Milk frother

[Morning Glory]

Why did I buy this? I don't need more gadgets and I rarely drink coffee or frothy hot chocolate. But then I thought maybe it will produce foams for savoury applications? This remains to be seen. I liked it because its compact and no batteries or cables. A simple manual device. Oh - and it wasn't too expensive. Tomorrow we shall see if it works.

 

[TastyReuben]

I’m curious now to see if a press pot/French press would do the same thing…

 

[Morning Glory]

I’m curious now to see if a press pot/French press would do the same thing…

I know - it looks almost the same doesn't it?

 

[GadgetGuy]

Why did I buy this? I don't need more gadgets and I rarely drink coffee or frothy hot chocolate. But then I thought maybe it will produce foams for savoury applications? This remains to be seen. I liked it because its compact and no batteries or cables. A simple manual device. Oh - and it wasn't too expensive. Tomorrow we shall see if it works.

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Morning Glory, it's not like you to go buy stuff that you don't use or need. I probanly wouldn't find a need to get a frother, since I don't make expresso. The same reason that I wouldn't buy the machine to do it with.

 

[garlichead]

I use to use soy lecithin for foams in savory applications like parsley for example and suggest you look into that. In milk, it's the protein that is the emulsifier.

 

[caseydog]

Morning Glory, it's not like you to go buy stuff that you don't use or need. I probanly wouldn't find a need to get a frother, since I don't make expresso. The same reason that I wouldn't buy the machine to do it with.

Are you saying you don't have one of these?

CD

 

[GadgetGuy]

Are you saying you don't have one of these?

CD

No I don't. It never sparked my interest to just go out & buy one. Truth be told, that if you have a stick blender, (& I do), you can froth your milk that way instead. Or use a Vitamix blender. As for an expresso machine, I was also never interested in one. Ever! Coffee is all that I drink in the morning. Sometimes black, sometimes with cream & a swetener, such as Splenda.

 

[TastyReuben]

Sometimes black, sometimes with cream & a swetener, such as Splender.

That’s what they call “Splender in the Glass.”

 

[GadgetGuy]

That’s what they call “Splender in the Glass.”

Meant to say Splenda. Hah!!

 

[Morning Glory]

I use to use soy lecithin for foams in savory applications like parsley for example and suggest you look into that. In milk, it's the protein that is the emulsifier.

Yes - I use lecithin too and I do have some. I've made quite a few foams in the past. I've also used xanthum gum. And, I have an espuma gun! So you know, this new frother really is a gadget I don't need!

 

[Rocklobster]

I'd rinse it while it is still wet..dry milk would make a mess of that fine mesh..GF has an electric one she brings out for latte and capooch every so often..

 

[Morning Glory]

I'd rinse it while it is still wet..dry milk would make a mess of that fine mesh..GF has an electric one she brings out for latte and capooch every so often..

Good thinking.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Why did I buy this? I don't need more gadgets and I rarely drink coffee or frothy hot chocolate. But then I thought maybe it will produce foams for savoury applications? This remains to be seen. I liked it because its compact and no batteries or cables. A simple manual device. Oh - and it wasn't too expensive. Tomorrow we shall see if it works.

I think I´d have gone down the pub and had a few pints instead...

 

[Morning Glory]

I think I´d have gone down the pub and had a few pints instead...

Might have been a better idea. I think I'm just going a bit stir crazy stuck at home.

 

[garlichead]

Have you had a chance to use it yet?