How can I make a cappuccino without any of those special gadgets.?

Answer 1

For good no-frills espresso I like a stove-top espresso pot. You can find cheap ones all over the place & they are great for camping too.

I guess if you combine this with the 'frothing milk by shaking it in container' method mentioned above, you'll have a cheap and cheerful way of producing cappuccino's pretty much anywhere.

Answer 2

The only way to make a cappuccino is to use 1/3 espresso, 1/3 hot milk and 1/3 frothy milk. You do need the "special gadgets" to do this, but there are some relatively cheap ones on the market which are OK for home use. Dust the top with a little chocolate powder or ground cinnamon.

Instant "cappuccino" is a very inferior substitute.

Answer 3

You can't. you can improvise, but it won't be quite the same! I've always found the 'instant' ones very disappointing compared to a properly made cappucino.

It needs to be 1/3 espresso, 1/3 flat milk and 1/3 frothed milk. Even if you just use cafetiere coffee or instant granules, the best you're going to make is a very watery latte (1/3 espresso and 2/3 flat milk). To get the proper froth, you need to blast steam into the milk just below the surface to create the millions of tiny bubbles.

To make an espresso I'd recommend the Aeropress:

http://www.firebox.com/product/1320?src_t=sbk&src_id=coffee

(I'm used to a proper machine with a portafilter, but even this will still give you a good crema, providing you use a good quality coffee).

To froth your milk, you'll need to heat it (140C is the optimum temperature) and froth with something like the below:

http://www.decuisine.co.uk/cookshop/tea_coffee_chocolate/milk-frother.html?id=de05c330131a3c81116bd6a70a1cd45f.1183563484

Answer 4

You can make them by buying cappuccino sachets from your local supermarket in a box of about 10 at a time for around £2, made by nescafe and other coffee makers. Just put the sachet in the cup, boil the kettle and pour in the hot water and stir. add sugur to required taste. Ready in minutes, no gadgets needed. They also do latte's too.

Answer 5

Well, the special gadget is worth investing in if you want great espresso and cappuccino at home.

I have a Gagia Cubika espresso machine. Basically, it's a home version of the coffee machines you find in cafe's and coffee shops. I was fortunate enough to find mine in a sale so it only cost me about £25 (US$50).

The brand of coffee I use is Lavazza Qualita Rossa. Lavazza Club 100% Arabica is nicer - much smoother - but is more expensive and not as easy to come by.

It takes about 5 minutes to make a cup of coffee, but oh, what wonderful coffee it is. It's equal to a coffee you would pay £3 for in an Italian coffee house and soooo much better than the weak crap they sell in Starbucks.

Once you have a real espresso machine and good coffee at home, there is no going back to making coffee any other way. But coffee is my favourite drink, so I want absolute perfection and I refuse to have second best.

So invest in a decent coffee machine. It more than pays for itself and you will never regret it.

Answer 6

Dear odball, You can make cappuccino coffee using one kitchen utensil. Place some milk in a pot and bring it to the boil, but watch it does not go over the sides. Place some coffee in a cup. With burning yourself Whisk the milk until it is frothy, pour into the cup and hey presto, you have a cappuccino with out using all the money costing machinery. But remember one pot of milk for one cup. try not to do to much at one time. Good luck....David

Answer 7

I used to have this little gizmo called "Coffee Magic" which was this little cup with a small milk frother built in, I used to use it a lot to make coffee but then it broke down. Even though it was cheap I didn't buy a new one. I had to make it all manually. However I discovered adding a little double or whipping cream to the milk and then shaking it (for instance a milk carton or drinks bottle). Only add a little cream you do not want thick and sticky cream which goes on the top of a trifle.

Here is another tip, add chocolate powder to your coffee to sweeten it as well as sugar.

Nowadays I make coffee and add one piece of chocolate. I wait until it melts in the boiling coffee. I then add scoops of vanilla ice cream and wait till it melts. It is very nice, if you have a stronger taste I suggest you use dark chocolate and other ice creams, just experiment, see what you like!

Answer 8

Try the Nescafe Instant Cappuccino, you get 10 sachets and the chocolate to sprinkle on top, really nice. Available at all major supermarkets.

Answer 9

Using a whisk or a fork, froth up a mug or cupful of milk in a pan then either pour onto coffee granules in a mug or cup or you can add the coffee to the pan along with sugar to taste and whisk as the milk comes to the boil in the pan!!!

It's basically a frothy milky coffee or a 'latte' as us Italians call it.

Sprinkle cocoa powder over the frothy top if you like.

Enjoy!

Answer 10

Instant cappuccino's are very good, I recommend the Douwe Egberts variety. They come in a bag and if you follow the easy instructions they froth up instantly when you add the hot water. They are a very good substitute for non-instant ones, they taste really nice.

If you wanted to froth the milk yourself, but don't want to buy a frother, go to the Baileys website and if you fill in the forms, they send you one for free!!!!