stretching milk

Summercrema

Hi

just got my Expobar MinoreII, good coffee good steam, two nozzles on the steam wand, however I found stretching the milk (noram dairy farm) is very difficult this week, 5 litres of milk down the drain already, I can get it better result if mixed with Dairy Farm Crema milk but last week wasn't like that, one thing I noticed is these 5 litres has 10 more days to go before the expiry date but last week milk has a shorter date , or this month fall in the period that milk from dairy cows with low production on milk? any advice? Thanks

admin

Hi Summer - have heard from a couple of experienced industry people, that the quality of milk definitely changes with the seasons, but have to admit i'm not an expert on that area - maybe it's something that other members have some experience with? -A

chefrob

What's "noram dairy farm"? If it's a local producer, then I've had the same problem. My local producer in regional Queensland makes great milk, but it doesn't stretch at all. I believe that the answer is using a big milk producer that blends many farms milks, thus you get a consistent milk with high protien levels. A local dairy's milk either has it, or doesn't have it. If it has "it", then great. If it doesn't have it, then the milk is still great for pouring on cereal, using in milkshakes and drinking straight from the bottle. I don't think that the individual dairy farmer is too concerned about the science of stretching milk. Use a Big Milk Brand, and it will perform because it is a blend from many different dairy's, from many different sites,

psaigh

I disagree, never go national when good quality local is available.  If protein content is an issue and no other local provider is avail you can always look at adding milk powder to your milk (increases the percentage of milk proteins) or add lecithin (you can use unrefined soy lecithin but this wil yeild a nutty flavour which defeats the purpose of using a high quality milk.  Using refined lecithin usually negates this problem).

Summercrema

Hi, thanks everyone input to my question, after that I picked up 3 x2L Riverrina and 2 x 2L Procal from a local chemist, resulted much better stretching.  The milk that wasing stretching was from Dairy Farm 3L .