Aye TaiTai went shopping in Daiso, her favourite bargain curio store coz it's cheap and good! (Aih pih aih qih!) She found something very interesting!
The Color Life Cappuccino Maker comes in many bright colours - pink, green, blue. However, due to immense popularity, in many stores, the more "normal" colours are sold out, leaving only shocking pink stocks. *Yeeks!*
How It Works (The "Idiot-Proof" Aye TaiTai Version)
- Remove the wand-like apparatus from the packaging.(Careful, don't get cut by the staples or the plastic cover!)
- Open the black battery cover at the bottom of the wand.
- Put in two AAA-sized batteries.
- Close the black battery cover at the bottom of the wand.
- Take an empty cup.
- Pour in 1/3 to 1/2 of milk into the cup.
- Put the wand into the milk. (Don't turn it on yet ok!) Immerse the wand fully into the milk (no need touch the bottom of the cup).
- Turn on the wand and Abracadabra - You get froth!
- Churn a while more until the milk "rises" to fill 2/3 to 3/4 of the cup.
- Switch off the wand before removing it from the milk if you don't want to have spinning milk in your face.
Aye TaiTai's hard work resulted in this professional-looking cuppa:
Compare it to a real professional cuppa:
(From Wordpress & Foodspotting.com)
If you are a busy working professional or just someone who loves "local coffee" (Robusta beans fried with corn), you can use 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 packs, and lather the foamed milk on top. (2-in-1 preferred, as "non-dairy creamer" is just hydrogenated palm oil!) Heated or cold milk, it's your preference.
With the knowledge of how to make an espresso (which is just normal coffee and sugar to taste), and this new knowledge of how to make foamed milk, you can practically make lots of different types of coffee!
Oh yah, just for a comparison, professional froth-making machines like the ones below, retail at close to S$100:
Shiok boh?
