Milk Frothing in a McDonald's Hot Cup

[cannonfodder]

[miKe mcKoffee]

Cool. One question, what are you doing with a McDonald's coffee cup

[Maskedman]

And you could have made some latte art too

Thomas

[cannonfodder]

I am the local IT manager for one of McDonald's largest distribution companies. We cover 9 states in the US, a good part of the Asia Pacific rim, Australia, the UK, south America, and the list goes on.

So I use their hot cups to pull shots into and froth. No pitchers to wash or cups to clean, I just toss them in the trash when I am finished. That machine and a Mazzer Mini are in my office, so the front office smells wonderful most of the day. I especially enjoy it when we have a tour of the facility and they stop by my office to introduce me. I get a lot of shocked faces, oooo, aaaa's when they get a whiff of the aroma lofting from my office.

I have tried latte art, but the best I can manage is a simple apple. You can squeeze the sides together to get a pseudo spout, but it just doesn't work. That is OK though, I will drink blobs all day long as long as they are tasty.

It was just a demonstration of microfoaming as there have been a lot of questions about it lately. Once you get the hang of it, you can froth in almost any container.

[King Seven]

Thats quite cool, though I have to confess that the professional in me is inwardly yelling "Wipe the steam wand!" at the end there....

Sorry - I am like a nagging mother.....

[HB]

Thats quite cool, though I have to confess that the professional in me is inwardly yelling "Wipe the steam wand!" at the end there....

That's funny, I thought the same thing. Wipe it! Wipe it! [tick... tick... tick...] What are you waiting for man, wipe it!

[cannonfodder]

What do you think I did the moment after I hit the record stop button?

[King Seven]

What do you think I did the moment after I hit the record stop button?

I have no doubt you did, and it is probably more a comment on my inability to switch off from training mode!

[k7qz]

OK, true confession: I know it's cheating but sometimes I'm just in a hurry for a cappa and I do the same thing- grab a coffee mug, pour in cold whole milk and then steam/stretch it right in the cup. Pull my double shot directly into that cup of nice velvety steamed milk, give it a slight stir and call it a day-

If cannonfodder can steam in a McDonald's cup, then I should be allowed to steam in one of the S*bucks coffee cups we have laying around the kitchen!...

[greatinfusions]

In fact - that hot cup is not all that different from a straight walled pitcher, is it?

I think i will go to md's and ask for a cup of water - in a hot cup -

[cannonfodder]

There is more of a taper to them, and it is backward of most pitchers. Many pitchers, even the straight sided, have a taper that slopes in from the base / \ where the hot cup slopes the opposite way \ /. There is obviously no spout but I do pinch the top closer together which gives me a slight point to pour from.

Best part, they are free and I do not have to clean them. Just toss it in my trash can. I cant say I froth much anymore, maybe one drink ever couple of weeks in the office.