How to Fake a Latte at Home [VIDEO]

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  Charles

  March 8, 2012 at 6:43 pm

  Didn’t understand… should we use skim milk or not?
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  Megan

  March 9, 2012 at 1:07 pm

  Love it. I do this all the time, and make steamers and hot chocolate for my four kids this way too. It’s a great way to take something basic and healthy and make it a special treat (with almost no effort).

  You can use skim milk, as well as soy or coconut milk (which I use). You can also add Torani syrup instead of sugar- but using soy or coconut milk makes it very tasty as-is. And let’s not forget instant espresso powder! I love using it to add a little shot to my milk without brewing coffee!

  MK
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  srmalloy

  March 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm

  Skim milk seems to produce a more ‘solid’ froth. A number of years ago, I had a Krups steam-pressure espresso machine, and when I made frothed milk in a coffee cup with the steam jet, when I added the espresso to the milk to make cappucino, the milk froth would rise up out of the cup in a cylinder; it was a bizarre effect that was quite amusing. I believe the reason that it worked was that the fat in whole milk interferes with the heat from the steam getting the milk proteins to link around the bubbles in the froth, making it weaker, so it won’t stand up by itself.

  If you don’t have a milk frother, but you do have a french press, you can use it to froth your milk — put the warmed milk in the french press and pump the slide up and down into the milk for thirty seconds to a minute.