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4.5
I have been using this frother daily for 16 months and it’s still giving me perfect breve lattes. I get up, pour the half and half to the lower max line, make my espresso, start my partner’s drip coffee, then turn around, pour the espresso into the frother along with the half and half and I have a lovely, foamy, perfect cup that fits my hot Stanley cup exactly. And fyi, no, I’m not one of those Stanley water bottle women; this is my anti-spill-I-have-ADHD-and-I’m-a-klutz cup. lol. Obviously if you prefer, you can pour the espresso directly into your cup, but I prefer mine mixed. My son moved back in to go back to school a year ago, and he also makes a daily latte with milk. Every Saturday my partner likes a cold, whole milk latte and it works amazingly for that too. When my other kids visit they make themselves hot mochas, or hot lattes and my vegan kids do that with soy milk or almond milk. This frother has gotten a lot of use and still works perfectly. I know you can get a battery powered frother for less money, but this is hassle free. You just pour it and forget it until it beeps, which is about 3 or 4 minutes, and you never have to worry about burning the milk. Protip - if you love foam like me, pour it off and drink it immediately.I even bring this frother with me when I go out of town (except camping). For a wonderful, hotel latte that’s way better than Starbucks, I pre-make the espresso (I’ve done 3 days worth), put it in a jar, store it in the hotel mini-fridge, with some milk or half and half, plug in the frother and easily make it in the morning. In this case, since I want a hot latte and have cold, espresso, I put the espresso in a bit earlier so it will also heat up and not just to mix it.I actually had never made at-home lattes before I bought this. I was a drip coffee person unless I was buying at a coffee shop. I don’t like black coffee, and I always added cream and sugar, but then I needed to cut back on carbs/sugar because of health reasons, so I decided to try this, and now I would never go back. I do not have a lot of time or patience before work, and this makes my morning coffee ritual easy and lovely. It’s probably saved me a lot of money since I prefer it over the occasional Starbucks latte.
