Coffee – Fixing ‘Screaming’ Noise While Steaming Milk

Even with a steam wand, I prefer to use a French press looking device to froth my milk, and now that I broke it, a whisk. The idea is to inject small bubbles into cold milk and then microwave it to grow the bubbles. In the French press glass (or some other heat resistant and microwave proof container) fill a quarter high with cold milk, place the whisk handle between your palms and twirl it back in forth, frothing the milk. Place the milk in the microwave and heat on high. Watch it carefully as it will expand rapidly. As soon as it does, remove your frothed milk

When my husband and I were trying to make good coffee ice cream, we did just that -- steeping the coffee beans in milk. It worked quite well.

If you have a French Press, you can use that with coarsely ground coffee beans. Heat the milk to a simmer or even a very low boil, and then use it in place of water in the French Press. This was how we got the best results for our ice cream.

You can also get good results from whole beans. Heat the whole beans in milk in a pot, and then let sit in the refrigerator overnight. Strain out the beans, and you'll have strongly coffee-flavored milk.