This is my description how to froth milk for your Caffe Latte. 1. Place your pitcher with milk in the freezer for a minute or two so it´s really cold. 2. Purge your steamwand to let any water out. Don´t want that water to end up in your froth now do you? :) 3. Put the pitcher under the wand so the tip of the steamwand is positioned right below the surface of the milk. I put the wand a 8 o clock on the pitcher and tilt the pitcher towards me. 4. Turn on the steam and listen for the sound that sounds like "ripping paper". If the sound is to loud and you get tons of bubbles: rise the pitcher slightly. If you aren´t hearing anything, carefully lower the pitcher until you hear the sound. Always tilt the pitcher so you get a whirlpool effect, incorporating the air into the milk for that silk smooth froth! 5. When the side of the pitcher is slightly warm, bring the pitcher up a bit further. 6. Watch the whirlpool! 7. When the bottom of the pitcher is to hot to touch comfortably turn of the steam and remove the pitcher. 8. Wipe of the steamwand with a cloth and purge the steamwand to let any old milk out to prevent damage to your machine. 9. (not included in this video) Tap the pitcher on a table to get rid of any bubbles and swirl around the pitcher so blend the froth with the milk for that silky smooth texture! 10. Pour the perfect rosetta :)
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
How to froth milk with Gaggia Classic
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@Jashfish Thanks! Glad you liked it
ReplyDelete@kiwiace625 I sawed of the old washer and reused that one with the new silvia steamwand. I had to push really hard but it worked. But I think it depends on version of the Gaggia machine and the version of the silvia steamwand. I used the old Silvia steamwand with just 1 hole.
ReplyDeleteHey! I was reading the Silvia steam wand doesn't fit straight on as they are different. Please explain how it is fitted if you did it yourself or did you get a coffee tech to do it. It definately isn't a straight fix.
ReplyDeleteReally simple, great video.
ReplyDeleteYeah keeping an eye by touch with the hand and drawing air in with the steam is FAR superior to the silly so called Auto frother.
ReplyDelete@joelholmquist Great to hear! Keep on steamin´ :)
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! It really worked :-O Thanx m8 :-D
ReplyDeleteDang!!! It worked :-O :-D THANX m8
ReplyDeleteGlad to be of help!
ReplyDeletecheers m8t,, that helped alot thank you.
ReplyDeletethanks!
ReplyDelete@backyardproduction2 what is so wrong?
ReplyDeletethis is so wrong
ReplyDeleteso you change the original steam wand with this
ReplyDeletedoes this make better microfoam ?
It´s hard to say. The reason to purge the steamwand from water is not to heat up the milk to fast before you reach microfoam. As long as you dont have very much water in your steam the taste itself shouldn´t be impacted. Maybe the "mounthfeel" of the foam is different at a good café because they have a better machine/they are better at foaming milk? Just keep practicing and watch videos on youtube on how to steam milk.
ReplyDeleteRemember to use ice cold milk and use 2-3 % fat milk.
hey man
ReplyDeletei have gaggia new baby and i think i have a problem.
when i forth or steam milk for nescafe . the taste of the milk after the act is more like the taste of fresh milk, when i drink nescafe in a cafe the taste is so deferent why
does this happen with the fact that my gaggia keeps throw a little bit water from the steam wand ?
Yes I just forgot to mention that. This machine is modded with the rancilio froth wand. I can highly recommend that you do the same if you can with the Gaggia Paros.
ReplyDeletedid you modified the steam wand of your gaggia classic?... or comes just like that?
ReplyDeletei ask because i have a gaggia paros which is basically the same innards of the classic, but the steamwand is pitiful.. and proper frothing is a Pain in the Ass... actually, in about 40 tryouts I manage to get microfoam (and therefore make some kind of latte art) just twice.