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Little coffee geek there? :) Cheating Miss Silvia?

I like that machine, got it for my father two years ago. I use a Isomac Zaffiro.

But my milk won't look as good as yours ever.

Val.

Coffee is my other hobby. Besides watches, playing golf and riding my motorcycle through the black forrest :)
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I am pretty much a starter with my coffee addiction. I hope my "latte art" will get better in future. So what I want to say is that there are probable 5.9 billion people out there that can do it better.

The key is the texture of the milk. I am still trying...

What you need: A mill, an espresso machine and a watch. Yes, you really need a watch.

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After only one hour the coffee loses about 40% of the ethereal oils that are the reason for it's flavour. So only fresh powdered coffee should be used.

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Push it baby...

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That's how it should look like after compressing the coffee on the portafilter.

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Insert the portafilter

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A good espresso needs about 30 seconds (have a look at your watch!) for only 25ml. Faster makes it less tasteful, slower will kill the golden brown crema on top and will make it too bitter.

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Your espresso should look like this now:

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Some cold milk. More fat makes it a lot easier to get a nice milk froth. Take whole milk with at least 3.5% fat.

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Full throttle!

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The volume of the milk has nearly doubled.

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At this point you should avoid taking pictures and instead try to be fast with your desired theme:

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Take a toothpic and some of the crema. You can write with it!

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So now you know what watch I was wearing:

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Are Val and I the only coffee geeks here?

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