1st world problem - Bastard Milk Frothers

stonevibe

Coffee should be drunk black.

Stop fucking around.

  

JerkMoans

stonevibe said:

Coffee should be drunk black.

Stop fucking around.

  

Amen, brother.

and instant ‘coffee’ is fit only for chopping into lines and snorting, to sustain a fellow till he can grab a cup of the real stuff.

ThePrettyDamned

What's wrong with using your espresso machine to properly texturised the milk? Or are you using a pod machine? 

menamestom

thecolourbox said:

Don't people just shake the milk bottle?

Yes!








Hold on, that isn’t a euphemism is it? 

menamestom

MattBanshee said:

menamestom said:

I just put the cup in the microwave for 30 seconds then use a cheap mini milk whisk.  My coffee machine has a proper steaming spout but the microwave is quicker and easier.

The steamer should only take 10-15 seconds, is easier to clean and will give you vastly better results

I’ll have another go but as I remember it takes about 30 seconds then a minute to heat back up enough to make the coffee.  

Bridgehouse

You lot really are the epitome of middle class posh bullshit.

Just get some camp coffee and be done with it.

Iamnobody

Latte? caps? frothy milk?

Man up and drink it black!

Actually I sometimes whack a bit of skimmed in mine 

prowla

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bodum-1446-01-Latteo-Frother-Borosilicate/dp/B000BZ6BXE/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=milk+frother

Sassafras

Stir a nice cup of Mellow Bird's till it develops a creamy head.

JerkMoans

Sassafras said:

Stir a nice cup of Mellow Bird's till it develops a creamy head.

Or a goodly spoonful of Coffee-Mate

TheMarlin

I only like espresso, can’t bear a long coffee. 

My wife loves a late in the morning, and I dutifully make one by hand. I warm whole Jersey milk in a pan, and beat it with a hand ‘balloon’ whisk. 

It gives the best firm froth, my wife prefers it over all the fancy frothers we’ve tried. 

I also prefer a Bialetti stove top espresso maker to any fancy coffee machine.  Those Nespresso pod are bloody lawful, tastes like coffee floor sweeping. 

hollywoodrox

Bridgehouse said:

You lot really are the epitome of middle class posh bullshit.

Just get some camp coffee and be done with it.

I was talkin bout that the other day, can you still get it?  Good shit and you can use it as a flavouring for other things if I remember the label correctly

hollywoodrox

Children of Bodum 

prowla said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bodum-1446-01-Latteo-Frother-Borosilicate/dp/B000BZ6BXE/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=milk+frother

ThePrettyDamned

TheMarlin said:

I only like espresso, can’t bear a long coffee. 

My wife loves a late in the morning, and I dutifully make one by hand. I warm whole Jersey milk in a pan, and beat it with a hand ‘balloon’ whisk. 

It gives the best firm froth, my wife prefers it over all the fancy frothers we’ve tried. 

I also prefer a Bialetti stove top espresso maker to any fancy coffee machine.  Those Nespresso pod are bloody lawful, tastes like coffee floor sweeping. 

Moka pots are good, but not espresso - basically it's a burnt, concentrated brewed coffee. It's one of my favourite ways to enjoy coffee, along with french press and true espresso (which is, by far, the most pain in the arse method to get a tasty coffee as you need a good grinder, fresh beans and the patience to dial in). 

OP, if you have a decent espresso machine with a steaming wand and it has a shitty automatic frother thing, take it to someone who knows what they're doing so they can give you a good steaming wand and learn to temperature surf the boiler so you don't lose steam power mid way. You'll get proper texturised milk, rather than frothy hot milk (which sounds similar, but makes a hot milky coffee rather than a silky smooth latte or macchiato). 

prowla

hollywoodrox said:

Children of Bodum 

prowla said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bodum-1446-01-Latteo-Frother-Borosilicate/dp/B000BZ6BXE/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=milk+frother

Funnily enough, I've seen them - I think they were supporting Lamb Of God, or maybe Machine Head.

Bridgehouse

hollywoodrox said:

Bridgehouse said:

You lot really are the epitome of middle class posh bullshit.

Just get some camp coffee and be done with it.

I was talkin bout that the other day, can you still get it?  Good shit and you can use it as a flavouring for other things if I remember the label correctly

Sure can...

https://www.ingredientsforcooks.co.uk/coffee/camp-coffee-241-ml/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgebwBRDnARIsAE3eZjQm1K-YHXvuZ7TS7X0K8zr-dJmJtHGHZgqw-V9xFhQe9lOmBVJqM5gaAjrJEALw_wcB

Kittyfrisk

TheMarlin said:

I only like espresso, can’t bear a long coffee. 

My wife loves a late in the morning, and I dutifully make one by hand. I warm whole Jersey milk in a pan, and beat it with a hand ‘balloon’ whisk. 

It gives the best firm froth, my wife prefers it over all the fancy frothers we’ve tried. 

I also prefer a Bialetti stove top espresso maker to any fancy coffee machine.  Those Nespresso pod are bloody lawful, tastes like coffee floor sweeping. 

My ex. & I enjoyed an early in the morning as well as a late.
Couldn't abide coffee though but...

Grangousier

So, frothy or not, how would you milk a bastard, anyway?