Froth Away!

One perk of working from home is that your favourite beverage is always at hand in the kitchen. :) While I stick mainly to tea and water, my morning ritual includes a cup of coffee.

My kitchen is well-stocked in terms of basic cookware/bake ware, including coffeemakers of various types (Automatic, French Press, Filter, etc.). However, the one gadget I have always wanted to buy was a milk frother. I sure would love to start the day with a real cafe au lait. Call me nostalgic for my youth back in Quebec.

Tonight I decided that in this day and age, I could probably learn how to properly froth milk myself, at home, with minimal equipment. So I set about googling, and let me tell you- the number of pages devoted to proper technique is astonishingly large. Granted, in this post-Starbucks world, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. It just goes to show that for everything there is a group of ardent die-hards who dedicate their lives to the given cause. In this case, the cause of Golden Grail is obtaining perfect foam.

So for any die-hard Starbucks fans, fear not! Even if you work from home (and consequently have been missing that pit stop at Starbucks that used to be part of your morning commute), you can still enjoy an excellent Triple Triple Double Double Whatever. And while you're job searching, you can save unnecessary hits to your bank account by occasionally making your favourite drinks at home!

Two pages worth mentioning:
http://www.home-barista.com/espresso-guide-frothing-milk.html
http://www.jlhufford.com/articles/frothingmilk.asp

Happy job hunting!