Where's the coaster?

This is an old thread which was rescued from oblivion. To answer the original question a year after it was asked, I think Scott Rao's The Professional Barista Handbook is a better book overall. With all due respect and appreciation to Schomer's work, some of his findings & assumptions in the book turned out to be erroneous or questionable at best, and in need of an update. Scott's book does it nicely, and adds a lot of practical advice on making better coffee be it espresso or other brew methods.

RegulatorJohnson wrote:in geico commercial caveman voice... "uhhh , what ?!"

is it still 2% if you add fat to it?

if its powder, how can it be non-instant ?

im having an existential meltdown right now.

j

Hi, David here,

Ken typed too quickly. It's nonfat milk. Nonfat milk powder comes in two forms. The more common one, known as instant, has a slightly coarse granular texture and if you're lucky will mix without a blender. Unfortunately, it leaves the milk with a grainy texture that persists after foaming. The rarer form is called non-instant. It has the texture of talc, and won't mix without a blender. But it does mix completely, and as Ken says can be used in the proportion of about 2 tbs per quart to make 2% milk creamier, and the extra protein allows you to get better microfoam. One producer is Organic Valley. I assume that's more than you wanted to know.

Best,
David

KittenCoffee wrote:One interesting thought though, written with a wry smile.
(Some) Men think that if they have 10 rods and 100 lures they will catch bigger fish.
(Some) Men think that if they have 5 cameras and 15 lenses, they will take better photographs.
(Some) Men think that if they own a G5....

Way off-topic now, but it brings to mind a wonderfully pithy quote by one of the éminance grises of computer science, Edsger W. Dijkstra, who wrote "About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead."

Best,
David

Dijkstra just thinks too small. Give me an infinite number of monkeys with blunt axes...

RapidCoffee wrote:Dijkstra just thinks too small. Give me an infinite number of monkeys with blunt axes...

Through in a Monkey with an ax to grind, and you can save plenty on the workforce

Abe Carmeli wrote:Through in a Monkey with an ax to grind, and you can save plenty on the workforce

I'd throw in a monkey with a wrench to grind, but this is getting too silly altogether.