For 3 years I've been trying to come up with a good method of making a Barista Grade Soy Cappuccino for my wife. I've finally made it to that place. In the photo you will see a single lever espresso maker called a "Flair". It will make a fine grade espresso with beautiful color and the three stage or three level colors til it settles out with nice crema. The other devise is a stove to steamer to steam/foam the milk, in our case soy. That little steamer will steam/foam any kind of non dairy beverage to a thick fine foam. I get so weary of barista's in "good coffee establishments" try and give my wife dish water looking foam and cop out with the "soy just doesn't foam right" excuse.
With this set up and several other measuring, grinding and temperature monitoring devises I can make true barista grade cappuccinos right off the top of the propane stove with no shore power or generator. I suppose the only down side is the entire trailer is full of steam by the time I'm done making her coffee. I, on the other hand drink what Juan Valdez drinks....black coffee with nothing else!
With this set up and several other measuring, grinding and temperature monitoring devises I can make true barista grade cappuccinos right off the top of the propane stove with no shore power or generator. I suppose the only down side is the entire trailer is full of steam by the time I'm done making her coffee. I, on the other hand drink what Juan Valdez drinks....black coffee with nothing else!
My wife's espresso machine caved in again! So I had to rescue her by bring in the set up in the trailer to make her Soy Caps. For those interested in attempting this, here is my entire rig. All the citrus in the back ground is optional! I think the most difficult item to source is the grinder. In a general search on ebay and Amazon, I couldn't find it. I included a photo of the brand of the coffee grinder. All of the other items are pretty "boiler plate", straight up items available off the net and local shops. The Flair Espresso press is the key though. With out that, I'm nowhere..............
Here is the brand of Grinder. We bought this grinder @ a local coffee supply shop. It is adjustable and will literally grind from flour to gravel. Seems like this was about $50.00
All to achieve this. A fine soy-cap. with no curdling and naturally sweet and rich taste...........Holy-Cow, it's a fair amount of set up.....but hey, we're camping and not in a rush........right?
Here is the brand of Grinder. We bought this grinder @ a local coffee supply shop. It is adjustable and will literally grind from flour to gravel. Seems like this was about $50.00
All to achieve this. A fine soy-cap. with no curdling and naturally sweet and rich taste...........Holy-Cow, it's a fair amount of set up.....but hey, we're camping and not in a rush........right?
