Dualit Milk Frother | Hot milk, hot & cold frothed milk | Ideal for lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites, hot chocolate & milkshakes | 84135

Product Information

The Velvetiser is designed for making hot chocolate with Hotel Chocolat's drinking chocolate. There is a variety of flavours to choose from.

I think if you're wanting to create microfoam, so you really need to control the milk texture, you're probably best with one of the manual options if you're not going to get an espresso machine with a steam wand. If you're not concerned with controlling the texture, then the automated milk heater frothers are a lot more convenient. Milk texturing with a Cafetiere Agitation is done by agitating the milk, as the word suggests, usually by using a whisk. If you were to put milk in a jar and froth it by shaking it furiously, you'd also be agitating it, and probably agitating anyone else who happens to be present, as an added bonus ;-). So this is sold as a cafetiere, not as a milk frother, but it shares most of the features of the Bodum milk frother, including the fact that it's short enough to fit in a microwave with the plunger removed and that without the plunger it's microwave safe. The other reason is that once you know what your temp preference is, it's very difficult to know from feeling the side of the milk jug, how hot the milk is. After a while, like me, you'll be able to tell just from the feel of the jug how hot it is, but I only learned this by using a thermometer. You can get a good grip on the handle and hold it to the worktop whilst plunging to create the frothI think this is what's happened here at some point, as there are a few complaints about customers having received something completely different from the listed product, which doesn't appear to be the same product that others have rated very positively. At the time of writing, however, there's only one supplier for this product, so when you're looking at it you can see there are multiple price options, just beware as you may end up buying a cheaper alternative.

The KitchenCraft Le'Xpress is undoubtedly a higher powered and nicer looking version of these early hand frothers, but they're basically the same thing, and I actually think they're great. They're very simple to use, they're small and portable, and as well as using them to create milk froth for cappuccino, lattes & so on. As with the Bodum manual frother, you have to heat the milk yourself but it gives you some level of control over the texture too – and it's a super cheap option.Everything is dishwasher safe so there is nothing to wash up (unless you don't have a dishwasher), just pop the carafe and the plunger straight into the washer and enjoy your coffee Now to get onto the electric frothers, and while these don't usually give you the same kind of control over the foam as you'd have with manual frothers, they're more convenient, especially since they heat the milk as well as frothing it for you, while with the manual options you need to warm the milk manually.

Cordless Design– Allows you to take the Milk Frother straight to the table for maximum manoeuvrability. Dualit are a very well known brand, and they're a brand I'm quite fond of actually, not that I have any of their products, as I don't, but because they're the reason Nespresso compatible pods are a thing. No higher than 65C, in my humble opinion. I actually prefer my flat whites to be just a couple of degrees cooler than this, usually 63 or 64, and it's not just about the temperature, it's about taste. Just try making your milk hotter, and see what it tastes like. You'll probably find that the hotter it gets after about 65, the duller or flatter it starts to taste.

They make this milk frother in 80 different colours, apparently, although at the time of writing, there are 36 colours available. I nearly wrote “only”, but I then realised that to plop the word “only” in front of 36 when exclaiming how many colours this is currently available in, would be a bit daft. While cafe macchiato is espresso stained with milk, latte macchiato is milk stained with espresso. It's basically what you get when you put the milk in first and the coffee in second when making a latte, but “milk in first latte” doesn't roll of the tongue as well as latte macchiato. If it'll froth, a frother will froth it, but certain types of milk alternatives are more frothable (is that a word?) than others, so it will depend on the non-dairy milk alternative of choice. Most of the oat milks & Soy milks froth fairly well, and some of the “barista” versions froth really well, some of them almost as good as full-fat moo milk.