Prepare to have the revolution at your local coffee shop. The French have been applying their creative flair to the art of coffee and have made some interesting progress and not a moment too latte either. I visited the Reneka International stand to see what they had in store.

Using a specially designed steam wand on their Viva S GTV you simply place the jug of milk under the steam wand and the built in temerpature sensor will heat and froth the milk to the perfect consistency and temperature. There isnàt even any need to hold the jug.

Unlike the popular autofrothers the Viva perfectly steams the milk in the jug allowing the operator to then pour the milk onto the espressos. The milk froth was consistent and had better retention than other autofrother milks that we have seen.

The benefits of the frothing method are that it is impossible to burn the milk, the milk is always frothed perfectly and being in a jug, the milk can still be free poured for latte art. You can visit their website fo rmore information at www.reneka.com.

I also got to visit the secret confidential labs area of their stand. Unfortunately that story will have to wait until that new technology is released.