In spite of my focused & clearly-seduced-by-the-marketing-strategies-of-Starbucks desire for a personalized gold card (hard earned by friends like Joe & Kellyn), I typically make my morning coffee at home. Sometimes (okay, most of the time) I'm in a bit of a rush and fill my travel mug as I head out the door, but lately I've been making a little more time for my addiction of choice and I owe it all to the Bodum battery operated milk frother. It's really a ridiculous little gadget and, in theory, I am opposed to having a bunch of little single task appliances taking up space in the kitchen. But the reality is (and I'm admitting it here for the first time) that I have loads of little, single task, but oh-so-useful kitchen tools. Sometimes they are so magical that it is completely worth the space that they consume, and this is one of those times.
Is it quite clear how much I'm enjoying my homemade hybrid latte-mistos? So much easier and less clean up than busting out the cappuccino maker... just a cup with an engineered lid that quickly foams the milk (I like a combo of low-fat with a splash of Boathouse Farms Vanilla Chai Tea for a little sweetness) to nearly double its volume, radically transforming your morning cuppa in a snap!* This is really going to throw a wrench in my Starbucks gold card aspirations...
The Bodum milk frother, in lime green: my new morning ritual.
The whole Bodum Bistro line is pretty fun, with it's scaled-up logo, LEGO-like texture and pop-y colors.** I realize that this is all sounding a bit advertisement-esque, but none of these companies pay me a penny to say anything about any of this!
