A Good Cup of Coffee

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Hanneke Aug 2013 12:53pm, 8 Aug 2013 62,382 posts	0 Hanneke If you want a nice, stiff foam, it takes some doing without a steam pipe but can be done. You will have to hold the milk against the boil DO NOT LET IT BOIL, then whisk it frantically while keeping it against the boil it should froth up.
Red Squirrel Aug 2013 1:32pm, 8 Aug 2013 10,616 posts	0 Red Squirrel ... and set your alarm half an hour earlier for all the faffage of a morning.
Hanneke Aug 2013 1:33pm, 8 Aug 2013 62,383 posts	0 Hanneke
old mum Aug 2013 1:40pm, 8 Aug 2013 648 posts	0 old mum And for the love of the Coffee God, if you're making a cappuccino don't spoon the foam on from the jug, pour the milk in from the side of the jug, retaining the foam inside, then slide the foam on to the top of the coffee. Seeing the milk decanted with a spoon makes my coffee making pedant's blood boil (it knocks out all the air and destroys the silky smooth foam that a cappuccino should have). Although thankfully not the milk...
Hanneke Aug 2013 1:48pm, 8 Aug 2013 62,385 posts	0 Hanneke nods
Anj Aug 2013 5:22pm, 8 Aug 2013 5,485 posts	0 Anj Hann, I have this Gaggia (bought as a birthday present) coffeeitalia.co.uk I use Lavazza espresso ground coffee and use goats milk which I froth up with the steamer. Hmmmmmm. Tend to only use it at weekends as don't have much time in week mornings to make one before work
Steady Edina Aug 2013 5:23pm, 8 Aug 2013 14,544 posts	0 Steady Edina I stopped for coffee twice today but no cake
Hanneke Aug 2013 10:50pm, 8 Aug 2013 62,397 posts	0 Hanneke Nice one Anj. I have my morning coffee at work during the week, at home at the weekend. At home I grind my own beans and froth up milk and it all takes too long on a working day morning.
Steady Edina Aug 2013 11:07pm, 8 Aug 2013 14,558 posts	0 Steady Edina I would really like a coffee now before I go to bed but I don't want to be up all night either.
jacdaw Aug 2013 11:15pm, 8 Aug 2013 255 posts	0 jacdaw Rancilio make better coffee machines than Gaggia! Better to grind your own beans and use the most basic coffee pot than use pre-ground coffee in the best machine in the world! Milk in coffee is just wrong.