Baristina Milk Frother, Hot & Cold Foam, Black

The foam is excellent and unrivaled; the design is brilliant and should promote longevity and durability.This is the best non-steam frother out there. I've tried lots of frothers throughout the years. Non-steaming ones struggle to get well-formed, hot foam. And many of them also break prematurely because the container portion has openings at the bottom which can get clogged or leak and cause malfunction or short circuiting. Literally I've never had another one that has lasted more than 6 months of daily use. Although I've only had this one for a few weeks, it appears that it will last much longer with a better design that protects the electrical and motor components from liquids (I will update this review if that changes). The frothing whisk is oscillated magnetically, so the whole milk basin is isolated from the motor and electrical components unlike any other frother I’ve tried - simple and brilliant. Makes it so much easier to clean too.I had high hopes for this frother after seeing it on display, and so far it has not disappointed. It's elegant and simple. Looks amazing on the counter. Feels solid and well-made. Just one button that can serve two simple functions - hot foam (1 sec press) or cold foam (3 sec press). The foam itself is really solid and well-formed unlike many other non-steaming frothers. A couple of things to note to get the best foam: it finishes very quickly and has to be poured right away to keep the foam. It seems like the bottom layer of foam deforms back into milk quickly because if you wait even just 30 seconds after it has finished, there's a good amount of liquid milk that gets poured out. But if you pour right away after it finishes, it's all foam. The other thing is that if finishes very quickly. Faster than you'd expect. It seems to work faster than any other non-steam frother I've used. Maybe 20-30 seconds? It doesn't burn the milk, either. I haven't tried frothing other liquids, but I'm going to do that next.My only qualms are that there are no operating instructions included - just a paper with lots of warnings. And secondly, it was initially falsely advertised as having a "heating only" function which it seems is not true. I had to find a youtube review to figure out how to do the cold foam function (hold the button for 3 seconds) because there are no instructions included, for some odd reason. And also, it doesn't seem to be able to just heat up the liquids which seems like an oversight. For something so expensive already, I'd expect a simple heating function. It can make hot foam, so it couldn't have been that difficult to engineer another function to do heat-only without froth (like double-tapping the button maybe?). Maybe the next version will incorporate a heat-only function.

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Frother function works well. That said, the protective coating of the vessel wears off over time. Hopefully the material is not toxic and/or cancer causing. As far as ergonomics: A) the unit is very rotund and hard to get small hands around - a handle would have been helpfull. B) the rim of the unit is perfectly round which causes the hot liquid and foam to spill on the unit (and base), if the unit had a bit of a pouring spout there would not be any spillage and unnecessary clean up. In summary, nice functional unit but with serious design flaws.

I bought the Philips Baristina Milk Frother thinking it would just “froth milk.” That was cute of me.This thing didn’t just froth my milk—it elevated my entire personality. I went from “guy who drinks coffee” to “person who casually uses words like microfoam and mouthfeel” overnight. I now make lattes so good I instinctively judge coffee shops… loudly… in my own kitchen.The foam? Immaculate. Silky. Suspiciously perfect. It’s like this machine has a personal vendetta against mediocre beverages. Hot or cold, it just shows up and performs like it’s auditioning for a barista championship.I made one cappuccino and immediately started considering opening a café called “Me, Myself, and Foam.” My regular coffee now feels like a personal betrayal if I don’t use this thing.10/10. If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a professional barista without the emotional damage of a morning rush, this is your moment

Worked for 3 uses . 3 normal uses . Twice the first day it was received and once the 2nd day, then on the 4th try it didn't froth at all and motor sounded very weak ! So disappointed !

Great on for the price! Easy to use!!

Works great

Mighty performance for its size. Great quality and simple to use!

Really good. Heats up the milk in 60-90 seconds

Llego sin caja, sin manual la tuve que devolver

La texture du lait est parfaite mais trop chaud. Au mousseur manuel mon lait ne devient pas chaud come ca

Make perfect hot foam for a lovely cappuccino! (I haven't tried the cold foam yet)

I got a very milky foam almost more bubbles in hot milk than foam. Returned.