Hi, welcome to Barista Bee. Many of the
beginners always have a problem with
steaming the milk and getting the right
angle, and today we're gonna show you two
different ways to steam the milk using
your left-hand side or your right
hand side. And where both are
right-handed, but I personally prefer
using my left hand side to steam the
milk and getting the right angle. And for
me, I'm comfortable with the right hand
side to steam the milk to get the right
angle. And it really depends on your
personal preference and which way you're
comfortable with, as long as you get the
right technique, you can still get that
silky texture of the milk. So, let's get started!
First we're gonna explain how to get the
right angle, then techniques on how to
froth the milk properly, then followed by
mistakes that many beginners make. So, the
first one is how to get the right angle
using your right hand to hold the jug. So
to get a right angle, the steam wand is in
the center and a little bit closer to
the right side of the jug. Also, the wand
is not resting on a spout of the jug.
It's a little bit away from the spout
When you have set your initial position,
turn on the machine, then use your right
hand to hold the jug, while your left hand
is constantly checking the temperature
Now, let's have a look from the top
perspective. As we have mentioned earlier,
position the steam wand a little bit
closer to the right side of the jug.
This will help the milk to create that
whirlpool or rotating in a spinning
motion. Now, let's move on to how to get the right angle using your left-hand side to
hold the jug. This time the steam wand is
resting on the jug's spout. It's quite
different from your right-hand side
technique, so you position the steam wand
in the center and a little bit to the
right side of the jug as well. When you've
set the position, turn the steam wand on.
And now let's have a look from the top
perspective, so again, the steam one is
resting on a jug's spout and position it
a little bit closer to the right side of
the jug. That way you can create whirlpool
that gives a beautiful texture to your
milk. So let's have a look again the
differences between those two techniques,
both of them have one similarity which
is the steam wand is positioned closer to
right side of the milk jug. Okay, so now
let's talk about the techniques on how
to froth the milk properly. To start, you
need to ensure to position the steam wand
just below the surface of the milk to
create the froth first. To make it
easy to understand, there are two stages
in steaming the milk. The first one is
called the milk-frothing process. Listen to the
sound. When the milk volume has
increased by approximately 20%, be
prepared to bring up the jug to stop the
milk frothing process. Now we are
entering the stage 2 which is the milk
heating stage.  At this stage, you just
need to wait until the milk gets hot, and
can you spot the differences between
milk frothing and milk heating process
sounds?
So again,  in stage one, we are making the
froth first, so make sure the milk is
rotating in a circular motion, and listen
to the hissing sound. And once the volume
of the milk is increased by
approximately 20% bring up the jug a
little bit up, to stop it to create more
froth.  Now this is stage 2 where we just
wait for the milk until it gets hot. It
sounds different, right? Can you tell the
difference? Then turn off the machine
when you are done, and oh by the way I am
making a small latte.  Don't forget to
wipe and purge all the time
Alright, so let's make a latte again,
and count how many seconds does it take
to be in stage one. So, we are frothing
the milk and listen to the hissing
sound while checking the milk volume, and
it takes about 10 seconds to generate
froth for a latte using our Breville
home machine. And you know, different kind
of machines have different power, our
home machine is less powerful and that's
why the frothing stage might be slightly
different from other machines especially
from the commercial machine. So, now let's
try to make a small cappuccino! So we
start with making the froth first in
stage 1, and as we all know cappuccino
has the most among all coffees, and that
is why the stage 1 which is the milk
frothing process will be longer than
frothing latte. And it takes
approximately 18 seconds in stage 1
while in making latte it only takes us
about 10 seconds in stage 1
it's a perfect amount of froth for
cappuccino, well done!
This time I'll be using the commercial
used machine at the cafe where I used to
work to make a latte and the frothing
time only takes four seconds, by
four seconds,  the volume of the milk has
increased by 20%, and that's why I move
up the milk pitcher to enter the stage 2
where I just wait for the milk until it
gets hot
now let's enter our last part of today's
video which is the mistakes that many
beginners make. First one is you know,
sometimes they just can't get the right
angle, and if we try to make the angle
closer to the back of the jug, you will
see that there were many large bubbles
generated, and you can tell that this is
really bad texture of the milk. So this
is not really recommended, and it will
make your milk become really bubbly and
it doesn't look professional at all
and the other one is positioning the
other part of the edge of the wand above
the milk surface, so there are some parts
that are still above the milk surface
and you can see that the milk quickly
generated a lot of froth, and that's why
sometimes you lose control and it makes
the milk texture become really bad
Now let's try to pour this super frothy
milk into our latte glass. When the first
pour you can see there a lot of white
layer foam generated and you can tell
that they are way too much froth, and the
froth is like more than half of the cup
and when you try to lift it up, it feels
really really light. So the next one is
positioning the steam wand to deep below
the surface of the milk. So you are
skipping stage one and you go right to
the stage two and listen to the sound, it
sounds really bad and it's high-pitching
and that means you are not generating
froth and it sounds pretty much like this
now let's try to pour this milk into the
cup and you can see that they are no froth
generated, and it just looks terrible
it doesn't look professional at all and
it's overflowing. Alright, guys so again
practice makes perfect! keep practising
and one day you will get there! And if
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