When we were children, we all blew bubbles. We mixed the soap suds with some water and blew them with a straw, and the bubbles flew all over the sky. In the advanced version, players can use the hoop to pull out big bubbles and put people inside.

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It is not just soapy water that can turn into bubbles. Today, Uncle Nai will tell you about the gorgeous transformation of milk - milk foam.

From milk to milk foam, the taste is very different

It is difficult to verify who invented milk foam, but according to most food legends, Uncle Nai has a guess:

People used to just add milk when drinking tea and coffee. A careless barista added milk that had been foamed accidentally. The customer thought it was delicious and fun, so milk foam was born.

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For liquid milk to turn into dense foam, the important thing is that the air is evenly distributed, forming many small gaps inside, making the original milk density smaller and The larger volume allows it to float on top of the coffee and increase the contact area between the milk and the mouth, making the milk taste sweeter and thicker.

How to make milk froth

The first threshold that many coffee lovers encounter when making their own coffee is - how to make milk froth?

Most of the milk foam in coffee shops is made by steam.

Put the thin tube that produces steam into the milk, and the pressurized steam will immediately blow out many bubbles. A skilled barista can make bubbles of different sizes, which is very efficient.

But most people don’t have this kind of equipment at home. It doesn't matter, you only need an inconspicuous milk frother, pour warm whole milk in, and pull the filter at a stable frequency to get fine milk foam.

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Add milk foam with skillful hands and draw beautiful patterns

In addition to covering the coffee to transform into cappuccino, the milk foam also There is a very romantic function - latte art.

There will be a layer of mixture of fat, gas and coffee on the surface of the freshly made coffee, which is relatively stable and can hold the weight of the milk foam for ten minutes or even longer. Taking advantage of this feature, you can use milk foam to draw pictures on coffee.

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In addition to using "pulled" ones, you can also use "carved" ones, which are more delicate and cute.

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△It’s so cute to use dense milk foam to draw the panda’s butt

If the milk foaming lasts longer, do it well After letting it sit for a while, you will get a harder milk foam, which is stable enough to pile up and you can play more tricks.

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Frothing milk is easy, but milk froth latte art is definitely a technical job. My uncle just drank three cups of failed products. If he had milk powder, he would be able to latte art. Feel free to send it to Uncle Nanny to show off.