Hands-Free Milk Steaming Technique

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On single boiler espresso machines, steaming milk for lattes and cappuccinos can take up a lot of time. Without being able to speed up that process, the most efficient way to steam milk is to steam hands free! This frees you up to clean the portafilter, and prepare the next shot of espresso while your milk steams. Stay tuned to learn our hands free milk steaming technique on the Breville Barista Pro that is not only convenient, but will allow you to consistently steam perfect milk for latte art!

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[LifestyleLab_]

Look ma, no hands!
Have you mastered this technique?

[jiinx]

Watched a Barista on YT use this method. Seeing he's making anywhere from 2-6 drinks at time he doesn't have time to stand and steam milk. He listens for the sound change to stop steaming. Cannot fault it because his milk was spot on including his latte art.

[SavasTaa]

4 years of being a professional barista and I definetly do this as it takes so much time to steam milk with my SDB.

This is a great tip for begirners.

[hopstepjoe]

I’d love to have a much longer video showing a recorded example with daily and non-dairy preferably Oat Milk

[utube]

This is a really good tip! And it works. Best microfoam I've ever had from my Breville. Thank you!

[meneerroy]

I'm so glad I found your channel after I bought my Breville a year ago. Amazing tips, I'll be sure to try this one out tonight!

[scanspeak]

This is fantastic and solves the 1 concern I had about buying the dual boiler (I hate steaming milk manually). Thank you!!!

[Gamblor]

I've been using this technique for a year now, it's awesome! I have a dual boiler and the slanted front side lets me rest the pitcher at an angle to get that perfect swirl.

[munkybiz]

A digital thermometer would also make an alarm sound when the desired temperature is reached.

[Yirgamalabar]

There's actually no need to put the pitcher on the drip tray. Just find something stable (like a jar or a can) that's the right height and put it to the side of the machine, with the pitcher on top and the steam wand submerged to the level you want. It works perfectly with several machines I tried, from a lever-based Elektra Microcasa a Leva, through to a super-automatic Gaggia Magenta Plus to a dual E61 grouphead Expobar.

[mcdus]

Pro Tip! Thank you, will try it right away!!

[philraz]

i really appreciate this information brother!

[nomadsolos]

You have some of the best tutorials on the art of brewing I have seen anywhere. It leads me to ask once more are you or have you been a professional barista, or an instructor?

[puretube]

Your tips are always amazing thank you!

[StevietheTV]

Going to try this in the morning, really hope it works so I can improve my workflow and get some things cleaned 👍

[fooheekeong]

Thank you. will try it tonight. Great Tip!

[REMY.C.]

Thanks a lot for this video.

The Decent Espresso digital thermometer is a very good one.

[suecoelho]

YOU ARE AWESOME…THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INFORMATIVE VIDEOS 🎉

[troyabraham]

Love that colour on the breville. Can only get the brushed stainless where I'm from... 😥

[abhaykalla]

Need to try it on my Barista Pro, I'm still getting used to the steaming process on Breville. On my last espresso machine I was a pro at creating microfoam, but with the 3 hole spout it's definitely challenging.