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Date: 08 Dec 2006 02:36:18
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: A friend's new steam toy.
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One of my friends brought over his 'new' toy; a Salton Cappuccino Crazy
that he liberated from his sister who never used it. It looked like a piece
of shit at first glance, just another electric mocha pot. But then he
showed me how it converted into a steam frother, just like the ones sold to
the commercial coffee shops for big ($$$) bucks. Granted that it has a
water capacity that limits how much milk you can steam at one time but for
what it is I'm impressed.
We made very nice microfoam for cappuccinos we made to appease the kitchen
gods (our spouses). They loved the drinks so now my friend has
'permission' to keep the thing on his wife's counter top.
Now I've got to find one that I can rip into & see about 'improving' on
it's design. Anyone have one they'd like to donate?
Robert (duck & cover) Harmon
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 11:47:43
From: Sheldon T. Hall - DO NOT MAIL
Subject: Re: A friend's new steam toy.
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On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:36:18 GMT, Robert Harmon
<r_h_harmon@Zhotmail.com > wrote:
>One of my friends brought over his 'new' toy; a Salton Cappuccino Crazy
>that he liberated from his sister who never used it. It looked like a piece
>of shit at first glance, just another electric mocha pot. But then he
>showed me how it converted into a steam frother, just like the ones sold to
>the commercial coffee shops for big ($$$) bucks. Granted that it has a
>water capacity that limits how much milk you can steam at one time but for
>what it is I'm impressed.
>
>We made very nice microfoam for cappuccinos we made to appease the kitchen
>gods (our spouses). They loved the drinks so now my friend has
>'permission' to keep the thing on his wife's counter top.
>
>Now I've got to find one that I can rip into & see about 'improving' on
>it's design. Anyone have one they'd like to donate?
I expect it's a lot like my old Vesuviana-clone Salton EX-3: the path
from the boiler to the "group head" contains a spring-loaded valve
that keeps a little pressure in the boiler after the coffee's made.
It's just enough pressure to steam milk with the side-arm wand.
The down-side is that the water in the boiler has to get really hot to
build up enough pressure to force itself past the spring-loaded valve.
Normal Moka-pot/steam-toy water temperature is too high already, and
this one's worse. Since it's all-metal, though, you can fix this with
a wet tea-towel around the group head. If you do that, it makes
fairly decent coffee.
-Shel
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