keithtan1
New member
Hi,
I'm planning to start my own coffee cart business and currently in the process of evaluating the various superautomatic machines, comparing their capabilities vs pricing.
I tested out the latest spec superautomatic with their special milk foaming technology.
My first impression tasting a Cafe Latte was Flat. The foam is nice on the top, but below the layer of foam, it was heated milk with espresso. Little like a coke that is flat. The frothing did not bring out the best of the milk and it tasted alittle manufacturered.
Not a latte prepared by a barista.
The extraction was good. The difference was the quality of the milk froth. There was nice smooth foam at the top, but the bottom layer was more like heated milk and the coffee tasted bitter and hard.
The same cup of espresso with a manually frothed milk tasted right immediately.
Tried different settings with different foam levels but could not get it right.
Just wondering if the milk steaming process have be done manually? Are there existing superautomatics that would produce a cup of latte like a barista would? I'm not looking for award winning coffee, just a decent cup of latte as its supposed to be.
I noticed Starbucks, Macdonalds are manually frothing their milk. Maybe this is the step that cannot be replaced by the machine?
I'm planning to start my own coffee cart business and currently in the process of evaluating the various superautomatic machines, comparing their capabilities vs pricing.
I tested out the latest spec superautomatic with their special milk foaming technology.
My first impression tasting a Cafe Latte was Flat. The foam is nice on the top, but below the layer of foam, it was heated milk with espresso. Little like a coke that is flat. The frothing did not bring out the best of the milk and it tasted alittle manufacturered.
Not a latte prepared by a barista.
The extraction was good. The difference was the quality of the milk froth. There was nice smooth foam at the top, but the bottom layer was more like heated milk and the coffee tasted bitter and hard.
The same cup of espresso with a manually frothed milk tasted right immediately.
Tried different settings with different foam levels but could not get it right.
Just wondering if the milk steaming process have be done manually? Are there existing superautomatics that would produce a cup of latte like a barista would? I'm not looking for award winning coffee, just a decent cup of latte as its supposed to be.
I noticed Starbucks, Macdonalds are manually frothing their milk. Maybe this is the step that cannot be replaced by the machine?
