Hi all Silvia steam wand modded Gaggia Classic lovers.
I have been playing around "microfoaming" with my Classic and Silvia wand mod for a couple of months now and have finally got it down pat.
To many, this may seem unconventional (it does to me) but it works.
First pour your shots, OR, if just foaming milk from scratch, switch on machine for the recommended 6 minutes or so.
Have jug with milk and thermometer ready to roll.
Hit steam button and turn steam valve on for a few seconds to bleed the wand, I usually get between 1-11/2 tablespoons of water, quantity depending on whether or not I have just been frothing or not. Does not take very long at all. This all takes place before the steam light comes on, so yes, not long at all.
Turn off the valve and insert wand into milk. Turn on steam valve about 1/2-3/4, and raise the bottom of the wand tip to just below surface of the milk and stretch the milk until thermo reaches 40 degrees Celsius. Immediately drop wand tip further into the jug as usual and heat/swirl the milk until your normal preferred temp is reached. I normally start turning the valve off when the thermometer hits 60C and it finishes up around 65C.
DO NOT worry about whether the light comes on or goes off after you start the process (doing it this way, my light does not come on at all, even when doing a two cup froth). Just watch the thermometer and not the steam light. I do not worry about refrigerated milk jugs either.
The 40C for the stretching I got/plagiarised from another thread, I think it was regarding a Faema machine. Thanx to the author.
All this stuff Ive read about small boilers, not enough pressure etc etc etc. Forget it. Why do you think the machine is called a Classic? For an unbiased answer " Because it is"!
I am now getting consistant microfoam. Voila!
I have been playing around "microfoaming" with my Classic and Silvia wand mod for a couple of months now and have finally got it down pat.
To many, this may seem unconventional (it does to me) but it works.
First pour your shots, OR, if just foaming milk from scratch, switch on machine for the recommended 6 minutes or so.
Have jug with milk and thermometer ready to roll.
Hit steam button and turn steam valve on for a few seconds to bleed the wand, I usually get between 1-11/2 tablespoons of water, quantity depending on whether or not I have just been frothing or not. Does not take very long at all. This all takes place before the steam light comes on, so yes, not long at all.
Turn off the valve and insert wand into milk. Turn on steam valve about 1/2-3/4, and raise the bottom of the wand tip to just below surface of the milk and stretch the milk until thermo reaches 40 degrees Celsius. Immediately drop wand tip further into the jug as usual and heat/swirl the milk until your normal preferred temp is reached. I normally start turning the valve off when the thermometer hits 60C and it finishes up around 65C.
DO NOT worry about whether the light comes on or goes off after you start the process (doing it this way, my light does not come on at all, even when doing a two cup froth). Just watch the thermometer and not the steam light. I do not worry about refrigerated milk jugs either.
The 40C for the stretching I got/plagiarised from another thread, I think it was regarding a Faema machine. Thanx to the author.
All this stuff Ive read about small boilers, not enough pressure etc etc etc. Forget it. Why do you think the machine is called a Classic? For an unbiased answer " Because it is"!
I am now getting consistant microfoam. Voila!


. Plus whos teaching you or are you teaching yourself?
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