Milk frothing creates large amounts of bubbles

[Gryffen]

Hello, I am relatively new to the art of espresso/fancy coffee making and I recently got a Mr. Coffee ECMP50 machine to start out on. It worked fine for the first week or so, but now every time I try to froth the milk with the steam wand it creates giant bubbles very quickly in the milk that make it look like I let a 6 year old play with my milk. I've purged the wand, tried cleaning the nozzle, and even tried running it in a cup of water to see if that helped clean it. Any ideas on what's wrong? Maybe the nozzle is kinda clogged and the steam is coming out too pressurized? I can't figure it out, help would be appreciated.

 

[shadow745]

Could be some clogging, but have you by any chance changed brands of milk as I've seen that happen all too often? When running a commercial setup I noticed inconsistencies with different brands of whole milk, which was the most common (by far) we used.

 

[Gryffen]

Well, I'm using 2% now, but it's worked fine before, so I don't know if that's it. Also, I tried it yesterday and took off the rubber cover which then resulted in no foam at all... I'll keep working on it I suppose.

 

[Musicphan]

Have you removed the tip from you steam wand and soaked in espresso cleaner? If not, that's the first thing I would do. Take a tooth pick after soaking for a bit and see if you have any dried milk stuck in the tip.