Hey Tegespresso, If you look back through the archives for "steam tip" you should find numerous posts that I've made. In some of those, I did performance tests on many different tips, including how long it took to heat a certain quantity of water to a specific temperature (speed) and whether it overwhelmed the boiler, etc. We don't have unlimited steam in our machines, so a balanced tip is pretty important--so you'll find you need something that is slow enough to make good foam and not outrun the boiler, but also is fast enough when you make multiple drinks.
One side note--a tip from long ago from Ira or Herman I think--open your steam wand until the red light comes on, and then close it. When the pressure builds to just below your set point (i.e. where the red light would go off), start steaming your milk. This will give you a head start on the boiler--it will already be heating when you begin. It tends to give you better steam pressure up front and longer duration. All this said, I've used all the tips you are considering. My opinions: The Pasquini 4-hole will give you fits; tough to get good foam on our machine and it outruns the boiler easily. I used the new isomac 2-hole for about 5 years; it is similar to the gold pro from 1st Line and is a very good tip. It makes tight foam, but is fairly slow, so your guests will be waiting. I have now had the foam knife for about 18 months, I think, and if anything, it is almost too good. I make mainly lattes, and frequently have cappucinos instead because it produces foam so easily! For me, the investment in the foam knife was well worth it, and I wouldn't even consider going back to the isomac, although I loved that tip for its time. If I buy a new machine someday, I'll be switching the tip as soon as I get the machine. I've made this offer to others; if you'd like to borrow my tips and adapter, I'm happy to send them to you so you can try before you buy. So long as you promise not to put pliers on them and to return them. :) All the best, Ben Sent from my apple IIe > On Nov 1, 2015, at 05:26, Tegespresso <[email protected]> wrote: > > As many of you already know, and has been discussed ad nauseam here, I am > struggling to get good "consistent" microfoam from my stock single hole steam > tip. > > I've had my Brewtus IV for roughly 2-years now (absolutely LOVE this machine) > and been practicing making good microfoam ever since. I've done exhaustive > searches on the internet and watched numerous Youtube videos and frankly I > think it is time for a steam tip upgrade. > > To that end, I have it narrowed down to the 2-hole "new" Isomac tip, the > Pasquini 4-hole tip and the Foam Knife 1 tip. The Foam 1 Knife tip being the > leader right now, but with the $100+ expensive along with a wand change at > roughly $40 is really putting a damper on that decision. > > Sooooo, does anyone have any suggestions before I purchase an upgraded steam > tip? > > Many thanks to all that have contributed to this wonder Google Group and > thanks in advance to anyone that can shed some light form their experiences > with upgraded steam tip on their Brewtus machines. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
