Latte art is all the rage for social media, but do people order them for the taste or just the clout? At home I find steaming milk annoying and then it just feels like I’m sitting down to a glass of hot milk when I’m finally done. What are other people’s thoughts? Do you like milk drinks? Do you make them at home?
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Milk drinks are pretty much all I make, it’s good to play with the ratios and how heavily you steam the milk too.
Feeling like it’s a glass of hot milk definitely happens if I do too much milk with a lighter roast, or add too much air while steaming, or get it too hot.
probably need to switch up your ratio. I like 40ml espresso to 150ml steamed milk for a latte but I think technically it’s almost a cortado
Hubs always gets an americano with a splash of oat milk when we’re out, or he pours some into a mug of drip at home. He likes the taste better.
Sometimes, people are just wrong!
Lol. I’ve never been a huge fan of the taste of milk or it’s alternatives straight. But I like the taste of coffee. I keep trying the combo because I think there must be something there that people like. But I guess it’s not for me.
try nitro cold brew, it’s the creamy texture without the taste. if I could have that in a hot coffee I’d never touch dairy again, I don’t dislike milk just the dairy industry in general.
Do you have any recommendations brands of nitro cold brew? I think I’ve seen the Starbucks canned one, but I don’t like supporting them.
I would suggest finding a cafe with it on tap instead of out of a can.
I’ve always made my own, it’s a fairly low investment for the maker and nitrogen canisters.
That makes about as much sense as asking whether people actually like coffee. There are so many variations of “coffee with milk”, and they’re usually prepared without latte art.
Personally I don’t really like steamed milk anymore, I’ll either drink my coffee without milk or with cold milk. Heated milk has a peculiar flavor that’s distinct from cold or room temperature milk, and at some point I started disliking it. Also, it has to be cow milk for me.
A lot of places overheat the milk until it becomes “construction foam” (Bauschaum). That would explain the bad taste.
I’m frothing milk at home when I want a cappuccino, so I put it into a metal vessel and hold the vessel with my hand during foaming so I can feel when the milk is nearing 80C (feels uncomfortable)
But as coffee goes, everyone has their own taste, so if you prefer cold milk - you do you. (I have another friend who likes the milk scalding hot, close to boiling - when she’s visiting I’ll make her coffee like she prefers, even if my mind goess “THIS IS SO WRONG”)
