Frothing Thermometer: The Missing Link

It seems as though I’ve had the Caffe Tiziano coffee maker for a long time but looking back at the blog post, surprisingly it hasn’t even been a year since my first milk frothing experience right at home. There was just something missing from the inventory — a frothing thermometer you often see being used at Starbucks or Coffee Bean. These things aren’t exclusively supplied to cafes and restaurants if you know where to look. I knew exactly who would have these but at the time I looked they were out of stock until yesterday when I dropped by Guan Hock Lee with Eric and they had new arrivals.

The Perfect Cup of Gourmet Coffee Made Right at Home | Caffitaly Espresso in a Bodum Pavina

Pour the milk into the steaming pitcher until it is just about 1/3 of the way full. Milk will double to triple in volume after the frothing process when performed properly. A stainless steel pitcher works best. It will dissipate some of the heat, allowing more time to infuse air into the milk before the milk gets too hot.

Slowly lower the pitcher until the tip of the wand is just below the surface of the milk (keeping the circulation going). When you can hear a hissing noise, similar to bacon frying, you have reached the perfect position for the wand to inject air into the milk. See instructions link for more guidance.

Full bodied Caffitaly Intenso Espresso combined with frothed milk served in double wall thermo-glass as much eye-candy as it is a strong and aromatic brew to savour.

Excellent Instructions for Frothing Milk Check out the inspirational video of Latte Art below:

Caffitaly Intenso Bulla Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Float


Having a Caffitaly single serve coffee maker right in the comfort and convenience of my own studio means I get to experiment on a whim. Hosting dinner for cousin Daniel and his wife Santi last night, I picked up a 2L tub of Bulla Mint Chocolate Chip for after dinner treat. Last night went well creating new opportunity today to experiment with an ice cream float. Instead of dipping a scoop of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream into an ice cold glass of Root Beer, I fused a scoop with a fresh brew of Intenso espresso (South American Arabica).

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I used a tea infuser from my mom for this purpose where the Bodum would be too big.

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I never used to take my coffee black but since getting the Caffitaly coffee maker, I've grown to appreciate a fresh brew without milk except when I have a guest I'd be happy to froth milk for a guest.

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The Bulla Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream has a smooth creamy texture and tastes great on its own. Caffitaly Intenso Espresso on its own a rich velvety flavour coffee. Fusing them created an interesting blend of flavour that's neither here nor there. I should perhaps call this "No Man's Land"

Breakfast Served: Smoked Trout, 8 Grain Brown Bread and a Caffitaly Morbido Espresso

Breakfast on October 10, 2011: Lightly smoked Tasmanian Ocean Trout with alfalfa sprouts with generous helping of Nuttelex Olive margarine spread on wholegrain bread. Click on image to visit Facebook link.

Some of us occasionally crave the kind of breakfast that’s usually served at fancy cafes and upscale restaurants that usually also includes freshly brewed fragrant gourmet coffee. The good news is that with a little bit of effort, you can pretty easily obtained the same healthy ingredients from your local supermarket or a cold storage facility and make your own. The ingredients are simply: 8 Grain Brown Bread with Nuttelex Olive spread, Black Peppered Smoked Trout, Lettuce. OK, my coffee didn’t come from the shelves of a supermarket but rather a B$389 Caffitaly system. Thing is this, when you buy a pack of smoked anything be it trout, salmon or tuna they usually expire in a matter of days — luckily for me, I get to share this with my wife so the trout and brown bread lasted us 3 days.

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Day 3 — same ingredients with an addition of scrambled eggs. For my morning brew, I was torn between Coffee Bean's FRENCH or VIENNESE but at the last minute, I popped in a stronger MORBIDO instead.

[ Camera: Canon PowerShot G11 ]

A Facebook Friend currently in Melbourne came across the top photo I posted and felt compelled to comment about ‘ang-mo style’ (a popular Chinese slang to mean Western).

Safarul Izwan | “well atm im still in Melbourne and one of the best thing about being in Melbourne is their ang-mo style breakfast, poached eggs, hollandaise sauce, bagel/bread and of course the salmon that goes along with it. once i go back, i dont even know where to find that kind of breakkie any more.” — Facebook comment

Recommendations by my foodie friends in Bandar Seri Begawan where Safarul may find such breakfast: