by prof_stack on Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:08 pm Beezer wrote:I just caught the espresso episode of Good Eats. I thought it was actually pretty good, but Alton needs to learn more about frothing. He recommends heating the milk without stretching to 160 degrees, then frothing the surface for a while. He was using a turbo frother and making some huge soap bubbles. So he's getting scalded milk and bath foam. Yeesh. Maybe Alton needs to start hanging out here.
Yeah, I caught that too. But to try to educate the masses on proper frothing and latte art would take a part 2 and 3 of the show.
Also, I didn't like how he panned the lever machines. Said they were too low a BAR for good espresso.
Same with grinders. He missed out on the superiority of the hand grinder. But I could be biased...
