Milk Frothing Jug 750ml Motta, Stainless Steel, 3 Cups

For anyone working breakfasts, where orders arrive in groups and the time goes on rounds of steaming rather than on extraction. Three cappuccinos steamed together cost one pass at the steam wand instead of two, and between seven and ten in the morning that is the difference you see in the length of the queue.

The rule holds for every size and it weighs most here: fill between half and two thirds, so the 750ml milk frothing jug works on 370 to 500ml of milk. Below that level the body of milk does not start turning and the foam comes out with large bubbles; above it, the milk grows through steaming and goes over the side. Anyone using the large jug for a single cappuccino gets worse foam than they would from the small one, and that is the most common mistake of people who buy only one.

• Capacity: 750ml
• Cups: 3 cappuccinos
• Material: stainless steel
• Brand: Motta
• Dimensions: 10 x 13 x 14.5cm
• Weight: 0.4kg

Two jugs, not one large one

The fit out of a bar doing numbers is almost always a pair: the two cup size for single orders and the 750ml milk frothing jug for groups. Having two also lets you steam while the first is still in a colleague’s hand, which at peak is the only way not to stop. Buying one large one looks like a saving and turns into a limit in the first week of real work.

Choose the 750ml milk frothing jug if

You serve breakfasts, you work in a hotel or a room that orders by table, or you often have to steam three cups together. If your service is single orders at the bar, the 500ml size controls better and heats no more milk than needed.

A larger jug asks for a steadier hand

With half a litre of milk inside the total weight goes over half a kilo, and the balance shifts forward when you tilt to pour. In latte art that means the design asks for more control and more forearm, and it is why anyone learning starts on the small size. The trade off is that a larger body of milk cools more slowly, so it leaves a few more seconds to finish the pour before the foam separates.

Care

Immediate rinse in cold water, which lifts the milk before it sets, and a wash at the end of the shift. Stainless steel takes on no smells and does not stain, but residue settling on the bottom of a large jug goes unseen longer precisely because the base is wider: hold it up to the light once a day.

FAQ

How many cappuccinos does the 750ml milk frothing jug make? Three, filling with milk to the base of the spout.

Can it be used for a single cappuccino? It can, but the foam comes out worse: with little milk the body does not start turning.

How much does it weigh? 0.4kg empty, and over half a kilo with the milk in.

What size is it? 10 x 13 x 14.5cm.

At what temperature is milk steamed? Between 60 and 70 degrees, as with every size.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.

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The capacities are compared in the milk jug guide.