That horrible frothing arm, perhaps its not so bad afterall...

If you read the reviews of the FF!X3 you know that the way to make acceptable microfoam is to surf the side hole on the the frothing arm.

I finally cracked it today. I have (re)discovered the two other things needed to make microfoam on the FF! X3.

1. Don't use too much milk (duh, how many weeks has it taken me to work that out...)
2. rotate the side hole from the rear of the pipe to the front. What a difference being able to see what was happening made...

The arm...

Yes it does come off - I inserted a small tight fitting rod into the side hole to get enough leverage. Its on pretty tightly.

I am toying with the idea of using the 3D arm from the Nemox which is longer and to which I can fit an acorn nut (drilled 1/16th) to get a more traditional steaming arm. That said, things are going well at the moment with the factory setup - so I will delay this idea for a while.