50 People Try To Froth Milk | Basic Skills Challenge | Epicurious

For this episode of Basic Skills Challenge, we brought 50 people together and asked each of them to don their barista cap and froth some milk. Now granted, there's no one right method. But good golly there are some absolutely wrong methods.
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[@Mas_Tun]

I like it when the chef isn't totally shaven. Makes him look stressed out and miserable that he's a trained chef who's being asked to do these mundane little tasks

[@shunalicekazami]

ikr it reminds me of that ben affleck meme

[@PropiaRealidad]

To be fair, Robert Ramsey always has that stressed out and miserable look. Like he drank enough caffeine to kill 3 grown men in the last couple hours.

[@Eric-sy1xu]

I wouldn't say it's a look of Stress or Misery, more that that's his preferred facial hair length. He did quite clearly shave on the day of filming as the hair doesn't extend past his jawline. I do something similar myself, a bit longer than a stuble but not extending past 5mm for the most of it. It's just a good look for me, the chef seems to think so too for himself and I agree with him.

[@Jamesauce-tv4vr]

@@Eric-sy1xu 😊

[@andrewthezeppo]

He always looks cheerful to me. And you folks act like he gets called in once a week against his will to do this. They film a bunch of these one day, he is getting paid and getting exposure (let's be real dude wants a cooking show)

[@cheyenneoliver5184]

I'm quite glad they didn't have one of those espresso machines to steam the milk, because I was afraid there would be second degree burns in this video

[@tylerchannell6868]

Same

[@hitew4774]

You think? Literally at least 10 people in the first group would have a second degree burn.

[@giovanaorozco8705]

Fr

[@lime6554]

As a barista I'd actually fail this because I have no clue how to froth milk withiout an espresso machine

[@amandac7270]

Gabrielle in the first half... I’d like to speak with the manager

[@jsot1988]

And Emily in the second half!!

[@adriansam1991]

i felt the same way!!! like..... there HAD to be a mix up somewhere......

[@gearholder8882]

It's like she's a whiz for spices but everything else is uncharted territory

[@2004froggy]

I’m pretty sure the way people are shown first is based on how well they know to do this skill, that’s why people like Emily who knows how to do this skill is shown later in the video.

[@shinobu-39]

Gabrielle has been in the first part of some videos already (same with pink shirt guy). I've had my peace with it. People just have gaps. BUT, if short haired glasses knows everything Karen is ever in the first part, my world would be shooketh.

[@Mabaz]

I was shocked to see Gabrielle showing up so early in the video.

[@darrylaz3570]

To be really fair, not everyone knows what's a froth milk. Myself included lol

[@Amatersuful]

@@darrylaz3570 the first thing with froth milk that comes to my mind is espresso machine

[@gweilo8888]

Right? I think I might have audibly gasped. Finally, there's something she doesn't know how to do!

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708]

Jothunheim She has been so consistent up to this point. But it’s okay. She can redeem herself next video

[@andrewthezeppo]

Well she is from a Greek background, they generally just drink very strong and sweet coffee. Or maybe she just isn't a fancy coffee drinker at all

[@moonmybyul1361]

*Me:* I actually don't know how to froth milk so I won't be so harsh to them this time. *20 seconds later* *Me:* THEY SAID FROTH IT, NOT SHAKE IT 'TIL YOU GET BUTTER!

[@ashkhri]

i dont think you can make butter directly out of milk that easy

[@swanpride]

Not with the milk you get today. In the past, yeah, it was pretty much possible to turn Milk into butter if you weren't careful. First stage is cream, though.

[@iam_vannguyen]

Moon my Byul Yeah milk doesn’t have enough fats for butter.. also what’s the difference from shaking and stirring

[@starrylunastro]

Hey, fellow moo lmao

[@Nolac00k-k5d]

Ashwati Khanduri it’s very easy to turn mill into butter, all you have to do I shake while milk for like 30 minutes I do it all the time

[@teenytries6290]

I think my favorite part of this episode is that Epicurious tends to intentionally place items that aren’t used for the task just to mess with people (ex: the meat tenderizer) .... but even they didn’t think of putting a STRAW on the table for someone to blow bubbles into

[@adimfavourmaris4578]

I was weak when I heard that

[@arikakarin2323]

the best part 😭😭

[@user-ed9qu5im2y]

You could technically froth milk by blowing bubbles in them though. I mean it'd take a while, and you'd need to have steady control, and you definitely don't want to serve that to anyone else, but still xD

[@stacycole1935]

Is Emily actually graduating into level 2?

[@dannycarrington1601]

You took the words right out of my mouth! She did quite well.

[@alhdgysz]

Where is the ketchup?

[@JettoDz]

1.5 half, i'd say. Or perhaps she's making it to a promotion exam?

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

What if it all depends on how well she froths?

[@wttwtt9843]

which one is Emily?

[@haniffirdaus2136]

0:30 when we see something shocking 0:32 when the french see something shocking

[@ruqayyasule]

Good one 😂

[@Lana-hz7tl]

Wtf😂

[@graup1309]

"I don't have a straw. So I can't blow bubbles into it." We're off on a good start

[@mayabidhuri969]

Next vid: 50 people try to milk Frank's cow

[@amarjeetsinghnambardar2635]

Lol

[@sofisalinas1956]

Omg HAHAHA

[@mannymoogolf]

“You don’t want to froth it too much cuz then it becomes......cheese.”

[@tomf3150]

jackson ranger More like butter.

[@viccyyboii3308]

It wasnt even full fat lmao

[@SonicAmbrose]

3:04, Santa is frothing milk so he can make creamy hot cocoas for everyone around the world on a nice cold day beside the campfire☕️🍪☺️☺️☺️

[@isnorathenerd4408]

“Like a good love affair, it doesn’t last very long” Idk about you guys but that quote and guy was a whole mood at 2:13 😂

[@jini1609]

0:17 *'Let's outline the bowl with some coffee'* Great start my man👏

[@ar0maeth3real13]

“Milk freaks me out so much” ITS JUST MILK, WHY ARE YOU FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT XD

[@yuotueb]

It does come from cow's tits

[@fiatlux4058]

@@yuotueb i bet a part of american population doesn't know that.

[@myusername1385]

Fiat Lux lmao 😂

[@kopalvashistha2290]

Steven gonna put a cheesecake in

[@Erein_x3]

"But you don't want to froth it too much because then it becomes....cheese..." nice try steven i know you love your cheesecake but cheese wasn't made like that xD or was it? o_0

[@Aurirang]

@@Erein_x3 No, cheese isn't made like that, don't worry. :D Not even Emmental with the holes in it!

[@ashleyzbz]

Chef Ramsey with the foam moustache was SO CUTE

[@ratten2504]

Ikr?

[@andrewthezeppo]

Swoon

[@laramiaizz]

He's cute in general..

[@RaymondHng]

Who wants it lick it off?

[@captprime9446]

I wanna see chef robert ramsey on 4 levels

[@lenamc7302]

YES

[@captprime9446]

@@riskybiscuit5594 no. the chef you see at the end of these. His name is robert ramsey. They literallyshow his name when he appears

[@viethuongvothai686]

Im ashamed to confess, but i don’t know what is a “ froth milk”

[@Burnthesof]

same

[@wooosh8712]

to froth the milk is to make it bubbly, foamy etc for a more fancy drink

[@evonne_o]

You clearly didn't learned from your parents. Ahem.

[@markly5460]

@@evonne_o You clearly didn't LEARN* from your parents. *ahem*

[@younlok1081]

@@evonne_o bruh maybe his first lang isn't english

[@jasontodd9]

It makes me weirdly happy to see Emily have almost no problem doing something Gabrielle could not figure out.

[@Allan-pk6pb]

1:18 cracked me up so hard like girl why are you standing like that 😭

[@rafaelneumann8365]

And they say that comic book artists dont draw women realistically. She completely nailed the spine injury pose.

[@luciecharlesworth8027]

3:03 & 3:21 the only thing that I could think of was Santa Claus and his wife 🤣

[@existence_is_suffering]

Finally a good challenge. I didn’t know what frothing milk is also.

[@GarmanyRachel]

On these very very rare ones where I'm not certain of the correct way, I like to pause before it starts and mentally imagine how'd I do it -then judge myself against them all. Just me?

[@arjbajwa]

3:04 my man looking like santa

[@starcherry6814]

So this is why people go to Starbucks

[@raisyahumaira5602]

Gabriel: I feel really good about this *Gabriel, 2 seconds later: I dont feel as confident anymore* I relate on a spiritual level.

[@blaineweaver1300]

Anyone else feel bad for being like "NO!" when Emily grabbed the immersion blender?

[@md.2363]

I may or may not've screamed "emilyNOO"

[@andrewthezeppo]

An immersion blender would work though, I have used mine for whipped cream

[@blaineweaver1300]

@@andrewthezeppo it does the job, Emily has just been a little clumsy at times *she has been improving a lot though

[@RaymondHng]

As long as she doesn't blend ketchup into it.

[@aksayaaaaa]

Lorenzo:hehehhehehehehehHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!

[@lynnmusau7419]

A A 😂😂😂why did you have to do that?

[@adoringjess]

*all of the baristas in the comments including myself stare in confusion and disapproval*

[@Aurirang]

as somebody who grew up with a handfrother, i look in confusion as well. :D I loved to have some frothed milk on my cacao.

[@prod.retrix4935]

2:51 The dentist before they torture my mouth

[@trevorpacelli8056]

Whoa, Emily knows how to do something and Gabrielle, a Level 2 chef, DOESN'T?!?!?!?! Now I've seen everything!

[@ylsfad3720]

“What even is froth milk” I dunno man I’m here at 12 AM to find out.

[@lillithdv8]

It’s inexplicable to me how this little segment can be infuriating, mesmerising and hilarious all at once. Some must get paid to be so idiotic, seriously

[@ErebosGR]

Next up: 50 People Try to Open a Milk Carton.

[@wamiam1333]

ErebosGR the saddest thing is most people will prolly fail. Or worse, use a meat tenderizer to open it.

[@kanzamalik9422]

Or may be 50 people try to de-seed a seed

[@CraigEngbrecht]

No, no, Milk bag.

[@RaymondHng]

Next up: 50 People Try to Get Water out of the Faucet

[@myusername1385]

I’m imagining joey from friends when he was in that infomercial

[@Thylarc]

Guy: If you look at some of the corners Me: Wait, that be a circle. Circle no have corners. 2:16

[@aldohorn1704]

4:29 "It does the thing" That was so cute.

[@Nomski.]

Cheesecake in pancake dude is back!!! I missed him

[@xochiquetzalrodriguez6817]

@ 2:05 “you just have to use your imagination” lmfaaaao 😭😂

[@Fa-eq3yx]

when that guy said "it dose the thing"it was the most precious moment ever uwu🥺🥺

[@zonnm]

1:32 bruh.

[@avanish7674]

last time i was this early, emily's ketchup was finished

[@madelineloyd7905]

Avanish Gouraha what does that even mean

[@cuttwice3905]

@@madelineloyd7905 And, lo, it came to pass like a kidney stone that Emily did make a video as a level one chef. And in this video she made French Toast before the wondering eyes of the multitude. Whereupon she explained that she put ketchup upon her French Toast and the people were appalled.

[@indianjudgie]

IM SO PROUD OF EMILY 😭

[@su8483]

So was I ...then I saw her make mayonnaise ...

[@indianjudgie]

@@su8483 LET HER HAVE HER MOMENT PLEASE 😭

[@su8483]

Yeah, you're right. Although the mayo makes the frothing look even more spectacular. Emily ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@sosik0073]

1:23 I wish making cheese was that easy.

[@niamhreilly2815]

Tbh as a barista I’d be looking for the steamer and struggle when realising there wasn’t one

[@anyk6546]

1:17 her worst nightmare...... milk

[@nafisatabassum1997]

0:21 every single time I watch this lady my thinking that “older people are good at kitchen” gets crushed under a big truck😂😂😂😂😂

[@ismoil6959]

I pop up like an unwanted guest when epicurious posts a new video, I M HERE!!!

[@pokegirl302]

I'm so proud of Emily. Making beautiful foamed milk

[@arcticrunning8370]

This is not a basic skill, I had to pay for this skill.

[@andrewthezeppo]

Why would you pay to learn this?

[@n.w.flannel3463]

I think they mean that you usually go to a cafe for frothy coffee.

[@Pyoriin]

@@andrewthezeppo A barista course maybe?

[@hibiscus10moon]

andrewthezeppo pay for a milk frother, an unusual tool.

[@fiatlux4058]

@@hibiscus10moon french press with MiLk FrOtHeR name?

[@fleuraphine6634]

Robert is definitely my favourite of all the chefs. This hair style really works for him!

[@firebird6158]

"oh it does the thing" Am I the only one who just enjoyed that little phrase

[@simonpark1797]

I add a spoon of sugar before frothing, I found it helps to stabilise the frothiness once poured into the coffee. I don’t know if there’s any science to back it up

[@andrewthezeppo]

"Is froth like that thing that's on the edge of rabid dogs' mouths?" Hahaha. That dude is totally my 50 people crush.

[@hannahbatt-rawden6143]

Am I the only one who hears the “do your ears hang low” song?

[@sfmc98]

Since I was a kid, I've replaced the word "ears" with "balls." And giggled furiously. Try it for yourself: Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie 'em in a knot? Can you tie 'em in a bow? Can you throw 'em o'er your shoulder Like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang low? Do your ears stand high? Do they reach up to the sky? Do they droop when they are wet? Do they stiffen when they're dry? Can you wave them at your neighbor With an element of flavor? Do your ears stand high?

[@psyffee3755]

I hear it too

[@tilakaaz]

Hannah Batt-Rawden after hearing the original version of this song, I cannot Unhear it

[@theinvisibleme4104]

Thanks for this... I feel so useful

[@vlarsen614]

“Something in my eye... probably the coffee.” 😂

[@SokaRoxMySox]

I love the way the guy in the white button up always starts with "alright let's (thing he's being asked to do) some (item he's being asked to do it to)"

[@torneycarblos9140]

First episode which went surprisingly well XD

[@jahbaritaylor]

Yesss Stephen is back!!!

[@DimiDzi]

3:27 I see ketchup monster

[@gingipw]

Speechless... LOL!

[@hitew4774]

Everyone gangsta until the old man with the mustache laughs evilly with the froth tool.

[@user-sc2gl5cj4o]

Finally a basic skills challenge that i don't know what it is LOL

[@kozmobluemusic]

i love the bird music at 2:37 lol

[@moshjoe6553]

You know it's real froth milk if Santa came just to make it

[@MTheKing09]

A French Press people, that all you need for cheap and easy froth milk.

[@danielclark6912]

The black guy in the brown sweater is easily my favorite person to watch on this. I say they should make him try recipes with nothing but words.

[@aristotelesjunior3696]

i only noticed what it was supposed to be when the dude gasped in 4:29 lol

[@larsvontrash]

I was impressed with the number of people who actually used the frother or immersion blender

[@eleazarevanmoeljono8804]

1:32 has something to do with my sleep tonight

[@arothmanmusic]

I did NOT expect a Bop-It reference in this video.

[@KevinGonzalez-ml6vb]

Andrew Rothman always expect the unexpected!

[@sewaphim]

everyone struggling at this until coronavirus hits in and people be doing dalgona coffee while in quarantine tho

[@VideosTubeCh]

5:57 the cutest part of the video Milk moustache And also: 0:08 Baton Rouge Louisiana Indianapolis Indiana

[@chew-ld4gb]

I love how they get a thing working for a split second and then they start making a tutorial about it

[@sabrinasykes5480]

1:33 🤣🤣🤣 his face!

[@sleepdeprivation1018]

Her: “Omg milk freaks me out so much” Me: wow Karen 😒

[@hitew4774]

Everyone gangsta until the person drinks the coffee at the beginning.

[@gabbytorres5361]

The professional chef is what I imagine David dobriks little brother to look like when he grows up lol

[@manasidicholkar1396]

The guy @3:20 looks like santa without even trying.

[@amandap2579]

Froth is one of the cursed words that no longer sounds really when it’s said too many times in a row

[@happytohelp695]

The girl at 1:11 is me when I barely get something right and think I need to make it my whole profession

[@jee7180]

the first guy wearing the grey tee is pretty adorable

[@huckinator]

Pink shirt guy knows how to do everything lol

[@kamcorder3585]

I bet he's a dad who loves to help his wife around the house and dote on his children

[@ItsJoeHut]

I'm so proud of Emily for being able to stay out of the level 0 zone!

[@MG-ze7kw]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they make my day lol

[@meaganentriken7491]

No one: Steven: "I don't want to froth it too much, or it will become cheese."

[@noahi.1381]

I don’t know how to foam milk so this is a learning experience for me.

[@saliyahwilliams8028]

Bop it ! Twist it ! 😂😂😂😂

[@b.b.4969]

was anyone else like NO when the pro chef said it was a LATTE, with that amount of foam ontop its clearly a CAPPUCCINO !

[@stephaniestevens8508]

I use the Ninja frother and it foams my half and half just fine. I love it.

[@LarryNoir]

Do you have the full coffee maker with all attachments? I was thinking about buying it as a birthday gift for someone and would love to hear your opinion on it

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

When I was young, I would use a milk frother to mix powdered Nesquik and milk. Made it super easy

[@JifromthePH]

They all did the same thing 🤣🤣 except the second group knows when the milk is frothing 🤣🤣

[@riyaparekh8414]

1:32 are you sure, you are just frothing milk...?😏

[@pinkAR-hf3hq]

3:56 Nobody: The guy: Bop it, Twist it 😂😂

[@KevinGonzalez-ml6vb]

pink. AR that guys cool 😎

[@arkhadipustaka_]

3:40 yay! shout out to Clark! He's doing it!!!

[@d.e.p.9777]

1:32 BOI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[@ellietheew]

The chef did not just said latte , that’s a frickin cappuccino 😂

[@puckbryn3583]

same man everyone was roasting a few videos ago figures out what froth is as he’s doing it “is froth that stuff that comes out the side of a rabid dog’s mouth?” you are correct sir

[@puckbryn3583]

all I remember is he did something with blueberries and NOBODY liked it

[@Sanee650]

Love how they found the electronic mill frother and they still didn‘t manage to do it