I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 70

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 36.1

After failing to turn the conversation around, Claude chose to keep his mouth shut. April shot him a look, but he remained silent.

“Well, if you say it’s not discrimination, then I’ll agree so.”

Since she got the answer she wanted anyway, she decided to leave it at that. Claude quickly finished the remaining coffee and placed the cup on the tray.

“Then, good night.”

Carrying the tray, April left the study. It had been a good day in many ways.

Winterville’s successor, Asher Winterville.

Although she had already heard, Hannah was truly a skilled alchemist. In just one month, she had managed to create the steamer she had desired. Of course, there were a few failures along the way…

‘Isn’t she really a genius?’

Even if it was just implementing ideas April already had, her speed was truly astounding.

“So, what do you think?”

Hannah asked, her face tinged with uncharacteristic tension.

April looked down at the handle of the steamer attached to the espresso machine. With a hiss, steam burst from the wand. As soon as she saw that, she shouted.

“It’s a success!”

Hannah, who was watching April with her hands clasped together, was delighted.

“Really?”

“Yes! We won’t know for sure until we try steaming milk, but it seems like a success!”

Hannah cheered.

“That’s a relief! Then, give it a try!”

“Should I?”

The next moment, April picked up the six-hundred-milliliter steam pitcher that Hannah had made for her with the steamer. She took out cold milk from the fridge and filled the steamer pitcher about one-third full.

‘The important thing here is using cold milk.’

It wouldn’t form if she used lukewarm or hot milk.

After dipping the steam wand into the milk, April lowered the handle, and then she immediately lowered the steam pitcher slightly. Just as a bubbling sound was heard as the tip of the wand touched the surface of the milk, she continued to slowly lower the steam pitcher.

Ziiiik, ziiiiik.

By the time the bubbling sound had occurred about four times, the amount of milk had doubled from the beginning. Meanwhile, April stopped lowering the steam pitcher and maintained the same position. Since enough foam had formed, it was time to heat the milk. The temperature of the steam pitcher touching her thumb gradually rose, and then she lifted the handle when she would exclaim, ‘Ack, it’s hot!’

‘This should be around seventy degrees.’

Even without using a thermometer, she had learned to gauge it through her body over time. Around forty to fifty degrees was when she thought it was a little hot, while seventy degrees was hot enough.

In her experience, it was like that.

April checked the foam by swirling the steam pitcher in a circular motion to ensure that the foam was mixed well.

“It looks very nice. It’s successful.”

Hannah smiled proudly, perhaps even smugly.

“Of course. Who do you think made it?”

The tense expression she had when she first walked into the shop with the machine was now gone.

“Okay. Since we’ve made the milk foam, shall we try making a cappuccino with this?”

“If it’s cappuccino, is that the one you mentioned before? You said you’d make it for me once the steamer was completed!”

Unlike Hannah, who was happy, Hans looked completely puzzled.

“What’s that?”

“It’s espresso with milk, and this milk foam added.”

He asked like an eager student.

“So, are you putting this milk foam on top of a cafe latte? That’s interesting.”

“No! They’re different!”

“But isn’t it the same as adding milk?”

“The amount of milk is different.”

Some people commonly thought that the difference between a cappuccino and a cafe latte lay in the presence or absence of foam or cinnamon powder. However, the decisive difference was the amount of milk.

‘You can put foam on a latte, and you can choose not to put cinnamon powder on a cappuccino, so it’s difficult to see that as a difference.’

April explained after organizing her thoughts.

“The usual ratio of espresso to milk in a cappuccino is about 1:2, whereas the ratio in a café latte is around 1:4 to 1:5.”

“Oh, then a cappuccino would have a much stronger taste.”

“That’s right.”

In reality, there were also regular customers at the cafe where April had worked in her previous life who preferred strong coffee and only ordered cappuccinos.

“I’ll make you both so you can see the difference. Let’s start with the cappuccino… Ah!”

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t think there are any cappuccino cups here.”

Cappuccino cups were typically small, around one hundred and eighty milliliters, allowing for a delicate balance of foam. However, since this place mainly served tea or Americano, there were no small cups suitable for cappuccinos. Regrettably, she decided to use the smallest coffee cups there was.

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