Is a cheap milk foamer enough to make decent capuccino at home?
Or one like this
You don't even need a frothing wand or spinny milk foamer. All you need is a tall, thin jar (I use an old caper jar) and a microwave. Put the milk in the clean, empty jar, lid it tightly and shake the everloving piss out of it Unlid.Nuke while watching; when the foam expands to just start to dome the lip of the jar, open the microwave door and pour out your ridiculously long-lasting milk foam.I've been doing this for ages and have yet to see any mentions of this online so I would assume I, some guy from yurp living in Philadelphia, invented it.
>>21828502>just pump your milk with radiation goyImagine still using the microwavejew in 2026
>>21828504You are not very smart.
>>21828502Ill try but wouldnt the foamer be a lot easier? >>21828481This one is 5 dollars, >>21828480 this one is 10
>>21828513>wouldnt the foamer be a lot easier?Not really. It depends on how you use it just how inconvenient the frother would be. If you use it to foam the milk cold then nuke it the same way I described for the jar-shake method, it'll froth moreorless the same way but since it will still need to be foamed in a tall, thin vessel like the jar to get the strongest foam, it's kinda pointless because you'll be dirtying two implements, the frother and jar, rather than just the jar alone.If you use it to foam milk as it warms up on the hob, you run the risk of scorching the milk.And that's not to mention that you need to keep yourself in batteries. That's the whole reason I started doing the jar-shake. Tried to foam shit. Batteries were dead. Couldn't be fucked to go into the basement for disposable batteries and didn't want to wait the eternity it takes for my rechargeables to charge up so I just lidded and shook the jar and was very pleased with the results.Just add, like, two to three fingers of milk to the jar and that should be enough for a good foam.
>>21828528>>21828502To be clear, skimmed milk will always give the best foam, regardless of how you foam it, do I milk my coffee with full fat and add skimmed foam from there.
>>21828528>>21828535Ill try that out and see if I buy depending on the results. But is the jar thing enought to make a good capuccino? or do you use other things to make the coffee?
>>21828549?I brew the coffee using a moka pot.Then I milk with full fat milk. Then I top it with skimmed fat foam. I'm not sure that answers what you're asking so lemme know if I've misunderstood
>>21828553Yes it answers my question. Ill try tomorrow.
>>21828502>ridiculously long-lasting milk foam>>21828535>skimmed milk will always give the best foamIs this milk foam, smooth and homogenous with many small bubbles, or is it heterogenous with fewer larger bubbles?
>>21828600Once again, I'm not sure how to answer that exactly so I'll say that the foam is very fine but so thick that it's not quite pourable unless you use a larger jar and larger amount of milk. The bubbles are so small and the foam so smooth that it looks like marshmallow fluff.However, if you use more milk and a larger jar, you can make pourable microfoam if you transfer it from the jar to a measuring cup after nuking it and giving the cup a taptaptap on the counter. Doing that will cause some deflation that will render the foam thin enough for latte art and while it will still have good staying power, it won't last quite as long compared to my usual method due to being deflated during the pour from jar to cup and the tapping. It'll still last a good while, but I've accidentally left cups of cappuccino for a whole damn day only to find the foam is still there the next morning. This latte foam stuff won't last /that/ long, but still long. Does that makes sense/address your concerns?
>>21828502
>>21828513>this one is $10You could just choose to not pay a 300% retard tax and buy the same frother from the same factory but without some random brand name printed on it
>>21828480Doesn't it just vibrate? Does it heat as well? Just get a $99 home espresso maker. They have the steamer wand attached. Where are you getting the coffee part of cappuccino without that anyway? You can't just mix drip coffee with foamy milk and have the same thing. You need that pressure system to the the shot. Why is that even a product?? They must push it for whipped cream and other things besides coffee, because like I sez, you already have a frother if you can make espresso.
>>21828504Wow, people were worried about that 40, 50 years ago. Now with all the stupid conspiracy community coming out of the woodwork with the internet it's back. LOLSame with the antisemitism, as you're also simultaneously pushing. How surprising that one of you people is a drooling retard afraid of harmless technology.
>>21828768See? It doesn't even fucking HEAT the milk. It just vibrates and jostles it into foam. So you still have to heat it first or after. Again, if this is for coffee there's no reason to get it. Unless you're using fucking instant packets or some shit. In which case why are you suddenly wanting good foam? And if you do, why not go the full nines and just drop even $75 on a small countertop espresso maker? That makes way more sense than compromising everything but foam, and then having to make the foam incorrectly with some cheap unitasker you know won't last you six years, not of real use.
>>21828679>Does that makes sense/address your concerns?Yeah, I think I get what you're saying. Thanks for clarifying.
>>21828480Actual autist who have been making milk drinks without a steamer for years here.Unfortunately no, you need the overpriced nanofoamer (it's like $50 for a spinny stick) or one of its clones (hard to find). The normal wands tend to make dry/coarse foam, think beer foam, while leaving much of the milk with almost no foam.>>21828481This might work since it has a mesh screen, I have been using something similar and it works but is kinda a bitch to clean. You see those small metal parts? Milk will work its way into those crevices and you have disassemble the entire thing to clean it.
>>21828480use "fresh" fatty milk, thank me l8r
>>21828480To answer your question directly: Yes, in terms of preparing the milk. Preparing a decent espresso to pour into the milk is however the more challenging part.
Allright Ill buy one
>>21828502>Nuke while watchingyou will get brain cancer dude
>>21828768>food grade materia
>>21828786This anon is wise. Listen to him.
>>21828504Nukers destroy nutrients, not irradiate food. Baka retard.
>>21828480>>21828481What type of foamer is better? Wouldnt I send all the milk flying with the first one?
>>21829554You're supposed to submerge it so that doesn't happenThe latter type is better anyway
>>21828480Doesn't your second hand machine have a steamer?
>>21828480You don't even need a milk foamer. Just add a tiny bit of lecithin.
>>21829468No. That thing doesn't HEAT the milk. Why are you all just ignoring that? What the fuck are you gonna do with cool foam?
>>21829483Yes, thank you. How is everyone here just falling in love with this stupid device without thinking it through?>>21829473I fucking hope you're kidding.
