I actually plugged one of the holes with a toothpick. It definitely increased the velocity of the steam coming out of the other hole. It also enabled fantastically textured and sweet microfoam! It's a bit slower than without the toothpick, but at least you can foam with it...
-David On Oct 20, 11:19 pm, Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > Search the archives for "tip experiment" and you'll find my testing and > results on many tips. My conclusion (which WLL warned me before I purchased > the two-hole tip) was that the two hole tip is not very good for anything, > especially not for microfoam. It does heat a drink really fast, though, if > that's what you want to do. > tx, > bmc > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > > > From: DonSWG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:26:29 -0700 (PDT) > > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > > Subject: Has anyone had microfoam success with the Brewtus II's two-hole > > wand? > > > Hi there, first post! I was just wondering if anyone has been able to > > coax microfoam from the BII no burn two-hole steam tip. I have been > > practicing for several months now with the soapy water technique > > (Scott Rao's idea. it really works), and going back to milk every so > > often to check up. I can make fine foam with the one hole tip, but > > it's too slow, and the foam is a bit airier. I have used a high volume > > tip on a Synesso Cyncra before, so I know how to make good foam, but I > > seem to be unable to accomplish it on this machine :(. If anyone can > > give me some tips (pardon the pun), it'd be most appreciated. > > > -David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
