Hi,
I've recently moved from a Breville BES920 to a Profitec Pro700. The Breville created great microfoam, but took a while and didn't have enough power for more than 1 drink ~180ml of milk.
Now the Pro700 has bags more steaming power and I can easily steam 250ml of milk in much less time. However I just can't seem to create latte art for 2 drinks from one pitcher. The first is sorta fine, and the second is too thin.
My guess is I'm not folding the milk properly to create an homogeneous microfoam. I'm getting as good a whirlpool as I can, and not dropping the tip too far in.
Any tips on improving this ? Do baristas generally steam in a larger pitcher then pour into 2 smaller ones ? Or simply better technique ? Or is it an issue of the milk beginning to separate during the time spent pouring the first drink ? Or likely, all of the above...?
Currently I'm just steaming around 180ml and getting as good art as I can. Just means I have to do this twice if I want any semblance of art work on the top.
I should add, I'm using a 600ml pitcher and either filling to about 15mm below the start of the spout for 1 drink, or the beginning of the spout for 2 drinks.
Cheers
Jamie
I've recently moved from a Breville BES920 to a Profitec Pro700. The Breville created great microfoam, but took a while and didn't have enough power for more than 1 drink ~180ml of milk.
Now the Pro700 has bags more steaming power and I can easily steam 250ml of milk in much less time. However I just can't seem to create latte art for 2 drinks from one pitcher. The first is sorta fine, and the second is too thin.
My guess is I'm not folding the milk properly to create an homogeneous microfoam. I'm getting as good a whirlpool as I can, and not dropping the tip too far in.
Any tips on improving this ? Do baristas generally steam in a larger pitcher then pour into 2 smaller ones ? Or simply better technique ? Or is it an issue of the milk beginning to separate during the time spent pouring the first drink ? Or likely, all of the above...?
Currently I'm just steaming around 180ml and getting as good art as I can. Just means I have to do this twice if I want any semblance of art work on the top.
I should add, I'm using a 600ml pitcher and either filling to about 15mm below the start of the spout for 1 drink, or the beginning of the spout for 2 drinks.
Cheers
Jamie

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