Now I know these aren't new, but I haven't seen much posted about them so I thought I'd comment my two cents worth. Now these have been designed with the aid of David Makin (the current Australian Barista Champion) and so when I first heard about these I was very excited. However, to be fair, these have been design for the masses, and not specialty coffee nutters so I have to keep my judgment fair.
The first thing I noticed about these (besides how colourful they are!) is the damn size of them. AFAIK they only come in 1ltr, which is absurb, even for those 16oz buckets of coffee. And though they are fairly forgiving in terms of different quantities of milk to be textured, they do work best foaming 600mls at a time.
The next most noticable thing is definately the shape (for which many jokes can be made). This shape does however make it almost impossible not to create a fantastic tornado effect while texturing your milk which is fantastic for awesome microfoam. The spout here does let the whole thing down however. It makes precise latte art hard, but for traditional cap's the foam falls into the cup quite well.
On to the 'ergonomic' handles. Hate them! I've seen these on quite a few different milk jugs aimed at the domestic market and personally find better control of the jug with a closer hugging handle. Personally I don't see what positive function these handles achieve, but it's probably related to minimising RSI.
On to the overview; They make suppurbly microfoamed cappuccino milk, aided by the shape of the jug and and sheer volume of the milk being heated. However, I would have loved to have seen these jugs with a phat, alessi stlyed, pouring lip to aid with the latte art, and smaller sizes available. But they certainly serve their purpose well, and I think they're a great step towards to the systematic genocide of the old school westfields/90's/sea froth that we're all down right scared of.
Here below are some pictures of the jug in action and the quality it produces plus a short video (I must apologise for the quality, i shot the whole thing on my phone with one hand while trying to do the rest with the other ;)
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2 comments:
Hi, just love your blog. When does your espresso bar open? I'd love to come visit.
Hi there, thanks for the positive comments. The cafe's coming along, still no word on an official open date. The current time frame is looking at an optimistic mid August but we'll see.
Would love it if you could come along and will obviousely keep you posted! =D
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