What kind of milk is better to foam?-- an introduction to the skills of coffee.

What kind of milk is better to foam?-- an introduction to the skills of coffee.

The hard foam looks so stiff that it doesn't mix with the coffee when you pour it into the coffee, but accumulates on top of your coffee like fluffy beaten cream. If you play a little longer, it will be layered, 90% of which is flowing milk, and a thick hard foam lid floating on it. When you pour it into the coffee, the milk will flow out of the flower cup first. You must scoop the foam into the coffee cup with a spoon. Smooth if you do everything right, when you pour it out, the milk looks smooth and creamy, a bit like pouring yogurt. Milk your espresso will mix perfectly, and crema will color the surface of the milk to form a typical brown edge of cappuccino.)

Milk that has been beaten again often makes hard foam. The trick is to beat the right quantity and quality of foam in the flower cup at the right temperature. To foam well, you need to know how quickly your machine heats up the amount of milk you want. A good advice is not to take less than two cappuccinos at a time when you start learning to foam.

Slowly take the nozzle to the surface of the milk. Stop (stop just as it breaks the surface) just as the nozzle is about to come off the surface. Now that the air is sucked into the milk, you will hear a typical hiss. If you accidentally take the nozzle out of the water, the pressurized air will blow on top of the milk instead of into the milk, resulting in large bubbles.

At this stage, there is no doubt that you have formed small and medium-sized bubbles on the surface of the milk. Now we will try to get rid of them. There will be a whirlpool where the air blows into the milk. All the bubbles on the surface will be pulled into this whirlpool and disappear. It is still important to put the nozzle in the right place to avoid new bubbles.

Now you have a texture made of tiny bubbles. Put your empty hand on the flower cup to feel the temperature of the milk. When the foam rises, you lower the steam pipe carefully so that it touches the milk. If you are satisfied with the amount of foam and the milk is not warm enough, you can lower the nozzle into the milk. Now the milk is beginning to swirl. By doing so, the milk can be evenly heated by steam. When your hands feel a little hot, keep the nozzle below the liquid level and turn off the steam.

Whirlpool and pouring will still have bubbles in your foam most of the time. A good way to get rid of these bubbles is to tap the flower cup on the workbench. Don't knock too many times so as not to cause too much foam. A good way to judge whether the milk is thick enough is to rotate the flower cup so that the milk begins to form a whirlpool. You have to make more cappuccinos to learn what milk should look like. But here are some suggestions: