Problems and Tips for Steaming Milk

Recently we have noticed a lot of interest in preparing premium coffee drinks such as cappuccino, espresso, cortado and more excellent coffee flavors at home. We are fully aware that the most problems you face are caused by several problems in evaporating milk, which we will review and ways to solve them to get the best results

We start directly now to mention the problems of evaporation of milk:

• The quality of the milk used:

It is always recommended to use fresh milk, and in the event that it is not available, it is recommended to use long life milk full fat 100% in order to get the best results
Always check the ingredients for whole milk, as you should avoid milk that has used ingredients other than fresh, fresh milk.

• Milk temperature:

It is considered one of the most important steps that must be taken into account, as cold milk must be used and it is recommended that it be at a temperature of 4 degrees in order to allow you to enter the air at a good rate and reduce the amount of unwanted foam (foam).

• Discharge air and water from the evaporator:

The air and excess water that accumulated in the evaporating tubes must be evacuated before starting this process, as this step is important to avoid getting an excessive foam or separating the milk from the foam or heating the milk quickly and many other drawbacks

• The wrong steaming method:

1. This step is the most important and we will provide you with detailed news about this point, but now we will list a group of problems and the best method for better evaporation.
2. The evaporation tube must be inserted into the first / surface layer of milk after the tube is discharged from the excess vapors and water.
3. Evaporation is done for 10 seconds to start obtaining a creamy texture of milk and a consistent foam, as this phase allows an amount of air to enter
4. After completing the previous step, the evaporation tube is inserted into the middle layer of milk to complete the evaporation of the milk
5. The previous step lasts for a while to get the right milk temperature

• Deflate the air and mix the milk ingredients:

After completing the evaporation process, we must pound the milk container several times and move it in a circular motion to ensure the exit of unwanted air bubbles, in addition to mixing the ingredients correctly

• The best time to use milk

The best time to start pouring / merging milk with coffee is immediately after the completion of the evaporation process and deflating the air directly to ensure that the milk and foam do not separate, which contributes to improving the performance and ease of drawing