I drink a lot of coffee. Most of it is just coffee with a little sugar and a dash of half-and-half, because that’s fast and simple. But every so often I want something closer to what I’d get at a coffee shop, and that’s where I run into trouble. I own an espresso machine with a steam wand but I am not very good at it (maybe it’s just me, but frothing milk with a steam wand is harder than it seems like it should be), and I’m not paying $6 for a latte every time the mood hits.
A milk frother seemed like the cheap way to close that gap. So I spent a couple of weeks with the SIMPLETASTE 4-in-1 Electric Milk Frother to see if a small pitcher on my counter could do the job.
Form
The SIMPLETASTE frother looks like a small electric kettle. It’s a round pitcher about 4 inches across and roughly 7.5 inches tall, and it weighs a little over a pound and a half. It takes up about as much counter space as a travel mug.
The review unit is navy blue with a clear lid and a short pour spout. The pitcher lifts off a powered base, the same way a cordless kettle does, so there’s no cord dragging behind you when you pour. There’s one button on the front. Inside, there’s a Teflon non-stick coating, fill lines marked on the wall, and a small whisk that sits at the bottom.
Function
SIMPLETASTE calls it a 4-in-1 because it has four modes: warm dense foam, warm airy foam, cold foam, and plain heated milk with no foam. You cycle through them with the button. Press it until you land on the one you want and walk away.
Capacity depends on what you’re doing. It will heat up to 10.1 ounces of milk for hot chocolate or matcha. For foam, the limit is 4.4 ounces, because the milk needs room to expand. A 500-watt heating element does the work, and the frother shuts itself off when the cycle finishes so the milk doesn’t scorch or boil over.
SIMPLETASTE recommends whole milk for the best foam and says non-dairy milk may not froth as well. The pitcher is made of a scratch-resistant material, and SIMPLETASTE says cleanup is a rinse under running water and a wipe with a soft cloth. The one rule is to keep water away from the bottom and the outside of the pitcher, since that’s where the electrical parts are. This isn’t something you toss in the dishwasher.
My Experience
The first thing I made was a latte, or my version of one. I brewed a strong cup, filled the frother to the foam line with whole milk, and pushed the button for dense foam. About two minutes later it clicked off, and I had a pitcher of thick foam that held its shape on a spoon. It was better than I expected from something this size.
Cold foam turned out to be the mode I used most. I’m in Texas, and iced coffee season here runs about ten months of the year. Cold foam on top of iced coffee makes it feel like a treat, and it’s done before the ice has a chance to water down the coffee.
It isn’t perfect. The warm modes are warm, not hot. If you like your drinks scalding, you’ll be disappointed, and pouring warm milk into coffee that’s been sitting for a while gives you a lukewarm cup. I learned to froth first and brew second.
I also learned the fill lines aren’t suggestions. I got greedy one morning and filled past the foam line. Milk can double in volume when it froths, and physics won, all over my counter.
And 4.4 ounces of milk is one drink. When my wife wanted one too, I had to rinse the pitcher and run it again. Cleanup is easy as long as you do it right away. Let the milk sit for an hour, and you’ll be scrubbing a film off the bottom, carefully, because you can’t dunk the thing in the sink.
The Verdict
The SIMPLETASTE 4-in-1 Milk Frother does what it says. It makes good foam, hot or cold, with one button and almost no effort. It’s small, and it looks nice on the counter.
Price is where you need to pay attention. On Amazon, it typically sells for $45 to $50, and it has dropped to about $30 during sales. I also found it listed on other online marketplaces for $80 or more, which is too much. At that price, you’re shopping against bigger name brands.
At $45, I think it’s worth it if you make milk drinks a few times a week. It pays for itself in about eight trips you didn’t make to the coffee shop. If you want piping hot milk or you’re making lattes for a crowd, look for something bigger. If you want a better cup of coffee at home without buying an espresso machine, it’s an easy yes.
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