Flat White Lesson 4

The milk

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• crema
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• espresso
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[chilibeanking]

i've herd full cream milk is the best when frothing so the foam and the milk dont split, what are your thoughts? i'm using trim atm

[cremaman]

Full cream milk is a much better choice. Light milks give a lot of foam easily but you cannot get the creamy consistency you really want without full cream. Use the best milk you can buy.

[cremaman]

Light white is watery so you can't expect it to be any but, once you have stuck it under your machine. The froth you get is also the result of the light white milk.

I would suggest you use good quality full cream milk. Also set your thermoblock to +10deg & -2 wetness.

Good Luck

[leproducer2]

What machine are you using, seems quite good. My milk doesn't get silky no matter what I do.

[cremaman]

Sunbeam EM6900. I believe there is now a new model EM6910.

I love it. Highely recommended.

[louise101088]

you should NEVER heat your milk without a thermometer.. after 155 the milk is burnt !!!!!

[MatanFliesher]

you gotta swirl the milk before pouring just tapping it on the table makes the microfoam and the liquid milk seperate swirling makes it all stay together, oh and nobody could see what your doin

[babysebadventures]

you call that a lesson? nobody can see either inside the jug or in the cup when you're pouring the milk! and yes, milk should always be frothed before extracting the espresso.

[fishfullness]

Thanks for taking the time to film then upload this. I took a lot more care in my grind and tamping and just produced the best cup I think I've had out of my machine - I must be doing something right now as it's an older Krupps model (much maligned) with the crema enhancer (still not much crema though ;) but that cup I just consumed was 'passable' rather than it's usual burnt and tobaccoy tasting. Thanks. A friend has recently got one of these units and I had a great cup last night at his place

[centeredonchrist]

why do you brew the espresso first and not steam the milk? I always do the milk first that way the espresso is not sitting out in the air for such a long time. Ive heard that espresso gets spoiled and bitter if exposed to the air for more that 10 seconds. is that not true?

[nadlington]

To make the milk truly silky after steaming swirl the jug in circles on the bench. You will see an amazing change in texture where the milk develops a beautiful glossy sheen.

Have you ever been properly trained?

[musicalfoodie]

Hi I recently bought an EM6910 and and am having difficulty with doing the latte art, believe it's the milk texture i'm using light white do you think this could be part of the reason???? I either get something too watery or too mcuh froth! Can you offer any advice?