KitchenCraft Le'Xpress Handheld Milk Foamer

The Electric Whisk That Just Won’t Quit! This electric whisk? It literally doesn’t die. I charged it once, weeks ago, and it’s still going strong. Now, I don’t use it every day, but still—the battery holds its charge like a champ for long stretches between uses. Now, fair warning: when you first get it, those attachable heads are an absolute nightmare to pull off. Seriously, it’s like they’ve been welded on. But that’s just because it’s brand new, so don’t panic! Once you break it in, you’ll forget all about that hassle. Honestly, forget all the other electric whisks out there. This one’s the winner. It’s the Energizer Bunny of kitchen gadgets—just keeps going, and going, and going...

KitchenCraft KCFRX Le'Xpress Frother This thing must have had an update in the past few months because mine is most certainly not flimsy as noted by some reviewers, it's actually quite well built. What it is though is rowdy. Very rowdy. In the update, the manufacturer must have either put a bigger engine under the bonnet or switched the battery for nitrous oxide; I've driven cars with less power than this! I'm not going to ramble on about what it does - it's a frother and it does frothy things. What else do you need to know? Just be careful to test drive it on a mug of water first before using it for it's intended purpose, just in case you get one fitted with nitrous oxide, like mine! Five stars on entertainment value alone!

I’d been trying other methods of frothing milk as I don’t currently have an espresso machine with a steam wand; the method of foaming milk in a cafetiere is a really cool little hack, but it doesn’t create the right texture for latte art. Also, if you’re using the cafetiere also for making coffee, which is of course what it is intended for ;-), then you’ll find that you need to clean it really well before using it to froth milk, other wise you’ll end up with coffee grounds in the milk. I remembered I used to have one of the little battery operated spinning whisk gizmo’s from Ikea, that I think cost a quid or two. I had a look online and found the Le ‘Xpress frother from Amazon for just under a fiver, so I thought I’d give it a go. I’ve seen that there are more expensive electric milk frothers which also heat the milk as well ad texuring it, but I’ve not tried them as they usually seem a bit on the pricey side. The thing that has really surprised me about these cheap hand frothers, is that they really give you a lot of control over the texturing. Depending on how you use them, you can create quite a wide range of milk texture. If all you want to do is create a bit of a foamy texture, that’s fine just stick it in for a few seconds and you’ll get that; however if you experiment with it you’ll find you can do different things to the milk depending on how you use it. In terms of the process of doing latte art with one of these, I won’t cover that here as I’ve recently written a post all about pouring latte art without a steam wand, so read that for a more in-depth post on using one of these to texture milk for latte art. It seems a bit larger than the ones I’ve had in the past from Ikea. OK it’s not the most impressive device in terms of overall look and feel, it’s mainly lightweight plastic; but I’m fairly happy with it for the price in terms of overall quality.I read the Amazon reviews (overall 4 out of 5 stars from over 650 reviews) some of which claim that it feels a bit of a cheap product, which makes me giggle slightly, because at £4.47 it IS a cheap product… OK Ikea do (or at least used to) a cheaper one, but I’d have to see them side by side to say whether this one is worth the extra few quid. I seem to recall that the ones I had from ikea in the past were smaller and less powerful, but I may be wrong. There are more expensive frothers; the Aerolatte looks very similar although the on and off button is on the very top with the thumb, which looks like it might be a bit easer to use one handed, and this had 4.4 out of 5 stars from over 830 reviews, so that’s impressive. There’s also a larger stainless steel frother called Silky Milky which looks like a larger more heavy duty affair, it has decent reviews too; 4.6 out of 5 from 66 reviews. Anyway going back to the Le’ Xpress, It seems to have plenty of power, my only real criticism is that it seems to really go through batteries. I found that I was having better results with new batteries, and then after each use I was struggling more and more to get the texture right. Changing the batteries sorted the problem, but then it was the same again after only a few more uses; this was with Duracell batteries too so we’re not talking cheap crappy batteries. I then remembered that I have some rechargeable Duracell batteries that I use for my camera, so I started using them, and that sorted the problem. For some reason, using rechargeable batteries seems to be much better with the Le ‘Xpress, I can get at least quadruple the uses from a single charge than I can get from one set of ordinary Duracell batteries, which seems strange but there you go. So overall, I’d say this is a good product for the price. It may well not be the best frother available, but it’s not the most expensive either, and for a fiver product I’m very happy with it. I’ve been using it probably about four months now, and it’s still working fine. Life is like a box of chocolates, and that’s all I have to say about that :-

I absolutely love this little frother. I already had a more expensive but less reliable one which has now been binned. This one looks as if it's a bit flimsy but it works well. The top slides back, the batteries slide in (terminals clearly marked on the connection, so no guessing) and the on off switch is a slide button on the side. The switch takes a bit of getting used to and it's worth doing this before you put it anywhere near a drink. A small press forward and it starts, a further press forward and it's on full pelt, and the switch has to be clicked back for you to switch it off. The secret to getting a decent froth is simple. Froth is air and milk incorporated so if you hold the head of your frother at the surface rather than buried in the depths, you will get a froth. It's also useful in a taller mug if you have an issue with sugar or sweeteners not dissolving, which can easily happen. I use rechargeable batteries and after a few days of morning coffees they still appear to be going strong. A note on the whisk attachment. It doesn't detach, so do clean this under the tap. If you place it in a partly filled tall glass you can effectively soak the whisk and remove particles without resorting to a knife. Cute little gadget that is worth getting, in my opinion, and fun to use.

This is a great little device for frothing milk. I use it daily in my coffee, I like to heat up the milk in a separate mug and after frothing add this to my coffee. At first I thought this device wouldn't work because of how cheap it is compared to some others but I was blown away by how powerful and fast this does the job. I have given this product 3 stars because it is a little too fast and if you fill up a cup of milk even half way, it will overflow and spill. I removed another star because although this product is great for the price, it does feel and look very cheap, I do not think It will last very long. At this price I would definitely recommend!

Den funkade helt klart mycket bättre än jag trodde! Mitt kaffe med skummad mjölk kunde inte varit bättre!

Preis Leistung sehr gut!!

Had no batteries. Also has stortage.

Passionné de capuccino et latte macchiato j'utilise régulièrement un fouet à lait pour mes mousses. Celui-ci se démarque des autres petit fouet électriques pour une rigidité un peu renforcée de sa tige, ce qui est important car si celle-ci ce déforme un tant soit peu, le fouet ne tourne plus dans l'axe et la mousse ne réussit pas aussi bien. Un bon petit produit pour faire des spécialité de bar à l'italienne de façon efficace et pas cher.

For looks, the product is sleek, fine finished and quite handy. Material of the product is good and feature of loading batteries into its compartment is uncomplicated and effortless. Its ability to generate froth in milk for a quantity of one cup is "simply impressive". Of course, as I feel, quality of milk (i.e., fat content of milk), shape of container, power of batteries and method of its usage may likely be the effecting factors for froth generation (less efficiency is observed when frother's spring coil was pushed to deep level). On the other side, the observations made are that in website as well as on its box, product has title of "le Xpress from Kitchen Craft" but on product title shown as "Le'Xpress Venezia". Second observation is that a supporting-sleeve is coming out for spring coil rod when it is in operation as per pictures in website as well as on its box but no such feature is for the item supplied. Despite these observations, product rated "IMPRESSIVE" because of its positive points enumerated above.