Coffee beverages prepared with milk from any source (cow, soy, or other animal or plant) used in the preparation of coffee. Sometimes steamed, frothed, foamed, or other preparation.
Questions tagged [milk]
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Why must the milk be frothed?
Nearly every coffee machine has the milk go through this device which not only heats it up but causes it to froth up.
Why is this important for a coffee? What's wrong with just heated milk?
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Where can I get Koiwai coffee milk delivered to Europe?
Since I went to Japan on holidays I've been craving the coffee milk that I've had over there, but I haven't been able to get it at home.
No local asian stores stock it and I haven't been able to find any online stores (although admittedly I have…
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Storing cream in my office
I have a coffee maker in my office, but no fridge for my cream! Unfortunately, even a mini/bar fridge would be too big for my office.
What other options do I have for keeping cream good for 8-10 hours? I can bring just what I'll use for the day in…
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What reasonable diet substitutes for coffee cream are there?
I need cream in my coffee. I can only stomach black, when it's excellent, properly brewed and so on. But at work I have no conditions for making excellent coffee - I make do with decent brand instant (lyophilized), I still need cream for it, and I…
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Instant coffee to powdered milk ratio?
I'm going backpacking in a few weekends, and in order to save on pack weight I've been dehydrating a lot of my meals. As I think about breakfast, I'm settling on carrying only powdered milk and instant coffee for my breakfast cup of joe. I was…
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Vessels for frothing and pouring the milk
I recently bought an espresso machine with steamer for the milk. However I noticed that the quality of the foam changes according to the vessel I use to steam and froth it.
Are there a specific type of vessel I should use for steaming, frothing and…
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Is brewing coffee with milk instead of water a bad idea? And if so, how bad is it?
I remember a Friday night kitchen experiment when I mixed very hot low-fat milk with coffee powder and partially ran it through a paper filter. Many of the complex, high-molecular milk components didn't make it through the filter, so they blocked…
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