Can milk be heated in this without scorching? (2%)
2082615
No. I tried it but it comes to a boiling point so it's hard unless you are right there and turn it off as soon as you see it about to boil. None of the electric tea kettles are able to heat milk without scorching because it was designed to boil.
2082616
This machine wasn't made to boil milk - only water so I don't know if this would work to heat up milk. When I'm boiling water for a cup of tea, after the water has reached the boiling point - approximately 5-10 seconds later it shuts off. During that time the milk may get scorched.
895131
Hi I do not understand the question. This machine does not make the milks very hot. But it is a very good machine for expresso and coffee, my husband loves it.
115275
I don't really know. I do know that as long as the milk is at the right temperature and you warm up the plastic container it seems to hold the heat for a long time. Hope this helps.
1518314
I'd be worried about scalding the milk next to the element. I added a customer image to show the element is set in the plastic. I've been considering heating a cup set in boiling water.
51590
I dont think you are ever supposed to microwave breastmilk. If you dont have a bottle warmer then warm up a pot of water and place the bottle (sealed) in the hot water for about 5-7 mins and it will heat the milk up that way.
1053093
It depends really how hot you want your drink. I personally like the temperature of the milk, but my wife has to heat it up more in the microwave to really enjoy it. I would guess for most people the milk is not going to be hot enough.
319077
Absolutely. Glass is a little deceiving though. It'll feel hot, but when you lightly swirl the milk it cools and reveals the true temperature of the milk. I usually go about 9 minutes for 4 oz of refrigerator temp milk.
2029639
It'll heat milk well enough, provided you keep stirring as it heats. Then I'd recommend cleaning the pot with running water and a sponge or scrubbing pad *before* it cools down completely or dries. (Don't use soap, of course.) That's the key with keeping this pot clean, as with any cast iron.
2248587
Yes, I have. Always remember to heat milk slowly...I really love this product. Bought a second for my daughter!
767764
This appliance does not heat the milk initially. You must do that separately first. It is meant to hold the yogurt cultures at the ideal warm temperature for proper fermentation and then cool them.
658702
I always heat the milk to about 180 (in the microwave) before making yogurt and then let it cool down to around 100 - 110 before adding the starter. I've never tried not heating the milk.
581151
Yes there is just a heated milk option. You can also keep the milk cold and just froth.
2003432
Yes you have to heat the milk up first. I don't think any of them do this step. I found it was easiest to just zap it in the microwave. It took a few tries to figure out how long to zap it but now I have a routine and it's not hard.
2193173
I've used the milk heater for hot chocolate. The unit stops before the milk gets burnt or changes colour. Once you pour the milk, the unit will likely burn the remnants unless you pour a splash of cold milk to keep the burnt layer from forming or drown it with water.
963661
It gets hot enough to burn your mouth. We add milk and it is still pretty hot
306492
When it worked (I ended up returning this item because it would shut off before it was finished), my milk reached 180 degrees (way too hot for baby, but I needed to scald the milk before freezing for a lipase issue, and I used a thermometer, because the milk needed to reach that specific temperature).
407607
First, boiling your milk is neither good nor necessary. Boiling is 100C/212F. Some say scalding temperature is 82C/180F, others say 85C/185F; I prefer the latter. The temperature should be held for five (5) minutes to kill organisms which might be present (they do not die immediately). Some argue that scalding is unnecessary because commercial milk is already pasteurized. However, if that were so commercial milk would never go sour. We all know it does, sometimes. Microwaving is not a good idea, in my opinion. Experience microwaving plain black coffee has taught me that internal micro hot spots -- boiling and above (superheated) -- can be created within the substance being microwaved. I have had plain black coffee boil over its container wall while the average temperature was not near boiling, i.e. the "boiled over" coffee could be drunk immediately afterward without fear of burning one's self. Here is the human danger of food which has been microwaved to the point that internal micro hot spots have exceeded 120C/248F: substances known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) are created. Current research indicates AGEs (created by high temperature cooking, 120C/248F or above) are linked to Type-II diabetes, hardening of the arteries and a list of other dreaded human conditions which appear later in life (presumably) as a result of consuming AGEs and the resulting internal accumulation of such. (Inside the body the AGEs eventually form cross-linked protein substances which are difficult for the body to eliminate; thus the cross-linked proteins accumulate over one's lifetime as does the damage they cause to our tissues.) Stove-top scalding of milk is a more gentle, indeed perhaps "safer" from the prospective of avoiding AGE creation, albeit a more time consuming method. I, personally, choose stove-top over microwave. I make a gallon of yogurt at a time. HTH, Joan