Latte Art & Skim Milk
Latte Art & Skim Milk
What the heck is the trick with getting decent art with skim milk and this beast. I can get 8 out of 10 with 2% but maybe 1 out of 10 with skim milk. Using 12oz pitcher, both straight and curved with success with 2%, but no such luck with skim. Really chaps me off.
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Re: Latte Art & Skim Milk
It's almost impossible to come close to even 2% milk success with Skim. However, for best results, conventional wisdom is that the aeration phase should only go until the milk gets to 70F whereas for whole milk the target is 90-100F. You might even try completely skipping the aeration phase and plunge the steam tip right from the start.
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Re: Latte Art & Skim Milk
You might find these to be helpful
http://www.home-barista.com/tips/latte- ... lk#p167884
http://www.home-barista.com/tips/looks- ... lk#p166592
http://www.home-barista.com/tips/latte- ... lk#p167884
http://www.home-barista.com/tips/looks- ... lk#p166592
Re: Latte Art & Skim Milk
Thanks for the replies. I've stretched, not stretched, swirled, rolled, plunged and not plunged. Tried four different pitches, 3 different sizes. About the only thing I haven't done is shove it up my a$$. Maybe that is next. Tried 1% and poured a nice rosetta on the first try. I guess if I want to do latte art for my wife she is going to have to get fat What do you think she will say?
Re: Latte Art & Skim Milk
Just tell her that you've always secretly admired rubenesque women.
Re: Latte Art & Skim Milk
Just let her know that while skim has less fat, it has more sugar. And the sugar is what would make her...um...rubenesque.
We do four breves every day. You can see from my flickr pictures that my wife is anything but fat!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobusn/326 ... 269725371/
We do four breves every day. You can see from my flickr pictures that my wife is anything but fat!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobusn/326 ... 269725371/