The Biggest Milk Steaming Mistakes You're Making

Thank you for the advice! I bought a Breville half a year ago and only succeeded in pouring art once by accident. I know I am not steaming milk correctly and thus no latte art. I think I may not be aerating the soy milk enough and thus not enough foam to draw. I seem to get only enough foam to start the art and then nothing more would come out. I am actually either going to pay for a class in latte art or forget about it. I am leaning towards the latter.

Can u use this technique for the espresso personal machine?

Such a great video. best instructions ive found so far.

THANK YOU! I just got a barista pro and this helped me before I FINISHED the video!

This was exactly what I needed to see. Just got a espresso machine for Christmas and I had no idea how to steam milk properly.

I enjoyed these helpful and unique tips that I have not seen on other sites. She is so fun to watch especially when she is cracking up. I feel like I am in the audience laughing too! Thanks.

Thank you for doing this! I especially appreciate that you even filmed those messy scenes with milk overflowing or flying everywhere

Milksplosion… *giggle😊

Thank you for these tips, I noticed that I'm doing some steps incorrectly.

I have Philips 2200 Series with Classic Milk Frother and when i use the steam wand to steam my milk it creates too many bubbles and microfoam so i can't do any latte art. Any suggestions?

Does this apply to plant-based milks as well? As I have a family history of Cancer and need to avoid the estrogen and BLV in dairy. Thanks for sharing

Great video. Who makes the blue cup you’re using? Really like it!

This is frustrating

the wand position depends on how many holes your steam wand has try this method with a 4 hole steam wand and its not going to work well

Thanks for the info. It was very informative..

Brilliant!! Thank you

I was on my shift and suddenly forgot how to steam milk 💀 this helped a lot so thanks 😂😂😂

What helped me was changing milk brands. Then I got great foam

Just failed my first milk froth and came here 😂 u were right, I heated it way to much before aerate it tasted like sugar at the end its just coffee and milk😂

Only one thing which can't understand.."more fat milk.more need to aeration".then why 6 seconds for full fat milk and 8 seconds for semi skimmed milk

How do I use Heavy Cream instead of Whole Milk? Can you do a video using Heavy Cream....please !!

Watched this video then had to come back to comment. Your tips are the most useful I've ever seen and have lead to the best (although still very much beginner) art I've managed. Cheers!

Why my skim milk latter art sinks after a few seconds of pouring? 😢 not enough swirl after steaming?

Im using an inexpensive espresso machine and the steam wand is rather short and although my frothing technique is okay when I’m making a drink with higher volume of milk like a latte, I struggle with frothing milk for cappuccinos because I'm using less milk. I switched to a smaller pitcher, which has helped but im still not getting consistent results. Any suggestions?

I can get nice smooth texture but bubbles tend to appear a few minutes after it's been poured. Any ideas why that happens?

The pipe makes a lot of noise. Do you have a solution? Thank you!

I have a two-hole steam wand and have yet to figure out the correct position, angle, and orientation of the holes to make good foam. Should one hole be pointing "up" and the other down? Should the holes be in the same direction (parallel) to the closest edge of the steam cup? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Great stuff as always. Thanks a bunch 🌹🌷🌹

I’ve been trying to make latte art for a few years now, and this was the single best video I’ve seen. I love explaining what to expect when you mess up at different steps. Reminds be of something you’d see in “The Food Lab”

Absolutely fantastic video. Deadly intro. You guys are clearly just deadly peeps.
The most massive takeaway for me in this video is turning the pitcher so the handle is perpendicular to your body. I have struggled with not wanting to turn my machine or position my body awkwardly in order to use my steam wand. My machine with the wand straight out towards me does not come up at an angle high enough to make it easy to get a good swirl going. I cannot for the life of me realize why I didn't just turn my pitcher to match the steam wand when I put the steam wand to the side of the machine. It literally makes so much sense with a wand that can't come up enough straight off the front. Not only that you're then tilting the pitcher towards you making it easier to see what you're doing.
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Thanks for this. I recently got my first job at a highway-side coffee shop and the milk always screams for dear life when I steam it. ESPECIALLY with the non-dairy milks! I know there’s a trick to doing it right but I guess I missed that part of training lol

What can you do with the milk left in the pitcher after pouring? Use again? Throw out?

any advice of best ways of using 4-hole steaming-wand-tip ? Verus 2-hole? Thanks.

good tips here.

How many seconds should I hear kissing sound before raising it up

do you think you could make a video on showing what it looks like when you add too much air while steaming and not enough air and just the right amount if you can even tell? Thanks!

She’s cute. Nice fingers.

That is by far the best steaming video out there - I challenge anyone to find better. Like a golf pro showing you how to hit a golf ball - it's all the stuff one doesn't get right which contributes to the final outcome. Well done. A brilliant educational video. Thanks.

The part I never get is how they do that motion that means "ok, I'm now drawing and not just pouring milk". I get that the foam will stay on the top and the liquid milk will sink, but it feels like they get to choose when to start pouring foam, and that makes no sense in my brain.

Almost every cafe I go to virtually all of them do a hands free steam of the milk locking the steamwond and jug in on an angle. Never had bad milk yet 👌. Position may not be as important.

I feel like I use the correct technique but when I try to pour the art it’s just too thin. I use oat milk so maybe that’s why

which milk pitcher are you primarily using in these videos? cant find my ideal one around just yet. thanks!

Thanks
I learned some good tips.
And shes adorable.

You guys are amazing teachers, no fluff just the technics and simple terminologies.

SO FAR BEST I EVER HEARD. 🙏WELL DONE THANKS

Thanks for this. I suck so bad at steaming milk!

Awesome video…thanks…but one question I’ve never seen answered is about how many steam holes in the wand are ideal? My machine has options of two holes or four holes. Any comments? Thanks

Essential information admirably presented.