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Reddit mentions of Epica Automatic Electric Milk Frother and Heater Carafe
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Reddit mentions: 11
We found 11 Reddit mentions of Epica Automatic Electric Milk Frother and Heater Carafe. Here are the top ones.
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Makes hot or cold milk froth for cappuccino or iced drinks, heats milk for latte and other hot drinksStainless steel with vacuum insulation helps contents maintain temperatureCarafe detaches from base for easy pouringCapacity: frothing 4.25 oz./125 ml., heating 8.5 oz./250 ml.Make sure to only fill until the lower max line (there are 2 max lines ). The higher max line is for heating without frothing . If you use the higher max line and froth it may overflow .
Specs:
| Color | Black and Silver |
| Height | 1 Inches |
| Length | 1 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | B00I8WFKR0 |
| Width | 1 Inches |
I too am a broke college student and cappuccinos are my favorite! I make them with an aeropress and milk frother (this kind). They actually come out really good in my opinion.
This guy! I love it.
For those interested/curious, the coffee system I went with was the Bialetti espresso machine and the Epica milk heater/frother. I just make my espresso right on the stovetop, and once it starts boiling I start the milk frother which works extremely quickly. My latte art could stand some improvement, but I'm really happy with these purchases and how they work together.
The only bad thing about all of this is my milk intake is way higher than before, and I forgot to replenish my half-carton yesterday. Looks like I'll be making a morning trip to the grocery store any minute now.
I have another suggestion.
Almond milk and a frother.
I buy the reduced sugar almond milk by almond breeze.
It's 40 cals a cup and this frother from amazon. 1/2 cup of milk makes a fantastic cappuccino for 1 pt
Editing to add. Yummy made my self one! A 1 pt cinnamon dolce cappuccino (syrup from world market - 0 pts)
https://imgur.com/gallery/WRgza
When I was a bigger Chai drinker, I had some excellent luck with the Tazo concentrate. I didn't care for the Oregon concentrate at all (it just had a funny taste to me). The concentrate box costed about as much as 1 starbucks chai, and when doing the math I saved a whole lot of money making it myself. If you can get a small milk steamer/frother, then you have yourself a pretty good representation of a good cafe chai.
I noticed above you mentioned you are trying to shy away from pods, which is understandable. They create excess waste and are expensive. Unfortunately the nespresso machines are pod based, so this probably wont work for you. The nespresso machines are single serve - pod based 'espresso' makers.
If you definitely want to have the ability to make lattes/cappucinos, you're going to need something with a milk frother - or rather you could get a standalone frother.
Now the issue here is that Cafe style milk drinks are based off of heavily concentrated espresso, which a normal coffee pot is not going to make for you. Sure you could bump up the coffee:water ratio, but it's not quite the same.
If you have to have Cafe style drinks then you're price ceiling may have to increase, or you'll have to settle for a pod-based machine.
Oh okay so something like this wouldn't work?
Epica Automatic Electric Milk Frother and Heater Carafe https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8WFKR0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_LTFQyb17NBE5J
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00I8WFKR0/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1495077692&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=milk+frother&dpPl=1&dpID=41PS5e8cgDL&ref=plSrch
Assuming you mean drip coffee, the higher the fat content, the "creamier" (and tastier) it is. Half & half is great, heavy cream is even better although very high in fat.
Handheld milk frothers don't work all that well as they aren't very powerful. One like this will be much better. You'll have to try it to see if you like it better. Taste and texture are both different from regular drip coffee with cream.
Lastly, terms like latte and cappuccino are based on the type of milk added. A latte is espresso (a specific type of brewed coffee) with a lot of steamed milk, plus a little milk foam at the very top. Cappuccino is also an espresso beverage, but with much more milk foam. Almost all of these various coffee terms really come down to various mixes of coffee (drip or espresso) and milk (plain, steamed or foam).
A chart like this should help visualize it.
Extremely late reply, sorry!
I just use a chai tea bag or sometimes 2 if I want extra strength, mixed with one sugar cube (I like the fancy turbinado sugar). I let it steep while I use my beloved milk frother with 2% milk- you pour the milk in and press a button and it heats and froths at the same time
Milk frother on amazon
Not badly at all, thanks for asking! We got this really cool milk frother at work to go with our automatic caffeine-generator (I hesitate to call it a coffee machine because it's both really high tech and really disappointing in the drinks it makes. Powdered milk, barf.) and it's a good thing milk is relatively good for you because I've been making waaaaaaay too many lattes this week.
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