make a lot of coffee? i'm not talking about five cups a day, i'm not talking
about 10 cups a day, i'm talking about hundreds of cups a day. If that's you
then these are probably the droids that you're looking for
we're talking about the ubermilk and the perfect moose
two of the best automatic milk steamers on the market today for high volume
cafes stick around
hey my name's josh i'm here at the coffee science and education center
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coffee tech in our cafe 2025 report these labor-saving devices some baristas
and cafe owners love them some don't like them but they're here to
stay so today we're looking at the perfect moose and
the ubermilk now while they both look like an evil robot
they have very different uses within the cafe environment and we're going to look
at the pros and cons and the differences between these two machines
i should clarify these machines are not designed for home they're big expensive
commercial machines designed for high volume but
hey if you really really love your milk i'm not going to stop you from buying
one how it works now this thing works like a
robotic arm, the steam wand comes down and works with a coded jug now the
coded jugs have little chips inside them
and they are designated for the type of milk that you use and for the amount of
volume that's inside the jug steam wand goes down, steams up the milk
and then it comes back up purges itself and you clean it down it
also comes in two versions one version where it can
use the steam boiler from your existing coffee machine
on the bench or it comes with a second unit that actually plugs into the back
of the performance itself and uses its own steam boiler by itself
here's what we like about the perfect moose: flexibility
it can steam any type of milk you want, be it cow's milk
or your alternative milks like oat or soy
and it also has a very small footprint now we all know the bench space at a
cafe is premium and this small footprint is
fantastic another thing is cleaning cleaning is
like any other traditional steam wand basically it'll steam your milk come
back up it will tell you that it's going to
purge it purges and then it'll tell you to clean down the steam wand
very efficient some of the best things about perfect moose that i've seen in
the cafe environment and i've worked with is that in your workflow
this is like an extra steam wand just separate from your machine
it means that you can have basically your two jugs if you've got those skills
to be doing two steam wands and plus you've got a third which will happen
automatically by the time your workflow is done you have three milks and you can
pump out the coffee however there are a few things
you need to be aware of with the perfect moose
first of all is that you need to measure your milk carefully it has a precise set
of scales so per the jug that you're using if you
under fill it or overfill it it will not start steaming until you've got the
correct volume it will tell you what you need to do
this can be frustrating if you're in a high stressful situation
second of all is temperature, temperature is always set to one standard program
level it will just do one level of temperature
that you program in and help you get out all your
standard cups of coffee third basically the base version hooks
up into your espresso machine if your espresso machine steam pressure
goes down you lose steam pressure everywhere
perfect moose included just some additional things about the
perfect moose it's speed. speed is about 30 seconds for a large
pitcher pretty much the same speed as a traditional steam wand
texture it produces the same texture every time
this is perfect if you want to smash out latte art on all your cups
and lastly just be aware that the base system uses 10 amp power supply your
standard power point but if you get the boiler system it's
then going to require 15 amps this whole setup is very different to
this next beast the ubermilk so the ubermilk it
is a very technical beast and basically this machine is different in the fact
that it actually creates its milk texture on the inside and because it's
so technical i'm gonna tag in my boss to explain how it works
thank you adam so basically the ubermilk draws in milk through a pump
from some reservoir that pump then throws a milk through a tube
um there's a T just before the heating section of the milk that
introduces air it's basically a micro microcontrolled metering valve so the
air is like dripped into there
that frothed cold milk is then passed
through a series of heating elements that have
been controlled through a microprocessor to deliver milk at the perfect
temperature at the other end of it there's a couple
of other little things inside there but i mean that's
that's the meat of it yeah in terms of how it works thank you very much
so in short you basically get perfect texturized milk at the push of a button
on tap here at seven miles we've used it in
our own espresso bar for over two years we love it because it is just super fast
so the press of a button it dispenses milk almost instantaneously
two it doesn't split you can get really stable froth from it at every time
and it just sticks around long enough for you to pour your milk
and third of all it just works having on our bar for two years
it has just never let us down and it's been a really
incredible consistent piece of equipment however here's a few things you need to
know about the ubermilk first of all there isn't much
flexibility with this machine it only does one milk but it does one
milk very well if you want to do alternative
milks you need a whole other machine again
this comes back down to also footprint it is a larger machine than the perfect
moose third of all cleaning is a 30 minute process
it requires a lot of cleaning done every day
lastly is the milk fridge you need designated space
below your uber milk for it to draw its milk from whether you use bladders
or you use a large milk container but it draws its milk directly from the fridge
up into the ubermilk other things to know about the
ubermilk is basically it gives you really consistent texture you can program
how much texture you want so if you want less texture or more texture
it can do that however it is set for that entire
milk system the other thing about the ubermilk is that it will require
15 amp power supply so just make sure that you've got the right power supply
to fit this machine in
automatic milk steamers are they worth it now let's talk about the money money
with the perfect moose and the ubermilk they do have a steep entry price
of 10 to 11 000 but can we talk about the potential
labor saving efficiency that these two systems bring to the market
the best thing about these two machines is that they act like a third arm on bar
preparing milk that you can prepare for your customers
in high volume environments really easily
but now we want to know what do you think about these automatic milk
machines would you get one would you use one have
you used one definitely let us know what we should
review next what we what you would like us to talk about
next we definitely read all those comments
so thank you for watching and we'll see you guys next time
now it can steam any type of milk you want be it cow's milk or any of those
alternative milk be it oat soy it's the only time i can think of
what can i think of another one goat
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