Omnivore Atlanta

Yay! I’ve solved my micro-foam problem. I reported recently that I wasn’t any longer able to make good foam for my morning latte with Lactaid, a lactose-free brand of milk I’ve bought at Publix for years. I followed commenter Amy’s advice and tried Kroger’s own brand and it works great.

Sort of Yay! The wireless Internet service at the Ansley Starbucks now works 95 percent of the time. Actually, it’s the free AT&T service that works. Tmobile, for which I pay $30 a month, still goes down regularly. Hey, it’s as if Baghdad residents got an extra hour of electrical service after five years of only three hours a day. Can’t complain about that extra hour!

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I start every day by making a latte. Because I’m lactose-intolerant, I make the foam with Lactaid, a brand of milk in which the lactose is broken down to make it more digestible by peeps like me.

For about two months, I’ve been unable to produce the appropriately thick micro-foam with my machine, an Estro-Profi. Instead I end up with large-bubble foam that quickly dissolves into my espresso, turning my drink into a cafe au lait.

I began to think that my machine had literally run out of steam but decided to try foaming some low-fat regular milk. Hurrah! I got the perfect topping for my latte.

This almost certainly means that the Lactaid is getting frozen somewhere in the production and delivery line. I’ve run into the problem a few times in years past, but, now, every container of the milk I buy from Publix is lousy for frothing.

I’ve emailed Lactaid’s producer, but have yet to hear back. Please, I don’t want to drink soy milk.

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