<p>Actually, the silky wet milk foam may be a problem if you cannot easily reach a steam wand. However, froth is quite easy. All you need to do is fill the milk texture with small air bubbles.</p>

<p>A nice tool to do this could be your French press. After preparing your coffee in a French-press, swiftly clean it and fill it with some milk. Pump the filter in and out for a while. This will inject small air bubbles inside the milk, so the milk quickly turns into textured froth. Then, you can use it as a topping for the previously brewed French-press coffee.</p>

<p>This is not exactly same as any espresso-based foamy beverage just like cappuccino. But, the result may resemble it.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3A6lD.jpg" alt="Frothy French-press"></p>

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MTSan
<p>As Mayo mentioned above, it is not clear if you meant frothy espresso (with crema) or cappuccino/latte?</p>

<p>In the first case. The chepeast and most effective way to make smth like espresso with rich crema is a Bialetti Brikka (not any other moka pot). Brikka has a special crema (pressure) valve that help get full body taste and nice crema foam on top. Here you can find useful comparative photos: <a href="http://101coffeemachines.info/moka/brikka-vs-moka-express/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://101coffeemachines.info/moka/brikka-vs-moka-express/</a></p>

<p>If you meant milk foam, than stand-alone milk frother/warmer will help. It's better to choose a magnetic driven frothers like DeLonghi EMF1 because it's easier to clean it. However cheaper are also OK.</p>

<p>However, in both cases I personally would consider buying cheap espresso machine. Old good Delonghi EC155/156 today costs about $70-80 for example. You will have a real pressure for espresso and for the steam.</p>

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+1 for the informative 101coffeemachines.info link
Geremia
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Artem Sou
<p>I'm a coffee lover and my day starts with coffee but as i moved in my house i lost the coffee machine so i wanted to know <strong>how to make a perfect coffee without the machine?</strong> </p>

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2018-05-09T12:52:14.737Z
By frothy do you mean foamed milk?
Mayo
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Is it possible to make a frothy coffee without an espresso machine?
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# Is it possible to make a frothy coffee without an espresso machine?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-08)

I'm a coffee lover and my day starts with coffee but as i moved in my house i lost the coffee machine so i wanted to know **how to make a perfect coffee without the machine?**

**Tags:** brewing-process, espresso-machine, foamed-milk

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: By frothy do you mean foamed milk?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-05-09. Score: 2

Actually, the silky wet milk foam may be a problem if you cannot easily reach a steam wand. However, froth is quite easy. All you need to do is fill the milk texture with small air bubbles.

A nice tool to do this could be your French press. After preparing your coffee in a French-press, swiftly clean it and fill it with some milk. Pump the filter in and out for a while. This will inject small air bubbles inside the milk, so the milk quickly turns into textured froth. Then, you can use it as a topping for the previously brewed French-press coffee.

This is not exactly same as any espresso-based foamy beverage just like cappuccino. But, the result may resemble it.

![Frothy French-press](https://i.sstatic.net/3A6lD.jpg)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-05-28. Score: 1

As username_1 mentioned above, it is not clear if you meant frothy espresso (with crema) or cappuccino/latte?

In the first case. The chepeast and most effective way to make smth like espresso with rich crema is a Bialetti Brikka (not any other moka pot). Brikka has a special crema (pressure) valve that help get full body taste and nice crema foam on top. Here you can find useful comparative photos: <http://101coffeemachines.info/moka/brikka-vs-moka-express/>

If you meant milk foam, than stand-alone milk frother/warmer will help. It's better to choose a magnetic driven frothers like DeLonghi EMF1 because it's easier to clean it. However cheaper are also OK.

However, in both cases I personally would consider buying cheap espresso machine. Old good Delonghi EC155/156 today costs about $70-80 for example. You will have a real pressure for espresso and for the steam.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: +1 for the informative 101coffeemachines.info link  

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