Has anyone found a simple hand steamer that could be used to steam milk quickly for lattes?
I'm looking to speed up the process of making some of my favorites drinks and want to eliminate the boiling milk in pots or using expresso machines with the steam nozzle.
This is a tea group.
Last I checked, chai lattes are steamed milk and tea bags
This group has never come up with an answer. The only thing I see is the ugly bulky expresso maker with the steam nozzle. I don't know why you couldn't find something simple for the stove. I expect to find something in the antique stores but no luck. I remember the barbers use to steam towels from some contraption. My guess would be a medical supply catalogue. Whatever it is, it isn't a consumer item.
Jim
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Whenever I need some real steam [mostly for bending thermoplasts and wood] I connect a silicon tube to the regulator valve on one of my cheap indian pressure cookers. It´s pretty makeshift but provides lots of nice hot steam.
Karsten
Bodum makes a simple hand steamer that works with either AA or AAA batteries. Also, check out
Good steaming, M.
Latte is a Franco/Italian term for steamed milk in coffee. Having lived in India for quite a while, chai is spiced tea (many recipes) cooked with milk. Most Indians I know do not use tea bags. They use cheap bulk tea and add a combination of spices. For latte, that is coffee with steamed milk, Salton makes a cheap steamer that works well. Chai is chai. I have moved to the land of crankidom.
Ikea has this gizmo for $4.00.
I can't tell what the gizmo does. That looks like a heating element on the end to me. The steam we're talking about is turning water to super heated vapor and using those calories to heat the milk or whatever.
Jim
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