Like a few people on these forums, I had trouble with a 4 hole steam tip and opted for a 2 hole replacement. This worked great. I got a couple to try. One was a gold pro tip from the US and the other was a Diadema tip from FC. The gold pro tip was far too slow, so it got misplaced and god knows where it is now. The Diadema tip worked well and I was making acceptable microfoam soon enough. It wasnt too fast and wasnt too slow, but just right.
However, after a mate vistited a local roasterie and chatted with the head barista and watched Luke prepare the milk (Luke is a master at Latte art), he came back with tales of foaming milk in 6-8 seconds....
Well back on with the 4 hole tip. At first it was a disaster, but after upping the pressurestat more and more, I finally got to jet exhaust type power and whipping the milk into a frenzy in less than 8 sec. I gotta say, that once youre doing 8 sec milk, you dont want to go back.
The 4 hole tip is a keeper. Its like changing from a VW to a Porsche. Fast.
I reckon FC will have a bit of a chuckle when he reads this, because hes seen it all before.
But hey, I had to learn the hard way: Some toothpicks and a couple of steam tips later :
Cheers,
Mark.
However, after a mate vistited a local roasterie and chatted with the head barista and watched Luke prepare the milk (Luke is a master at Latte art), he came back with tales of foaming milk in 6-8 seconds....
Well back on with the 4 hole tip. At first it was a disaster, but after upping the pressurestat more and more, I finally got to jet exhaust type power and whipping the milk into a frenzy in less than 8 sec. I gotta say, that once youre doing 8 sec milk, you dont want to go back.
The 4 hole tip is a keeper. Its like changing from a VW to a Porsche. Fast.
I reckon FC will have a bit of a chuckle when he reads this, because hes seen it all before.

But hey, I had to learn the hard way: Some toothpicks and a couple of steam tips later :

Cheers,
Mark.

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