Talk me out of a Velvetiser

[Phormiumjester]

My boys both love a hot chocolate.
I DO use gadgets - my soup maker is out at least once a week.
I don't mind wiping it out.
We prefer HC made with milk to water.

But... £100.

Talk me down from this ledge of temptation!

Buy one of the much cheaper milk frothers from Amazon. For around £30 they do the same thing and you can use chocolate in them in the same way.

I bought DD a shaker thingy from The Chocolate society for Christmas.
She says it’s just as good as a Velvetiser

We use the Nespresso frother - that's half the price of the Velvetiser.

My husband bought us one. Wtf is the nonsense 😂 I can’t believe he spent £100 on something you could use a kettle or a saucepan for

I love my Velvetiser, it’s the copper one and it’s lovely.

However, pp is right, a milk frother will do the same thing. DS1 sometimes makes hot chocolates for us all, and I found out the other day that, for speed, he does them simultaneously in the velvetiser and the milk frother, so he can do two at once. I hadn’t noticed there was a difference.

DS loves his. And he knows it was expensive so is very careful with it and makes sure it is cleaned properly after each use. And it looks nice in the kitchen.

I'm not helping, am I?

Love my Velvetiser. Got it for Christmas 2020 and used it pretty much daily since then. A hug in a mug.

I love mine!
Use it for hot chocolate, lattes, machiatos and making foamy sauces to finish off dishes.
It was a gift though so I probably would of just bought myself the dupe if I was paying

Aldi do a cheap copy. They also do an even cheaper milk frother which does the same thing for £20.

We have one. Have not used it this winter. I don’t really get it. It stirs milk and chocolate whilst heating. Nothing special. Doesn’t froth. It’s just a stirrer.

Dd has one and uses it all the time with her friend at university.
It wasn't cheap but it makes lovely hot chocolate and she loves it; she claims it was a fab present.

However, I'm sure you can get similar results in other ways. Just won't be quite as simple as pressing a button, but not massively so.

I use my Nespresso milk frother for this. Still going strong after 10 years too.

@Hoppinggreen

I bought DD a shaker thingy from The Chocolate society for Christmas. She says it’s just as good as a Velvetiser

I have one of these and gave my velvetiser to my sister as the shaker is so much better

We have a Lidl electric milk frother that does exactly the same thing and was cheap. I use it for frothy cappuccino and others for hot chocolate.. brilliant but I certainly wouldn't have spent£100 on one.

Browsing Amazon dupes!

I love my Velvetiser . I have bought one for a friend too as I like mine so much.

I was given one for Christmas. I soon used up the chocolate I was given with it so ordered the selection box and two more pouches. So I spent over £30 on hot chocolate and it was all gone in under a month!

Join HC vip then you get £25/35 off every so often, much more buyable.... I Iove mine, not sure cheap version would cut it.

We adore our velvetiser !!

We have a milk frothed too and it really is better in the velvetiser- especially with a generous slug of Baileys

@silentpool

I use my Nespresso milk frother for this. Still going strong after 10 years too.

Me too.

Yeah the shaker is much better IMO. The Chocolate Society chocolate/flakes that you get with it are also very good. I also get choc from Pendragon Drinks (I think that’s what they’re called).

I do like Hotel Chocolat for a lot of stuff but there are better options than a Velvetiser IMO.

Lavazza modo mio is what you want

Why?! It sounds fun. Family valentines gift??

Just use a saucepan, bring to the boil, milky froth, and whisk.

You aren't buying a better produced hot drink, you are buying marketing.

Frothy coffee is an Italian cafe thing of the 50s/60s. Good quality coffee needs nothing more than a pot or cafetiere and hot water. If you want it frothy use milk and the saucepan/whisk method in private homes.

My DD loves her velvetiser - she’s taken it to uni and I might have to buy another one!