How to Make a Caffe Latte : Steaming Milk to Make a Caffe Latte

[shipleystoner]

shes hot

[MrOregona230]

mmm i'd like to put my steam wand in HER milk

[MrEdTrompet]

Nice video, thanks for posting it.

[iernest1]

you dont have to make a lab to heat it...you can buy a easy latte machine, it have his own steam wand...dah

[BelleTheStarkid]

Am I the only one who nearly died of laughter? "'cause you don't want that getting in your MILK when you STEAM it."

"Making good foam will be like a second nature to you."

"Sink your steam 1 down towards the bottom of the pitcher."

and the way she smells it at the end. That's the part where I exploded.

[BelleTheStarkid]

My speakers were off, and I was just staring at a gallon of milk for the first ten seconds. Dammit.

[ijfc7]

for the temperature... is it 90-100 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit

[jozedwardo]

@ijfc7 Fahrenheit

[visborg1]

@ijfc7 dump question..... fahreinheit

[StreetLethalRacing]

I just love a gal who knows how to handle a steam wand... :p

[naruhinaking]

thank you sooooooooooooo much!!! i really like how you showed what the milk texture should be like, it was very helpful. THANK YOU

[dayannaxx3]

yes , i will drink it from a bowl -_-

[jona692ify]

hallo can u go

[Sumfera]

Mono audio?

[iTzMeThoDz]

Coffe chicks are cute :D

[howtomakealatte]

Great video!

[questionablesight]

cause you don't want that getting into your MILK when you're going to STEAM it

[pommahawk5986]

bit dramatic at the end

[zijahsyed]

i hate how this only plays into my left ear

[nitro855]

man that girl was fuck ugly, lol

[LolGirl269]

we doont have a steamer :(

[2006KANISHKJAISWAL]

@LolGirl269 you can do the same task without it too, you just need to shake the milk in a closed jar and boill to 100 degrees and watch the foam rise but dont over boil it or you will burst the foam, stop at the point when your foam is big enough and tada, you have steemed milk

but i would recommend steamer dor better results and easier foaming..

[MegaMo99]

2:48 I though she fell asleep.

[Superhappeefun]

lol, much better training than i received at work. :P

[LadyMelmoth]

good video thanx ^^

[BukkakeNation]

Making foam is my nature

[roryzx]

whats this drink called? lol a bowl...really

[ORVADET]

Nice to see someone who knows what she doing for exchange. Keep up the good work.

[wog69wog69]

Never bang the milk jug with a thermometer mate

[wog69wog69]

Never bang the milk jug with a thermometer mate

[dhirenadatia]

wish she dropped the latte as she went to sip it ha

[inofaith]

Who closes their eyes when they drink a large latte?! :P

[mykulbus]

yes precisely, and Starbucks is some of the worse espresso beverages I've had.

[mykulbus]

140 F is WAY too Hot!

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

@mykulbus Actually, Starbucks trains their baristas to go up to 160 degrees.

[bh28]

fav part 1:51 - 1:56

[duce696]

correct me if I'm wrong...but I think if the milk is too heated it destroys some of the coffee aroma. that's what I heard.

[KatjaKanin]

thaaank you! right what I needed

[nauticagirl702]

Nice Vid! Thanks for sharing! Now, to the espresso machine!

[snufkinwhore]

when i was trained i was told to move the wand all the way through the milk for latte :s

[mryousmell]

I like how i today talked with a coffee expert that told me that when people tap the cup on the table it means they have made a "wrong" cup of steamed milk (different for latte and cappuccino as it will homogenize the milk and, as she said, get out the fluffyness/air of the milk (which is not what is wanted). Tapping it means you will redo your steaming..fail much

[WAYbetterBITCH]

So i have to create a meth lab to heat my milk WTF!

[Leonicdragon]

I have been trying for weeks to get my steamed milk frothy like that, and it always comes out more like a cappuccino. I took the rubber part off to see if that helped, and now it looks right with the micro bubbles, but the whole milk that I steam pours out too watery. What am I doing wrong?

[TravelTimmo]

@Leonicdragon when you steam it have the wand at the top of the milk to make froth, then bring it down near end to get rid of bubbles, when you pour a latte you start high, so milk just goes in, then u can bring it down when its nearly full and u will start pouring the froth to get the white top. I am still learning myself

[remjem666666]

THIS IS NOT AMERICAN STYLE SERVING!!! Great Demo. The large bowl for the beverage is of the French style Cafe Eu Latte. Italian serve in a glass. But really the latte is made by italians for breakfast AT HOME, so it doesnt matter how its served.

The Italian style is with espresso, the French style is with a strong or bold coffee... how its served makes no difference. Thats just for show!

So be nice to this person for a great demo. Well Done.

[FEEDER87]

holly shit that's a large coffee :S

[aurajinv]

Typical! Only Americans drink out of BOWLS!! Ridiculous!

Anyway this would have been more helpful shown pouring for a usual flat white.

[zak9attack]

whats correct, pouring the milk in first then the espresso or the other way around

[tazamagaz]

@zak9attack espresso first.

[Elleboya]

very helpful for a to-be-barista, thx

[ThePakiSami]

@02:49

[arkasza2007]

I can't hear!

You all the time have a termometer!

And you simulate drink the coffe do at the moment!

[zigulicaramella]

In this farm, cows listen to the music in order to increase their milk production. Go and see on Abele's farm

[arkasza2007]

I can't hear!

[redsmith000]

you burnt all the protein in the milk.. max temp must be @ 90deg cel. and the angle of your steam rod is not properly aligned with your pitcher.. and im sure you the bubbles you made are not that fine and silky.. FAIL for you.. and you must full blast your steam..

[underworldmonkey]

you seriously need a hobby

[mccoya2]

anyone else slightly turned on by this video...?

[PaulyThaDon]

@mccoya2 lmfao... hilarious :)

[aarossell]

I see that baristas do it manually... and I know thermometers can need calibration, but calibration is a quick simple task, and far more accurate than fingers. There's no reason to assume that because a barista has experience they automatically have super-sensitivity.. yet most of them arrogantly claim so. I have to train people on this stuff, and they all come up to me claiming that good baristas do it without thermometers.  SO WHAT, just use one, takes no effort to put one in and look at it.

[aarossell]

nice to see someone using a thermometer for once. Common mistake is scorching the milk because they wanted to use their fingers to test the temperature... but their fingers become desensitized after a while doing this.

[Akhockeyman19]

@aarossell Thermomters can be off and need constant recalbration a true barista does everything manually;)

[arabiccola]

You should open the steam valve fully to achieve the right steam velocity for steaming, I could easily see that this milk is not properly steamed meaning that it has a cap and a liquid milk underneath. Bad steaming, lady.

[levichase]

This video shows nothing of one of the most important elements of getting consistent silky smooth milk. And that is the vortex. You need to keep the milk moving like a vortex so that it is evenly steamed and you don't just get a big blob of foam on top of your drink.

[Permachamp]

Helpful, Thanks! ;)

[bpalme]

It's a real strain to hear this one.

[Johnb88x]

I was doing the foam all wrong, thanks for the tips!

<3

[coffeesherpa]

The 'highest rated' comments are also the most ignorant. It is quite obvious that this is a commercial training video and not for home. Secondly, I have been to Europe and yes, Americans DO use drinks with more milk (lattés were actually made for children in Italy). BUT, the point of this video is to show HOW to steam milk and this IS the correct way, whether making a latté, machiato or cappucino.

[RupleSan]

@coffeesherpa ah come on, you have to admit dreemaze's comment is funny! Give us a smile, there you go!

[kittycatcarley]

@coffeesherpa Iiiiiiiiiironyyyyyyyy!!!!!!

[CappuccinoMaker]

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[resolutesynergy]

I love a good mug first thing in the morning, got some good brand ideas from coffeeloverstipsandtricks (.) com

[davkem]

Are you for real!?!?

Would you watch a video of how to install Windows 7 and complain they used a PC???

[justeatbeans]

thank you thank you THANK YOU barista! --for dropping your nose hairs into the crema and foam at the end there -Pffft ! those hairs will be a meal all unto themselves you culinary lackwit

[Mfuao]

just what was in the bowl was espresso?

[jespero93]

what the fuck? thats not an espresso, thats milk.

[PotatotheTraitor]

I love her face at the end of the video when she's sniffing the cup. Lol

[Admalmighty]

That sexy sniff of the latté...

[dxk2007]

Very nice video!

[LegatusIX]

@thatparkourdude, You must have the equipment to make latte art; if not do not try it.

[Merche74]

can't hear a thing!!!

[BethyMog15]

You shouldn't really move the steam wand 'up and down' too violently, otherwise you'll let pockets of air suddenly purge into your milk, this results in big bubbles. Instead, put your wand just on the surface of the milk, until you hear little light 'kissing' sounds, this lets the air fold in gently. Do this until you hit about 40 degrees, then allow the wand to go a little further into the milk so it starts spinning, until about 60 degrees, so that the foam and milk combine.

[shylildude]

that's a big ass cup

[copyface]

do you know the espresso made and drink by the Portuguese? They drink the best coffee in the Europe.

[mandyontopoftheworld]

latte art fasinates me! that's so cool!

[melun1]

you are burning the milk miss

[metalebd]

that looked like a really good cup of milk

[hockeypark]

Aren't lattes topped off with foam?

[maclaren888]

that was terrible..

[bmwm3cs]

Please put your nose in it!!! : )

[sirrobigus]

too much milk like for me, but she made it in good way...

[QuaerensPuella]

Coffee company Anthares from Triest (Italy) arranges an international competition involving digital art works (like pictures, spots, short films) focusing on coffee, in all its forms. For the official site of the event, where you can download the notice of competition and find more information, just type Anthares Coffee Prize on Google. HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR WORKS!

[JOS3EMMANUEL]

can somebody tell me whats expresso? is it cofee?

[daoskillz]

@JOS3EMMANUEL Expresso is simply a shot of coffee made from an espresso machine. What was in the bowl originally was espresso. As milk is added it turns into a latte and with foam a cappuccino

[powellpicc1985]

Hmmm. I always found whole milk a little TOO thick to steam well. 2% makes the smoothest, most velvety texture for me.

[TheInternetCaveman]

I just did my first shift at a restaurant and must have tried 10 times to steam milk... unsuccessfully! Thank you for this tutorial :)

[captainsharkey]

@TheInternetCaveman

The same. Was thrown in off the deep end, having never even made a latte before.

Still getting the hang of texturing the milk to perfection, need more practice

[Canelasalvaje]

Usually the people in Australia love froth milk, if u dont do any good one, they kick in the ass, such a people very demanding

[maan698]

@Canelasalvaje true that hey. i live in sydney and people are very fuzzy about the coffee but its all good though. i dont wanna serve bad coffee anyway :)

[whyeff21]

All you special people, who think you are so much smarter than the other person on youtube, thinking you have a right to talk trash about a "BASIC" latte making video.. hey guess what .. go make your own video since you are so good at latte making eh? As a matter of fact go make it a competition with other snobs like yourself. This video is good, and for people who dont know how to make a basic latte.

[tonyyuille]

@whyeff21 agree iv been trying to make a latte for 3 weeks its hard and after trawling every coffee shop near me iv realised that people who get paid in coffee shops cant make a lattee either

[yesiam111]

lol, what the fuck is it she drinks out of? A fucking BOWL? lol, I bet she's American.

[whyeff21]

@yesiam111 LOL?

[Yacithane]

this video is shit

[762x39wolf]

Mmmmm... You can clean the foam off my steam wand any day.

[mybabtong]

dude.... pretty sure she can do it without.. you can see her feeling it with her hands to check the temperature herself... shes just using the thermometer to basically teach the people that dont know the art of coffee so they can have a easier time and prevent them from burning or over heating their milk so it turns to crap...

[dreemaze]

Excuse me, miss? I believe I ordered a LARGE latte... ^_^

[promopera]

thermometer??? Coffee is an art. You suck!

[jpcvr]

@promopera

Rembrandt used brushes to make his art, i guess he sucks in your filosophy then?

[promopera]

Rembrandt was not a barista!! May be you should make a visit to Italy, Vienna, etc. and then you will find how out how to make a good cappuccino.!!

[jpcvr]

@promopera

For work i have been in Italy a few times, and you are right ... The italians can make a average to good cappuccino.

[ozcnd]

thanks, very useful video.

[nogoodcharles]

I hate making fat free layyes. The foam doesn't rise as much and it heats up way too fast.

[quadrida]

thats a bloody cappuccino hahaha.

[GAQ01]

YUMMMMMMMMMM

[sosodefjis00]

oh wow , that cup is for ramen!

[panhead88]

LOL good call.

[MrClingwrap]

its been said befor.... but dude. that is a massive latte

[r3never]

dat is one big latteh

[zamit1969]

that's a huge latte

[baghdadx]

good work

[aliceyum33]

thats a large latte

[tedbratton]

good shit but wasted on a latte

[villeppi]

Isn't latte supposed to be drank from a tall mug? The foam lasts longer.

[Quadio1]

dasffds

[Quadio1]

fasddfas

[iceprince90]

good job on your foam!

[rustOfunk]

Audio is way too low. Can't really hear what you're saying.

[shineluvslambiel]

do u need instruction on how to turn ur own speakers up?

[hayleymaree09]

im quite confused. currently being trained as a barista.

i was told to straight away turn the steamer to the highest level, and when i dont, it makes an awful sound and the milk goes to all just bubbles?

[KrOx75]

I do agree with bluekarma !! Forhimalone88, you're wrong, i'm French and we don't drink americano etc. It will be either an espresso or a ristrestto

[poodleshavings]

I'm being trained as a barista right now and I've been taught to crank up the temperature of the steam wand all the way as soon as the wand goes in the milk; is this universally considered wrong? I think turning the heat up slowly makes more sense...

[CalloftheWarrior1]

From personal experience, I think the temperature of the steam is less important than the temperature of the milk, since milk stops producing froth at around body temperature or warmer, my idea is always to just pre-steam a bit, to remove a mass of fluid from the steam, then stick the wand in the milk at an angle, open it fully, then gently pull the wand up (The well known hissing noise.) until I get a good amount of froth, and then the wand goes back in until the milk reaches around 70 degrees

[Timoftheshire]

@poodleshavings you're not controlling the temperature of the steam, but rather the flow. the temperature is controlled in the steam boiler, either by a PID or a thermostatic switch. and rest easy, you're being taught the correct way. the milk heats up fairly slowly even with the steam wand going at "full steam".

[coloradogrizzlybear]

Put your rag up in there... :P

[KrankesHirn]

EQ sucks.

[bluekarma]

the differences between Italian espresso culture and American IS THE MILK! Americans seem to use way more. A gallon of milk in Italy probably last all day! Italians laugh at us because we forget it IS THE ESPRESSO that is important NOT the milk! We create these large milky drinks so we can sit in Starbucks for 2 hours! Italians and French just use a little foam at most(machiatto) and gulp and go! But for that few moments, it is a bliss like heaven!

[forhimalone88]

ummm... clearly youve never been to italy or france...

[bernoulli1971]

@bluekarma

Italians laugh at us b/c we like milk with our espresso drinks? Oh the shame! They probably don't care for deep dish pizza either, should we drop that so we can be more like the Italians? Here's some worldly education for you, free of charge: Every country has their own style of food; sometimes they even adopt a food from elsewhere and then alter it to suit their fancy.

[SolidSnake032486]

@bluekarma Relax, everyone likes it different.

[tomat0es]

@bluekarma so what if it tastes good?? sometimes i drink frothed milk by itself without the coffee haha, espresso without milk tastes too harsh for me.

[bluekarma]

honestly, for presentation purposes, couldn't she have gotten a FULL container of milk instead of a near empty one? It just looks bad.

[stupidcoffeemachine]

That's the amount you're supposed to have.

[CalloftheWarrior1]

You don't really need more than half a container of milk. :)

[jfa213]

it sort of sounds dirty

[SammyBoi992]

lol bet she didn;t even intend to do an apple design... its just so happened to look like it

[redrebel69]

I've seen many baristas do artwork with foam and expresso

[maS10045]

anyway ways to do this without a steamer?

[swimmerkev]

Of all the videos I watched, Ashley's were the most helpful. But that latte seems waaaaay too milky. Beyond the crema, could that coffee even be tasted? (Nothing wrong with a mug of steamed milk, though.)

[zsugiart]

2:50 - "hmmmmm come to mama"

[keepdoing]

right XD the way she smells and holds just funny :D:D

[gooman989898]

bottoms up....

[kutfinger]

I didn't have a thermometer so I put my hand on the pitcher and waited til it was hot but bearable then put the wand to the bottom of the pitcher. Then I waited til it got too hot to hold before stopping.

I did the tap and swirl a few times after that and it was perfect. You don't really need the thermometer!

[michaelsfreeman]

Thats a perfectly acceptable method.

[evalu8ion]

The surprise that you get if you do buy a more expensive machine as it becomes very difficult to do what she is doing. I can't, though I'm still trying ... you note that she uses a lot of 'shoulds' ... well, most times they don't, though it is difficult to figure out why.

[t30sxh]

Blimey, is that a bowl of coffee?

[thatparkourdude]

I love how they assume we have all that equipment.

[TerribleTony]

Well I only have one Wand and it does'nt produce Steam!

[mrblink1823]

i rekon, i just wanna know how to make a latte at home without all that fancy equipment

[JOS3EMMANUEL]

@thatparkourdude i know right.. i only have the milk

[THESUPERGIRLIE]

@thatparkourdude I know, it's like we just happen to haul starbucks into our kitchen...

[fansuriz]

@thatparkourdude LOL! bhahahahah exactly!

[Mattt8D]

@thatparkourdude I do... Christmas present :)

[lauracfc07]

how do i know when the milk is hot enough.

i do this in work but we don't have the wee tempertaure thing so i never know when the milk is warm enough

[simplemadness]

Hold you hand on the jug during the whole process and when it starts to burn your hand, then the milk is hot enough :)

[louiscypher111]

Dude, I hope you're Canadian. Coffee related advice from an American!! Oh the irony (-Wki it Yanks)

[benm5678]

the nice thing, when you're done drinking, you can pour your cereal into the same bowl.... can ya put in in a bigger cup maybe?!? ...so funny!

[Quebster]

So what's all this I hear about how you shouldn't leave your espresso shots out for more than like 15 seconds??

[Durendail]

they spoil

[BurlyGinger]

The crema begins to disspate immediately after you stop the pour. The taste also changes; however, if you're putting milk in the espresso, it's unlikely that anyone who's not a coffee geek will notice the taste difference.

[Heatherrwalker1990]

First of all i think its really funny when people dont understand what the difference between a cappuccino and a latte is. Its VERY obvious. Look it up its quite interesting...but even funner to make them.

Anybody who's looking this up.....if your really interested in esspresso drinks and want to make them..pay close attention to temperature...a lot of people burn milk....BLECK!

[mangoic]

omg, the cloth that she cleaned the steam wand is so freaking dirty!!! who will drink this latte?

[waseok]

Its something i really don't understand. Isn't this cappuccino? In europe this si cappuccino, latte is different.

[Trogdore]

Yes this is a cappuccino. The difference is a Latte is all steamed milk and no foam, and a Cappuccino has a little bit of foam on top, and as you can see in the video she didnt strain the foam.

[ClearedToLand7]

ahh.. no sorry. This is a latte'. The latte' has a centimeter of foam on top as supposed to cappuccino which is 1/3 espresso, 1/3 milk and 1/3 foam which is thicker than the 1cm. Plus a cappuccino you would then dust with chocolate. In this case she has done a very nice latte' art. The milk must be a velvet consistency to get the perfect latte' art pour, otherwise it just becomes "foam on top". Amatuers pour with a spoon to strain the foam. Have a nice day :-)