Do you have to boil the milk before using this machine? I use raw milk which is unpasteurized so I would prefer not to boil.
945151
I boil my milk, but you don't have to. There are instructions for using un-boiled milk also.
945152
I'm not sure about unpasteurized milk. I just use room temperature Trader Joe organic soy milk. It's easy because the only thing I do is add the culture and set for 10-11 hours.
945153
I do not boil my milk to make my yogurt. I prefer to use as many raw milk products as possible. I heat the milk to 100 to 110 never beyond that. Pour into my glass jars and I have found it works better if I preheat the unit. I can't tell anyone not to boild but for me I prefer it still in the "raw" form.
945154
We use raw milk as well. I would not destroy the milk by boiling it! Have been doing it for more than a year without any problems. Yogurt is not as thick but we got use to the texture and taste. Good luck.
945155
It is recommended doing so only to make a thicker yogurt. I personally do not I just add 6tbsp dry milk or use my yogurt cheese maker to get the consistency I want.
945156
I heat the milk to 180 then let it cool to 110 before putting in the starter. I know nothing about unpasteurized milk.
1101113
You only need to boil the milk if you are using raw milk. If you use pasteurized milk you only need to pre-heat it (+/- 82c). (If you use UHT you don't even need to pre-heat, as that has already been done for you.) Pre-heating it to just below the boiling point will make the yogurt thicker, more like a commercial yogurt. Then you cool it to body temp. before adding your active yogurt culture. I have made it w/o pre-heating and it tends to come out about half way between commercial yogurt and the drinking yogurt. Another way to thicken the yogurt is to add powdered milk (+/- 10T powdered milk to 1.5L of milk) The important thing is that the milk be at about, or just above body temp when you add the yogurt you are using as a culture.
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.
895280
No. But I do take some of the cooled down milk out of the pot.. say about 1/2 cup.. and mix that into the starter. Then I put that mixed amount back into the pot of milk and stir it to mix it all together.
1517264
I love this machine BUT I would not use milk in the hot shot. I believe its too hot and milk might plug up the system if not cleaned out immediately.
1189345
Yes, I have. It works just fine. I warmed the milk because you can either froth milk using cold OR hot, depending on your preference. I LOVE this frother!!
1669101
You don't put milk in it. There's a steamer on the side, so you steam the milk in a separate container.
1339516
Storm Weaver, if you're still monitoring this discussion, do you heat the milk first? I can get good raw milk, but if I have to pasteurize it I don't think it's worth the extra money. Everything I've read says this must be done.
134959
No, you do not need to use milk. We like hot coffee every morning so we use an electric tea kettle for hot water which we add to 1 measure of coffee in a standard coffee mug (6-8 oz). I have also used cold water for ice coffee. You can always add more coffee if you prefer a larger mug. Cool Brew is a great coffee especially because there is little to no acid to upset stomach.
1845864
No. They share the same boiler. I usually have my espresso ground and pressed into the brew basket while my milk is steaming. That way I can brew the shot directly after the milk is ready. It works out well. I have had this machine for two years now and I love it! No problems whatsoever.
2077307
It has a "cold stir" setting. Instruction book says that setting "allows you to stir already cold or hot milk without additional heat". I think if you tried to put ice into the mixing jug you'd probably break the machine. And it doesn't chill any ingredients. But if you operated the unit on the cold setting, your cold ingredients should come out about as cold as when you put them in. The cold setting operates for 60 seconds, and you have the option of re-selecting the cold stir setting for another 60 seconds if you need to.
1788963
I tried it with cold milk, then with hot and it seemed to work better using hot milk. The only other thing I can think of is that you might be stirring yourcoffee after the milk is added. I wouldn't.
890891
Although I have never done so, the airpot should act as any thermos-like pot and preserve the temperature of the liquid it contains, so I believe the answer is yes. I would temper the pot with cold water for a period of time prior to using it for the milk.
1584498
Sorry, I actually returned my machine. I didn't think it got the milk hot enough (I use a thermometer typically). Where I live I have to descale pretty regularly (I now have a Giro - it tells me when to do it). But I think regardless of your water source the repeated boiling of water creates a buildup whether or not there's a water filter in place (not sure about that).
1896260
As with most heating products (electric kettles, aeroccino) it's always better to start from cold. Why use warm milk if you are going to heat it up anyway?
1339517
Thanks for the information. I have never used raw milk, hence my answer. THis is great info to know, in case I get to a dairy! Thanks.
1973207
You can not reheat the milk once it has been heated. To get the best results you need Cold and Fresh milk.