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wetbandit42


Marc Jacobs

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I love Starbucks London Fog tea lattes, but they are ridiculously expensive. I can make one much cheaper at home with an early gray tea bag, milk and vanilla syrup. The problem is, I don't know how to steam milk... Can I just microwave it? I'm looking at frothers online, but I can't seem to find any that heat and froth milk. TIA!

-- Edited by wetbandit42 on Monday 1st of March 2010 12:30:38 PM

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I use this frother that I received as a Christmas present a few years ago. Sometimes I heat up the milk in the microwave then pour it into a small stainless steel pitcher and froth it with the wand. Sometimes just I use the milk cold.  It gets the milk nice and fluffy. 

I probably use it at least 2x a week and for parties when I make coffee.  I've actually given it to a bunch of people as a gift over the years.  It's one of my favorite things.

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http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/primo-milk-frother/?pkey=x|4|1||4|frother||0&cm_src=SCH


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Thanks Boots! I was actually looking at that frother online! I read somewhere that you can use an immersion blender to froth milk (which I have), so I'm going to see if that works before buying a frother.

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My immersion blender is a lot bigger than the frother. Maybe a small one would work?

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