Yes, both of you - go get your espresso machines! Use COLD soy milk...

The instructions on mine said to brew the espresso first, up to a certain point, then froth.

Pour the soymilk into a frothing pitcher (this really helps), and place the bottom of the nozzle just below the surface of the milk. Turn to steam, and try to keep the nozzle JUST below the surface of the froth so air gets sucked in. Try and suck up the big bubbles, if any, so the froth gets finer and finer.

Keep your hand on the bottom of the frothing pitcher, so you can feel the temperature of the milk.

Defintely froth first, then heat the milk.

(At some point, you're supposed to stop frothing, and push the nozzle down into the milk so that you're just heating and texturizing the milk, so that it swirls around, but I can't figure out where that point is.)

When it becomes too hot to keep your hand on the pitcher, you're done. Turn it back to brew to use up the rest of the water.

I don't even use that frothing aid thingie that you're supposed to attach to the steam nozzle - don't need it.

Enjoy! Of course, the espresso itself is not the greatest, but since a latte is more milk than espresso, it's okay.

Once of these days, I'm gonna get me a real espresso machine, but for now, this works.

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Yes, both of you - go get your espresso machines! Use COLD soy milk...

The instructions on mine said to brew the espresso first, up to a certain point, then froth.

Pour the soymilk into a frothing pitcher (this really helps), and place the bottom of the nozzle just below the surface of the milk. Turn to steam, and try to keep the nozzle JUST below the surface of the froth so air gets sucked in. Try and suck up the big bubbles, if any, so the froth gets finer and finer.

Keep your hand on the bottom of the frothing pitcher, so you can feel the temperature of the milk.

Defintely froth first, then heat the milk.

(At some point, you're supposed to stop frothing, and push the nozzle down into the milk so that you're just heating and texturizing the milk, so that it swirls around, but I can't figure out where that point is.)

When it becomes too hot to keep your hand on the pitcher, you're done. Turn it back to brew to use up the rest of the water.

I don't even use that frothing aid thingie that you're supposed to attach to the steam nozzle - don't need it.

Enjoy! Of course, the espresso itself is not the greatest, but since a latte is more milk than espresso, it's okay.

Once of these days, I'm gonna get me a real espresso machine, but for now, this works.

smileys/smile.gif

 
Marilyn and Marsha, I've been making soy milk lattes, using a really old, really inexpensive Krups..

I dragged a Krups espresso maker out of the closet, and have been making lattes and cappucino (how do you spell that??) with plain soy milk (the unsweetened one from Costco).

I need a lesson from a barista, but actually, I've been getting better with the frothing thing. Once I figured out that I need to suck in some air (by skimming the surface with the frothing wand) my soy froth has been pretty nice.

(I thought you had to skim the surface of the milk, but now I realize you skim the top of the froth, and it the bubbles get finer and finer.)

But anyway, soy milk works for lattes. It wouldn't work as well for coffee, though - I think it's too thin, and you'd notice the texture of the soy more.

The refrigerated Silk creamer's not so bad....

 
Sandi, I have one of those - I'm going to rescue it from it's spot in the garage and make

some lattes!

 
Thanks S! I have an old cheapo espresso maker taking up space in the cupboard.

I was also told by a barista-ette that cold skin milk froths better than higher fat dairy. Can't quite wrap my head around that, but I'm willing to give it a shot. I was heating my milk first, then trying to froth.

 
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Excellent report. Thanks Marsha. I was doing rather well without dairy....

and then crashed and burned after spending 10 hours at airports Monday trying to get home. Since I had to drive an hour once we eventually got to Florida, I kept drinking lattes to stay awake. Now I'm back to square one.

 
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