Back to Basics CM300BR Cocoa-Latte Chrome 32-Ounce Hot-Drink Maker

by Back to Basics

Product Features

• 600-watt hot-drink maker quickly and easily whips up delicious cafe-style beverages
• 32-ounce container with measurement markings and locking lid; nonstick heating surface
• Mixing paddle and dispensing valve; automatic shut-off function prevents over-heating
• 2-piece construction makes cleanup a snap; 35 recipes included
• Measures approximately 7-1/2 by 9 by 12 inches

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002TUVQM
• Item model number: CM300BR
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (355 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,250 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #12 in Kitchen & Dining > Coffee, Tea & Espresso Appliances > Milk Frothers

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Sleek and stylish, this sophisticated hot-drink maker quickly creates deliciously soothing cafe-style beverages from the comfort and convenience of home. The unit's generous 32-ounce container features easy-to-read measurement markings and a secure lid that locks with a simple twist. Even more, its spill-free dispensing valve makes it a breeze to portion off perfectly sized mugs of steaming cocoa, flavored coffee, cappuccino, hot cider, and a host of other soul-warming drinks, whipping them to the perfect consistency with its innovative mixing paddle. Equipped with a powerful 600-watt motor, the unit heats beverages to the ideal temperature of 167 degrees F before shutting off automatically, while its foolproof on/off operation serves as a welcome contrast to more complicated and cumbersome equipment. Additional highlights include a nonstick heating surface, a stable base, and two-piece construction that cleans easily. Thirty-five straightforward recipes for concocting a variety of creative and unforgettable spiced, sweet, creamy, frothy, and gourmet hot drinks come included. The hot-drink maker measures approximately 7-1/2 by 9 by 12 inches.

Product Description

The Cocoa Latte Hot Drink Maker brings the café experience into your home. Automatically heat, whip and mix instant cocoa, coffee and tea into frothy, café-style drinks. The auto shut off ensures that drinks won't be overheated. The 32-ounce container, with a twist-and-lock lid and non-stick heating surface, is easy to clean. Includes 35 delicious hot drink recipes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just for hot chocolate, December 21, 2006

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Domenico Bettinelli (Holbrook, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to Basics CM300BR Cocoa-Latte Chrome 32-Ounce Hot-Drink Maker (Kitchen)

My sister has a habit of buying me kitchen gadgets as gifts that when I first open them I'm skeptical, but after using it for a while I'm a fan. It was that way with the "Back to Basics CM300BR Cocoa-Latte Hot Drink Maker." When I saw it I said to myself, "How often am I going to make hot chocolate that I needed a dedicated device?" After all, you put milk in a saucepan, add some ingredients, heat it up and you're done. Oh, but I didn't realize what lay in store for me.

First, as a hot chocolate maker, it's a real joy. Add the milk and the ingredients--either a mix or whatever recipe you like--and turn it on. Now walk away. That's it. For the next few minutes, the machine will get to work mixing the ingredients thoroughly and bringing it up to the perfect temperature--not too hot, but tepid. In this case it's about 180 degrees. When it hits that mark, the machine stops automatically.

That's key because when you make hot chocolate on the stovetop, you have to keep an eagle-eye on the milk. If you turn your back for a moment, you have the dreaded boil over and a big mess to clean up. But with the Cocoa Maker--to steal an informercial slogan--you just set it and forget it. When it's done heating the cocoa, you place your mug under the spigot, press the dispense button and let it fill your mug. The button spins the mixer blade but leaves the heating element off and froths up the cocoa for you.

Of course, it doesn't just make cocoa. Now, I'm not sure about the latte bit--I think I'd still prefer a cappuccino machine for that--but it makes great hot spiced cider, mulled wine, or other hot drinks. You can also heat up chicken or beef broth. When you're making risotto you need to keep a pot of hot stock nearby to incorporate into the rice. Keep the cocoa maker full of broth and keep turning it on every few minutes and you can dispense hot broth right into your saute pan or a ladle.

The mixing vessel detaches from the base for clean up, just remember to close the spigot before you start pouring in ingredients the next time you use it. I can't tell you how many times I've ended up with puddles of milk coming out the front of the machine.

[...]especially if you're not hot cocoa fans like us, but if you are or if you can imagine using it for other uses as well, I recommend it.

135 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Chocolate, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, February 25, 2006

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Michael D. Briggs "Dark_Psion" (El Reno, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to Basics CM300BR Cocoa-Latte Chrome 32-Ounce Hot-Drink Maker (Kitchen)

I love a hot chocolate at the end of a cold day, but usually it is chore to make and when using instant mixes, it didn't always come out quite right. But this little wonder fixes all of that.

You can use water or milk, add additional flavors (a touch of vanilla is my favorite) and let it mix and heat it for you. Now some have said this device was not hot enougth, but my tongue would disagree with that. I love the fact it will froth it up for you as you dispense it (a little extra sugar will make extra froth). Cleaning is no problem, as long as you clean it as you use it. Yes, if you wait till tomorow to clean it, you will need to scrub a little, but if you do it when you are done, no problem. Just run soapy water thru it and wipe away any choclate reisdue.

I have yet to try out other drinks with it, I don't like coffee and will wait for summer to try out the teas, but I expect it will be just as good.

56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great item!, November 19, 2005

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Terri Mozingo (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to Basics CM300BR Cocoa-Latte Chrome 32-Ounce Hot-Drink Maker (Kitchen)

I can't believe all the bad reviews. I love this cocoa maker, and so have my friends that use it. We take it camping and make cocoa for the kids. The kids love to watch it swirl/warm up and to be able to dispense their own drinks. I don't think it is hard to clean at all. Same concept as an electric blender. I fill it up with warm soapy water, wash it, then I open the dispenser and run the hot water out of it to keep it clean. Just wipe the base off. The only reason I don't give it a 5 is because of the frothy mechnism. It doesn't work as well as I anticipated, but it serves it purpose well enough.