'milk foam' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are describing foam on top of a cup of steamed milk. For example, "I added a little sugar and stirred the cup, watching as the creamy milk foam formed on top."
Some will add a spoonful of milk foam: the macchiato.
But then, how do you get the milk foam to float on the coffee?
And above that: an orange granita and condensed milk foam, which I guess is uncondensed condensed milk.
A rosemary milk foam, suspended like cuckoo spit between the artichokes, made it look, beautifully, like an aerial view of a forest clearing in winter.
"Traditionally, a latte is created by mixing steamed milk and espresso, which is then topped with a thin layer of milk foam".
— Maria Newman The New York Post: A chat with the barista who creates portraits in the milk foam atop your cup of joe.
TOM AND JERRY Adapted from the King Cole Bar Time: 5 minutes 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 2 ounces white rum 1 ounce brandy 6 ounces hot milk, foamed if possible Freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish.
Milk foams were produced employing different steam pressures (100 280 kPa gauge) and nozzle designs (ejector, plunging-jet and confined-jet nozzles).
Foam properties depend on the physico-chemical characteristics of the continuous phase, the method of production and process conditions employed; however the preparation of barista-style milk foams in coffee shops by injection of steam uses milk as its main ingredient which limits the control of foam properties by changing the biochemical characteristics of the continuous phase.
Cappuccino is made with espresso, steamed milk and steamed-milk foam, while caffé latte is made with espresso and steamed milk.
It is candles, nubby woolens, shearling slippers, woven textiles, pastries, blond wood, sheepskin rugs, lattes with milk-foam hearts, and a warm fireplace.
