resistance and cotton feeling; finally do high hit (figure 3), hit the whole has resistance and cotton feeling. Tip: pay attention to the height of the twitch. Step 2: repeat the first step. In this way, the process of manual milking is completed. If you want your foam not to be too thick, to have a certain sense of flow, just take the first step.

Tip: 1) do not stretch too long (figure 5). 2) check the piston and iron ball (figure 6, figure 7). 3) after hitting the milk foam, pulling out the piston vertically is beneficial to drive out a lot of coarse bubbles, and then use the method of dealing with steam milk bubbles to deal with it before it can be used.

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