n_laplaca Senior Member Joined: 8 May 2008 Posts: 1 Location: NY Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Thu May 8, 2008, 2:17pm Subject: Latte are with stove top espress/frother?
Has anyone attempted this? I have a Bialetti moka express and Tuttocrema Milk Frother. I mostly just drink espresso and to me the espresso produced is pretty good. A new coffee shop opened in the town I work in and they do latte art. It's the first I have ever seen or heard of it. I think its amazing and after watching them do it numerous times now I decided to try it with my stove top setup.
So far I have had mixed results with a couple attempts that was nearly there. The frother doesn't have a spout which makes it difficult to pour a nice steady narrow stream. The other problem I was having was the milk itself. Sometimes the milk has nice thick foam that is needed other times not. It's hit an miss at this point. I learned through trial and error and from reading articles here and there that I was heating the milk a little too much. So now after heating the milk properly and frothing it, I then pour it into a measuring cup with a spout and the results have improved slightly but still hit and miss.
I think at some point I may just get an actual machine with a wand. In the meantime I think I will get an actual frothing cup to pour the steamed milk into instead of the glass measuring cup I am now using. I am just curious if anyone has been successful in making art in this manner and if so any advice would be appreciated.
Symbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post
Forum Rules: No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards. No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum. No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum. Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards. Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics. Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies. Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies. Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts. Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.
= No New Posts since last visit 