steaming ahead with ceramic

askthecoffeeguy

Hi All - I've been getting some marvelous results at home recently texturing milk with a beautiful old Japanese ceramic milk jug that I bought for $1 from an op shop!

Seems to provide very good temperature stability and works well with only a small amount of milk  (say enough for one cup) as well

Has anyone else tried ceramic and what do they think?

Pat

PS - don't try collapsing bubbles by banging a ceramic milk jug on the bench top - personal experience has taught me that this is not good for the longevity of the jug!!!!

psaigh

When short a jug i've been known to grab just about anything at hand to get the job done.  From memory i've steamed in a 12oz t/a cup, a ceremic milk jug (for pouring milk at the table), metal bowls (used for mixing etc), a coffee plunger, a glass pyrex jug (that was cool to watch), a Mug and even the milk carton. Most of these were stupid ideas or whatever was at arms reach, but I do agree with you about the thermal stability of the ceramic.  And for training purposed glass works well.  But I doubt any of these would be adopted for commercial use due to the potential risks of breakages. I'd love to try steaming in the large sized bodum pavoni's.

One-a-day

I always do milk for Hot Chocolate in the clear pyrex type measuring jugs, or if its one straight into the mug size cups, always seemed to get better results.