My Star Rating: 4 Stars out of 5 = I Like It
Summary Statement: Does What It Claims To -- Also Great for High Protein Diet Drinks -- My Beaker is Plastic (Not Glass as Advertised),
General Info and for Milk Frothing for Latte Coffee Drinks:
I own an expensive espresso maker with a steam wand tool for frothing milk in a metal cup. I have never been able to get it right, it's a high temperature and I've burned myself in the process. It can make a mess when I slipped, and it takes too long (a few minutes of heating the water for steam then a few more minutes to make the foam). I gave up on the frothed milk component of espresso drinks. Until now.
The Bodum Latte Milk Frother is one of those gadgets that does the job perfectly well but has one limited task. Some people hate those kitchen gadgets that do just one thing. If you want one of these, you don't need me to preach whether it is worth buying or not. If you are reading this you probably already feel you could use one and want one.
What you need to know is this works great if you follow the directions. You must use 6 ounces of milk. If you don't want to be wasteful and won't use all the foam, if you don't like the waste, you may consider this a con. (The froth settles back into regular milk perhaps you could refrigerate the left over for reuse so long as it doesn't spoil in the meantime.) Also to follow the directions, the manufacturer says to use low fat or skim milk. (I imagine whipping a high fat milk or cream would be more like trying to make whipped cream which takes a different tool and different movement actions.) I used 1% milk and it worked correctly after about three minutes of blending by pushing a button on the top. (The little whipping tool is pretty cool it moves up and down in a specfic pattern as time goes on just like the movements the human baristas use to hand froth milk with a steam wand.)
It is completely enclosed so there is no mess, no spilling, and no splashing.
A con for me is the batteries. I'll use rechargeables as I try to limit my use of disposable batteries.
Something else to note is the product title states this has a glass beaker. The details in the product description as of today read "The large borosilicate glass beaker is heat resistant and can be used with hot or cold liquids." I note mine has a plastic cup.
This product comes in different colors, the one I have is red.
If you make espresso coffee drinks at home and want a simple and reliable way to make milk froth, and you don't mind spending money on a special gadget for the job I recommend this product.
For Use with High Protein Powdered Drinks for Dieting or Body Builder Weight Gaining:
I noticed the Amazon product page refers to this also as a "light blender". I decided to experiment with cold water and a powdered diet drink (high protein drink). Those drinks are hard to mix by hand with a spoon, the powder often clumps or sticks to spoon or to the sides and bottom of the glass. The package I used called for 6-8 ounces of water, I used 8. This brings the liquid above the black line level on the cup but that is okay because this drink does not froth and does not increase in volume (thus the liquid stays below the motor and does not break the unit). This gadget mixed the protein drink quickly (quicker than the milk frothing process) and got all the clumps out. The drink had a nice smooth consistency as a result.
Disclosure: I received this product from the Amazon.com Vine product review program. I was under no obligation to write a favorable review or to blog this. I was not paid to write this review.
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