Also see Can't pour two cappuccinos, including hints from USBC champion Bronwen Serna.

Sedi wrote:.... In the subject the poster wrote: "forget all of that, I'd rather take it from world's greatest latte artist".

Uh - did he say POWDERED MILK? That's awesome!

I started off with a battery frother and microwave in the early days too... I wasn't so fancy to sprinkle with a fancy stencil though. Out geeked again!

Geoff

Beezer wrote:I don't think he's saying that the milk separates out. It's just that if you pour both drinks from the same pitcher, more foam tends to end up in the first drink than in the second one. I've had this happen to me too. Transferring some milk to the second pitcher before pouring the first drink allows you to make sure your ratios of milk and foam are right for both drinks.

The issue is only relevant to situations like the WBC where you have to serve all the drinks at the same time. In that case, you're going to have steamed milk sitting for a long time if you steam it all at once. Competitors have learned the trick of splitting the milk early, then swirling to recombine and pour later. This results in 4 consistent drinks.

Really not relevant to home baristas -- and not even relevant to pro baristas (outside of competition formats) as a general rule.

Sedi wrote:Well, here is one of these folks who is not Heather. Someone posted this in a thread where people were asking and giving tips for latte art in an Israeli coffee forum. In the subject the poster wrote: "forget all of that, I'd rather take it from world's greatest latte artist".

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Sedi,
Can you link me to this forum? I've been looking for an online Israeli coffee community for a little while. I know Israel takes its coffee very seriously! Very awesome coffee shops all over the country.

Sure. Don't expect for much. Many dialogs there sound like ones of people who hit each others cars in a traffic jam, you know, the typical Israeli conversation. Many users who know their coffee got tired of it and write only occasionally when replying to a specific question. Until not too long ago, one of the moderators was the founder and owner of coffee-tech, he dropped. The interface is also annoying. This is however the most active coffee forum here and if you have a specific question about coffee in Israel there will always be someone there to answer. Here is the link:

http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum...page.asp?forum=320