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If you\u2019re making or ordering a fancy drink and want to know the difference between steamed milk vs frothed milk, look no further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steamed milk differs from frothed milk, though many drinks can use it together.\u00a0Steamed milk is created by using a steaming wand placed directly beneath the surface of the milk. It heats the milk and gently infuses it with a bit of air. It creates rich and slightly frothy milk.<\/strong>\u00a0Frothed milk uses either the same wand or an actual frothing wand to agitate and aerate the milk.<\/strong>\u00a0The result is dense, fluffy, and visually bubbly milk foam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to know more about how they differ and how to use each effectively? Read on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

What is steamed milk?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Steamed milk is hot, slightly aerated milk that offers a rich, velvety, and smooth texture to your coffee drink. The best milk for steaming is 1% or 2%. It\u2019s made with a steaming wand for the right texture control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is frothed milk? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frothed milk is either hot or cold milk that is agitated and frothed into a thick, dense, bubbly foam layered on top of a coffee drink. You can use any type of milk for this, though many find that 1% or 2% work best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is steamed milk the same as frothed milk?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While both can be created using the same machine, steamed and frothed milk are different enough from each other that they can\u2019t be replaced by each other in cafes or coffee shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To summarize what I mentioned above: steamed milk is hot, rich, and velvety. It can be layered on top of an espresso shot or mixed. Frothed milk is often room temperature (or cold), dense, fluffy, and bubbly. Steamed milk is similar to a cream base, whereas frothed milk is whipped cream as far as texture is concerned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, both steamed and frothed milk were invested at the same time. Manufacturers added the steam wand to the existing espresso machines in the 1920s, making it possible to steam milk and froth it by agitating the steamed milk further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, milk frothers were sold as individual devices so that shops and homeowners didn\u2019t necessarily need to have an entire espresso machine simply to froth milk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steamed milk vs frothed milk key differences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By now, you\u2019re getting a sense of just how different steamed and frothed milk are when you think about them in detail. To help clarify it further, though, let\u2019s compare them directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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