How To Make A Babyccino At Home
Or as Bee’s been calling them this week ‘cappuccinos’ (but obviously without the coffee!). But our habit was becoming expensive. 1000 a year. Ouch! Plus I don’t like that some cafes place more emphasis on the sugary extras than the babyccino itself. I’ve even seen a few cafes serve frothy hot chocolate instead of frothy milk.
These things might be fine for occasional treats, but I didn’t like how they sneaking into our ‘every other day’ diet. And so I was delighted when I discovered how to make our own ‘ccinos’ at home with one simple trick. Maybe many of you already know this, but it was revolutionary to us. The secret ingredient is…. …the humble coffee plunger!
Everyone has one of these stashed away right, We’ve never actually made plunger coffee at our place, but we somehow have two coffee plungers gathering dust on the shelves. Now we have a use for them! The larger ones are best as they give you a bit of frothing room. First you need to take the glass jar out, and pour in a little bit of milk.
Then pop it in the microwave for about a minute, until steam rises from the top. Take it out of the microwave (carefully, as the glass will be very hot), and put it back into the stand. And then pump that plunger until you feel your triceps burn! The milk will froth up and fill almost the whole glass jar.
You should end up with frothy milk that looks something like this. If you let it sit for a minute or two, the froth with firm up even more. Spoon it into a small coffee cup, and add any extras (optional). And this is how they turn out! Just like Mummy’s cappuccino. I usually serve Bee’s in the same coffee cups, as she’s quite good with ceramic tableware. But for younger toddlers, you can also serve them in paper coffee cups, or indeed even in these red polka dot cupcake baking cups that I found in the discount store. Look how excited she was to get her own special red spotty cup!
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