Froth Au Lait FALNHS14 Elite Nsf FALNH-S14 With Heat Control Professional Milk Frother
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Froth Au LaitBrand: Froth Au Lait
Product features:
- Innovative heating and whipping technology; fully automatic--shuts off when done
- Thickest and richest froth topping
- Makes Hot and Cold Froth
- Makes Chai Tea, Hot Chocolate, and Whip cream
- Includes recipe book for making varity of froth flavors
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Froth Au Lait FALNHS14 Elite Nsf FALNH-S14 With Heat Control Professional Milk Frother
Customer Review: NOT commercial/"professional" grade quality--disposable!
Summary: 1 Stars
Froth au Lait Professional Milk Frother (Models FALNS10 & FALNh-S14, $150 & $190, respectively, on Amazon.com)
If you own a tea café or drink a lot of tea lattes and don't want to invest in a decent (read: expensive) espresso machine, affordable options for heating and frothing your milk and chai lattes are, unfortunately, quite limited. While I can't speak to the adequacy and efficacy of the Froth au Lait Professional Milk Frother for home use, I cannot recommend the professional, NSF version for commercial/café use unless you don't mind replacing it every 6-18 months. I have owned four of them, employing two at a time, over the past 3˝ years, and eventually gave up on them for a different solution.
The Froth au Lait Professional looks promising: a sturdy, stainless steel pitcher mounts easily on top of a solid-appearing base with a simple on/off button and hot/cold switch. To use it, you assemble a 3-part paddle on a hollow metal post in a pitcher, pour in milk, mount onto the base, and turn on. The cycle time to heat and froth the milk is about 3-3.5 minutes, a long time if you've got several latte orders lined up during an insanely busy Saturday.
The cons of this device outweighed the pros for us. If your café is a loud, raucous place, you won't mind the jarring (and, increasingly loud, over time) clatter it makes. Granted, espresso machine steamers are loud too, but a loud hisssss is preferable to the clankety-clank of this appliance for your café's chi any day.
Your milk should be hot when it's finished cycling, but unfortunately, ours would often stop halfway after making a few drinks in a row (this suggested to us that thermostat got thrown off because the device isn't adequate for subsequent cycles). As a workaround, we'd hold the button down to finish heating the milk.
About 4 months into owning the Froth au Laits, we noticed that the paddle assemblies' gears became worn down (plastic), causing a looser fit, resulting in additional clamor from spinning parts. More disturbing, however, is that milk would seep onto the motorized base because of the degradation of the paddle assembly's fit. Because of this, and despite diligent and repeated cleaning, we still always had smelly deposits of milk around and under the motor post and base at the end of the day, which was very difficult to clean. I can only assume that repeated exposure to leaked milk from the pitcher caused the base to eventually fail, because they all died eventually between 6 months of use (for the first one, which they replaced) and about 1˝ years (for the last three, which they wouldn't replace).
Because these units leak, have a long, unreliable heating cycles, and plastic paddle frothing assemblies that become worn down with use they are not really suitable for a busy café environment in my opinion. As such I consider them disposable and not of "professional" or commercial quality. In fact, I don't know why they would even bother with the NSF certification when the leaked milk constantly pools on the base, creating an ideal environment for bacterial growth unless detailed after every use (the milk even gets under the spindle which the paddle units attach to).
After having called several coffee equipment suppliers in search of a solution, I've found out that there seems to be a general consensus that this machine for commercial use just doesn't make the grade in terms of quality, performance, and durability. The only affordable solution I've found since these died is the Quick Mill Auto Milk Steamer (I got mine from Chris Coffee online for about $250). The cycle time is shorter (90 seconds), it heats the milk to a perfect 140° each time (rendering lactose in milk at its sweetest), and it's a lot easier to clean.
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Description of Froth Au Lait FALNHS14 Elite Nsf FALNH-S14 With Heat Control Professional Milk Frother
Froth Au Lait Professional Elite FALnh-S14, with award winning Froth Au Lait technology, is a Commercially Rated, NSF Approved, Automatic Hot Milk Frother. This versatile ALL STAINLESS STEEL PROFESSIONAL model with HEAT OR NO HEAT OPERATION is the ONLY FROTHER which can prepare both HOT OR COLD FROTH as well as WHIPPED CREAM. It includes a selectable heat switch to turn the unit's heater ON or OFF. Like all Froth Au Lait Hot Milk Frothers, the FALnh-S14 heats and whips milk to prepare the richest and longest lasting froth WITHOUT STEAM. It shuts off automatically when the froth reaches the perfect heated temperature. Finally, with the touch of a button, an effortless and foolproof way to prepare hot milk and the thickest froth ever for specialty hot beverages such as cappuccinos, and lattes. On a cold winter day also prepare delicious, creamy hot chocolate, chai tea, and café au lait. On a hot summer day, turn the heat off and prepare cold flavored froth for iced cappuccinos, lattes, refreshing cold beverages and low calorie fruit & dessert toppings. Prepare fresh gourmet whipped cream for decadent desserts, fruits, and so much more. This Model works alongside your coffee or espresso machine and MAKES EACH CAPPUCCINO OR LATTE A MASTERPIECE. Froth Au Lait features the Flavor Hatch, allowing you to add flavored syrups, powders and liqueurs directly into the milk. The Professional models have 2 interchangeable whips which allows you to vary the amount of froth and hot milk. It's unique REFRESH FEATURE allows milk to be re-frothed quickly. FINE RESTAURANTS ARE CHOOSING FROTH AU LAIT PROFESSIONAL MODELS OVER THE STEAMERS ON THEIR CAPPUCCINO MACHINES. SAY GOODBYE TO INCONSISTENT, POOR FROTH, STEAM, TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS. SAY HELLO TO THE THICKEST, LONGEST LASTING, AND EASIEST HOT OR COLD FROTH EVER! THE PROFESSIONAL ELITE -THE BARISTA WITH A PLUGCoffee, Tea & Espresso
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