Milk heater

Chris C

Chris C

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I'm very partial to some hot chocolate at this time of year and I usually heat the milk in a pan. (No I won't entertain the idea of making hot chocolate with water) Is there an easier way?

I have a milk frother thing I got ages ago but it doesn't get the milk hot enough.

I also enjoy a nice latte, am I looking at investing in a coffee machine to do both?
 
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frother , whose body, would go in microwave ?
I make hot chocolate from cocoa everyday using espresso machine ie. steamed chocolate.. key is dissolving cocoa & sugar in a paste with small amount of hot water before adding milk

jpaul said:
so for the parents with a microwave the bodum one that could go into that, after, or before, it is throthed seems interesting, some degree of energetic manual work though.
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If you're feeling exceptionally lazy and have a coffee pod machine, you can put the milk into the water tank and it'll pour it at a decent temperature for hot chocolate.
Just make sure you run some water through it to clean it out after, otherwise it'll smell of off milk in the morning.
 
There are lots of equivalents to that Hotel Chocolat hot chocolate maker out there. But when you read the user reviews, they all tend to get complaints of not quite getting the milk hot enough too. (Edit: reading your post again, this might be what you're talking about already having. Sorry if so!)

The answer (apparently, only repeating what I've read) is to heat the mug with boiling water before pouring the hot chocolate in. That apparently makes enough difference to cancel out the not-quite-hot-enough.

Example (picking the Dualit because it's a known brand, but there's hundreds out there):
 
bazzabear said:
There are lots of equivalents to that Hotel Chocolat hot chocolate maker out there. But when you read the user reviews, they all tend to get complaints of not quite getting the milk hot enough too. (Edit: reading your post again, this might be what you're talking about already having. Sorry if so!)

The answer (apparently, only repeating what I've read) is to heat the mug with boiling water before pouring the hot chocolate in. That apparently makes enough difference to cancel out the not-quite-hot-enough.

Example (picking the Dualit because it's a known brand, but there's hundreds out there):
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Tried this today and it's definitely helped! Not sure it's quite as hot as I'd like, but it's made enough of a difference that I'll probably just carry on using my milk frother and preheat the mug. Thanks :)
 
I Microwave milk for my "Latte" 90 secs. Then mix the instant and back in for another 30 secs if a normal mug an extra 60 secs if its a big almost pint worth..
 
The reason they might not be getting the milk hot enough for your liking is that if you heat milk over 65-70°C you lose the sweetness as and texture of the milk, you wont notice the sweetness as much in a hot chocolate but can have quite an impact on flavour of milk based coffee drinks.
 
OP, what milk frother do you have which doesn't get it hot enough?

I have the Hotel Chocolat velvetiser which does a grand job of this, and I'm told the Dualit branded one (the same company which makes them for HC) is just as good if not better, and can often be found for sub-£50 at Costco.
 
Arterion said:
OP, what milk frother do you have which doesn't get it hot enough?

I have the Hotel Chocolat velvetiser which does a grand job of this, and I'm told the Dualit branded one (the same company which makes them for HC) is just as good if not better, and can often be found for sub-£50 at Costco.
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I'm not sure, it was one off of Amazon years ago. I did look at the Hotel Chocolate velvetiser though.

ddoubleep said:
I got this recently from Instant Pot and it gets milk to around 80c.

Does a decent enough Hot Chocolate mix and milk for the coffee.
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That does look good, nice capacity too!

Heating the cup which was suggested has also helped. I think I'll pull the trigger in one of those instant pot ones.
 
Chris C said:
I'm not sure, it was one off of Amazon years ago. I did look at the Hotel Chocolate velvetiser though.


That does look good, nice capacity too!

Heating the cup which was suggested has also helped. I think I'll pull the trigger in one of those instant pot ones.
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The capacity is one of the main reasons I got it. You can do 2 hot chocolates in one go or milk for multiple cups of coffee.
The base is slim and easy to have out and cup is easily washable.

Dreo and Subliminal looked cool but went for the Instant Pot as does what it needs to well.
 
ddoubleep said:
The capacity is one of the main reasons I got it. You can do 2 hot chocolates in one go or milk for multiple cups of coffee.
The base is slim and easy to have out and cup is easily washable.

Dreo and Subliminal looked cool but went for the Instant Pot as does what it needs to well.
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We have a winner. Turned up earlier today, just made a lovely hot chocolate, much hotter than my other milk frother. The 500ml capacity is a great bonus as well

My only gripe would be the naming, it is anything but 'instant' but worth the wait.
 
Chris C said:
We have a winner. Turned up earlier today, just made a lovely hot chocolate, much hotter than my other milk frother. The 500ml capacity is a great bonus as well

My only gripe would be the naming, it is anything but 'instant' but worth the wait.
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Glad to hear it worked out for you. It is a decent bit of kit that using daily now. The wait varies from milk to milk and how much you fill it but overall not too bad. I read others can take as much time or longer or based on their design.
 
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