R5: So, I too always roll my eyes when I get a hot drink with cold foam, but a post someone made yesterday really blew up with everyone ranting how much they hate cold foam on hot drinks and how whip is the better option cuz the cold foam will obviously just melt. So I got bored and tested how quickly the cold foam would melt in, short answer: it doesn't.

An hour later the foam still hadn't melted in, and the whip not only melted, it completely separated and looked disgusting.

I’ll get downvoted for this but it is what it is. No one hates cold foam for the taste, active duration, consistency or density properties. Everyone hates cold foam because it’s annoying as fuck when people add a labor intensive finishing build to what is an arguably already easy existing finish by standard. Motherfuckers are lazy and it’s easy as shit to dollop that whip on top instead making every fucking drink in the blender. Also, Tik Tok is for fucking squares.

Yea but the VSC needs to be made exactly right to make it that nice thick foam & different people don’t make it all that great to where it stays nice, thick, & fluffy.

I love this, thank you for performing the experiment we've all been needing

Whip is just super aerated cream. It makes sense that it would deflate more than vsc which is aerated to a lesser degree when you blend it.

i wonder if leaving the lids off might’ve affected this? maybe try another trial with the lids on since it’ll keep a lot more heat in. whip normally melts when sitting out, even on cold drinks, so in curious about how lids might affect them on hot drinks

Honestly. I don't like it because 1) it's an extra step. 2) The cold foam blender is not close/conveniently located by the espresso bars. 3) It is conveniently located by the cold brew/iced coffee taps/curtis-so then you're in the way or waiting for the person making iced drinks to get out of the way.
But perhaps, that's just my store's floor layout.

as a side note you’re leaving way too much room for whip 🤷🏼‍♀️

You do know the rule about how we are not allowed to pour hot beverages over ice because the temperature change creates a bacteria that can make you sick? The same thing happens when you do this with vsc foam on top of a hot beverage. Whip being more aerated makes it less likely. Before you defend something just before it tastes better, take a step back and look at it from this perspective. I personally don’t want my location to be known to get someone sick, but you do you I guess.

That looks like a bit more room than I'd leave tho..

Can't argue with that evidence tho.

this is rather interesting..

If anything the thing I would be angry about is having to take extra steps to make the foam. Idk just me.

Okay congrats, the cold foam on your hot drink stays on forever. But like... why haven’t you drank the damn thing by 30 minutes of having it??? You’re already making the drink warm by adding a cold foam to a hot beverage... now you’re leaving it sit or not fully consumed for several minutes... shits gonna be cold as heck. You might as well just get a cold drink at that point. And cold foam doesn’t look to be melting in from the top but when you get an iced drink with a clear cup, you can see that the thickness of the foam goes down. Meaning that it melts from bottom to top, leaving the very topmost layer of foam still sitting there. Sorry to break it to you, but you don’t still have a full thing of foam on top of your drink😂

A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts

Had a long rant typed out, but decided it wasn’t worth it.

So instead I say,

why?
Just....why?

I’ve been working here way too long holy shit.

Whip is made with literal nitrogen. So it really doesn’t hold together with temperature changes. Like haven’t y’all had a Frappuccino sit out for awhile before

makes sense but who’s going to finish their drink in 30 minutes lmao. imagine just leaving a latte with vsccf out for 30 minutes and the drink gets cold. this is great that you put this here but honestly, i wouldn’t pay an extra dollar for smthng that’s made alike to whipped cream that i’m gonna drink in legit a few mins (5-10 mins) if i’m being quite honest.

Isn’t the topping mixing into the drink the entire point?

The other day I just said fuck it and poured the vsc on top instead of making foam just to see if they’d say anything. I haven’t had a complaint yet 😂

Don't encourage them, they'll never leave.

But i think vsccf melts into the drink more and makes the drink cold, where whipped cream just floats on top and it’s thicker so it doesn’t mix

My cup is half full! I need three free drinks!

cant fucking debate this at all. good shit

Just add more heavy cream to the pitcher! It won’t separate like the actual recipe does

It’s actually a health hazard to do this. The amount of cold milk going into a hot drinks risks moving the drink. Into an unsafe temperature zone

But also if you don't down your latte within 10 minutes then just get it iced lmao

I'VE BEEN SAYING THE COLD FOAM IS BETTER THAN WHIP AND Y'ALL DIDN'T BELIEVE ME

what is the recipe for making the cold foam last so long? thank you

Can someone give me the recipe to this please :( all my cold foams keeps sinking to the bottom of hot espressos, as if it was creamer. God I’d be so thankful for some tips

But it’s a whole dollar to add!

But people will still call and complain that their hot drink was cold, even though they asked for an inch of cold cream foam on top

This reminds me of the one time I bought a slushie drink from sonic. I left the whipped cream cause I didn’t like it. I went downstairs for 3 hours and when I came back up it was still intact. I thought that was icky. Anyway. Cool experiment. My drinks never stick around more than 10 minutes though

I hate cold foam on every drink if I have to make it 🤣

I think when they extended the shelf life from 24 to 48 hours that it effects the quality of the foaming power after the first 24 hours. Just an opinion but it’s based on tons of research over the past year.

People who put cold foam on hot drinks should not be drinking foamy drinks, I don't trust them.

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Every time I’ve put VSCCF on a hot drink it sinks, how did you make this work??

The real question is does the cold foam keep the drink hotter longer...?

THANK YOU !!!! the only person on the thread who is actually of food safety standards