Steam Milk At Home Cappuccino. Pour about ¼ cup of milk into a mug and microwave it on high for about 30 seconds, or until almost boiling. Immerse the steam wand until the tip of the steam wand sits just below the surface of the milk.
For those who are not yet expert baristas at home, steaming milk can be daunting. Don’t fill it up, the milk should go halfway for effectiveness. Insert the steam wand into the milk.
Insert the steam wand into the milk.
Line up the pipe with the jug’s spout and submerge the nozzle about 1 inch into the milk. To aerate, simply place the steam wand’s tip into the milk and turn on the wand. First, purge your steam wand to ensure there is no water in the pipe. Insert the steam wand into the milk.
