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Are there any particularly "good" supermarket milks for steaming?
What do you mean by “good”? I just use supermarket whole milk (usually Sainsbury’s because that’s my local supermarket). It’s homogenised, like most milk is now, which makes it very consistent. Every now and then I’ll get a bottle that won’t steam nicely and it froths up like washing up liquid, but it’s rare. Sometimes I’ll get semi-skimmed if I fancy my cups a bit lighter. If I want that really Italian cappuccino taste I’ll get a carton of UHT because it’s closest to their milk. I haven’t tried the filtered milks like Cravendale though.
I wouldn’t get a Jersey milk or any other unhomogenised gold top, because you’ll have to work hard to reincorporate the cream and it’ll behave inconsistently when you steam it.
Are there any particularly "good" supermarket milks for steaming? In Ireland the best option was always Avonmore Super Milk, which you sadly cannot buy here ..