Milk/coffee frothing machines!

[Rach224]

Apologies if ‘frothing’ isn’t a word 🤣 but I absolutely NEED to stop buying coffees out. When you add it up (I buy one most mornings) over the course of a month, it’s hideous (partly because I typically get drawn into the pastries whilst in the shop 🙄).

Any way… I have tried a few frother machines (including the velvetiser) and none of them have impressed me.

It is definitely the creamy froth that I love most out of my takeaway coffee! Milk frothers just tend to give foamy milk (not creamy). The velvetiser kinnndddaa gave me what I was looking for but only a teeny tiny amount.

My question is, what machine is best for the creamy froth you get from takeaway coffees? And not just specific to coffee, a machine that would also do the same for hot chocolates too (massive fan in winter months!!!)

Bought a fairly cheap one off amazon and does a great job? Are you using a non-dairy milk- if so make sure you by the barista version as standard oat doesn’t froth as expected!

I have a swan frother machine and it does the job. I use it with my Nespresso. It also makes good hot chocolate.

The lavazza one. I am evangelical about it.

We have a Melitta one which is the same brand as our coffee machine. The coffee machine has an integral frothing wand but this uses water & steam to froth. I don't like my coffee wstered down so we got the separate frother.

We have a Nespresso Aeroccino frother which makes lovely hot and cold frothy milk - lovely velvety texture.l and much better than our old steam frother attachment.

I too use the Lavazza frother (and Lavazza pods. Really good coffee)

Well.... I say the pods are good coffee but now I'm looking at some lovely bean to cup espresso machines. Wishful thinking.
Lavazza pod machines are a good value option though!

Following with interest. I have a delonghi bean to cup with automated milk thing at home which makes incredibly creamy milk.

At work I'm relegated to a cheap bean to cup with milk powder, and I'll admit I've become very spoiled by my home coffee options and now feel I need a work coffee upgrade.

(coffee is my only vice, so I both recognise and do not apologise for my ridiculousness here)

I should say we used to make cappuccinos in our delonghi cappuccino - we still have it and use it for the coffee (which is great), but after two frother jugs stopped working (I think they got clogged despite our best efforts to keep them clean) we switched to frothing the milk separately in the aeroccino, which wasn't that much dearer than the replacement delonghi jugs but has lasted longer.

Smeg milk frother

Nespresso milk frother. No longer have the coffee machine as we now have a bean to cup one but kept the milk frother!

I worked through every one on the market slowly over a few years. Disappointing journey.

What was missing was the caramelisation of the milk sugars when frothing. This is what the big commercial coffee machines do.

Finally I had success after chatting to a small coffee bar owner.

This is a domestic sized unit that delivers exactly the same quality of frothed milk to add to coffee. It's wonderful.

Dualit Cino Milk Steamer | 850ml Capacity | 1450W | Brushed Stainless Steel | Portable and Compact | Milk Jug & Thermometer Included | 84850 amzn.eu/d/0One1da

@inloveandmarried I have seen this one and quite like the look of it! My only question is the actual froth, is it just foamy milk? Or can I achieve the creamy texture I am looking for!

@Rach224

It's a domestic sized commercial machine. About the same size as a food mixer.

It produces exactly the same quality of milk a barista will get with a big coffee machine as it uses pressurised steam.

So it's slightly sweet from the caramelised milk sugars, foamy and creamy. It makes divine hot chocolate.

I prefer to use an Italian stove top coffee gadget for my coffee (again after working through Nespresso and Lavazza and many other gadget type machines)

This milk just makes it even better than the highstreet big names. It takes practice mind, but once you've mastered this it's easy.

Decades ago I had a big two group commercial coffee machine in my kitchen and I had struggled to replicate it until I discovered this.

The problem is what comes BEFORE the steam. I have had several domestic machines including bean-to-cup but they all spit out a lot of hot water before any steam. So you either need a separate jug for that or your milk goes watery.
I’d recommend a metal milk jug to make warm milk on the hob with an added plunger to froth it.
Works for me on the rare occasions I want foam.

milk frother

If you are using a proper milk steamer you get the unit to temperature, then eject the early excess steam for about that condenses. I do this into a cloth for three seconds . Only then introduce the rod into the cold milk, otherwise you get what you describe and it waters down the milk.