Nice international border symmetry! The reason that I was looking at this tip in the first place is that 1st-Line (Gold Pro) will not ship to Canada. I will look for the 2-hole Isomac. Benjamin, is this: http://www.chriscoffee.com/products/home/repairpartssection3/new4holesteamtip what you are looking for?
On Oct 26, 6:26 pm, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Sigh. Shaun always makes me feel like the Grasshopper. I can pour a > really nice 6 ounce latte, but I only aspire to something that small. > > Anyway. I use the 2-hole isomac (small holes) and Shaun uses the 2- > hole Gold Pro. They are nearly identical, and make excellent foam for > anything latte size or smaller (Italian latte, not American swimming > pool latte). The stock one-hole does a nice job, but as you said, > takes a bit more "hand". > > Search on "tip experiment" and you'll find a lot of info. > > tx, > bmc > On Oct 26, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Shaun Taylor wrote: > > > > > There are a few tips out there that I'd like to play with but if you > > don't > > want to try a bunch of experimentation and it's just good milk you are > > looking for there have been some really solid threads on the subject > > in the > > archinves (quite a lot of work done by Ben) and the recommendations > > made at > > that time are good in my opinion. As long as you go with a > > recommended tip, > > and practice, you can pour some fantastic microfoam with the > > Brewtus. I pour > > great milk every single day. Here's an example of a four ounce > > beverage I > > had a few days ago in my own kitchen: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/staylortravelling/4007313284/sizes/o/in/... > > 57594496028315/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > Shaun Taylor > > >http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ > > >http://shaunseye.blogspot.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf > > Of Benjamin McCafferty > > Sent: 26 October 2009 15:59 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Another steam tip > > > My suspicion is that this tip will make it easier to draw air into the > > milk during the stretching phase, but will not make any difference > > during the rolling phase (which is where I feel the one-hole tip could > > be stronger). Let us know how it goes. I've tested lots of tips, but > > don't think I'll be trying this one. What I really would like to see > > is a four-hole that actually has holes .9mm or smaller. > > bmc > > On Oct 26, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Bobcat wrote: > > >> I've been wishing for something like this for a long time. The > >> tapered > >> tip looks like it would make it easier to get good microfoam. The > >> original tip is just too bulbous. I'm ordering it right now. > > >> I tried to get a tip that was supposed to be similar to this from WLL > >> about two years ago. They described it as the new latte art steaming > >> tip. After ordering it I was informed that it was on backorder, and > >> it > >> would ship as soon as they had it. They went ahead and charged my > >> credit card and I eventually forgot about it. Then, about 6 months > >> later, a tip showed up that was identical to the one that came on my > >> machine two years earlier. That was the last time I gave them any of > >> my business. > > >> On Oct 22, 9:36 pm, rutnip <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Does anybody know anything about this?http://www.zcafe.ca/site/ > >>> Product.aspx?ID=472 > >>> I wonder if it really is an Expobar product. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
