Milk Frothing Made Easy

Just added the Breville Electric Milk Frother to my birthday and holiday wish list.  This little stainless steel beauty stirs and froths milk while using induction heating. Dishwasher-safe and easy to clean, the Breville Frother eliminates the need to use a double-boiler or microwave to heat milk for hot chocolate creations or Vanilla Steamers.  Exclusive to Williams-Sonoma.com, the frother retails for $160.00.

Another hot chocolate beauty on the block

I must interrupt my Washington, DC hot chocolate adventure to announce that Carpigiani just unveiled the Chocolady Hot Chocolate Maker!

What a pleasure to learn a dedicated hot chocolate machine is available for hot chocolate aficionados. I take great pleasure in having a variety of hot chocolate machines options on the market. Furthermore, it is wonderful we no longer must use a “shared” beverage maker with the launch of dedicated hot chocolate machines!

The Chocolady Hot Chocolate Maker heats the hot chocolate mixture in 15 minutes and keeps the mixture flowing throughout the bain-marie heating system with circulating paddle stirs. It’s available in a 10-liter and five-liter sizes.

Has anyone seen this machine in stores yet?

Mix Up Another Please

Watch out Canada! Giles & Posners and Cadbury (the British chocolate company known in the USA for their chocolate egg Easter commercial and the cute little yellow chick) are teaming up to launch a chic new hot chocolate machine. The new machine referred to as The Hot Chocolate Drinks Maker is one of many new products the duo expects to launch this Fall in the Canadian market.

Personally, I am a little jealous right now. I love my Cocoa Latte Maker, but I can’t wait to see what this machine has to offer! It appears I will be browsing Canadian online stores this Fall for my own Hot Chocolate Drinks Maker.

P.S. Is it too late for a name change?

It’s about time…a cocoa machine

It’s been a busy holiday season and the hot chocolate business has been going well. Now, I found a new fixation…the Back-To-Basics Cocoa Latte Machine. Everywhere you look, another blasted coffee machine comes to the market.

Finally, Back-To-Basics delivers a machine just for us hot chocolate aficionados. Simply add your powdered hot chocolate mix along with milk or water to the Cocoa Latte Machine. Press the froth button and the machine mixes all of the ingredients together and even heats everything up! When you are ready for a cup, just put your mug under the spout and pour away.

The best attribute about this machine is that when the hot chocolate is no longer at the optimum temperature, the machine heats it up until it is drink/hot ready. Absolutely perfect! What’s even better…no skim. I hate skim on top of my hot chocolate, but I didn’t have that experience with the Cocoa Latte Machine.