Customer Reviews

Rattleware 5-Inch Easy Steam S10

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I have owned this product now for about 4 months and it has been a great help to me in frothing milk for cappuccinos and lattes. I am a fairly serious cappucino junkie, Expobar machine, Mazzer mini grinder.

This product works best on my 20oz frothing pitcher, which I use most to prepare coffee drinks for 2-3 people. The clip holds well and it can be used unattended during the start of the steam process.

But, when I try to use it on my 12oz pitcher, it does not attach well because of the large clip on this thermometer. So it is less useful on this size.

In all, I love the analog display and the color coded areas. It very quickly gives you an assessment of how close you are to frothing (+140) temperature without having to read the display too closely.

Not perfect, but a good product.

Thermometer is essential for frothing. Unless you use same milk and and the same steam and milk temperature the most experience Batista will be 5-10 degrees off. Particularly temperature is important for latte art.
Before first use calibrate this thermometer (boiling water). You can calibrate with iced water but you more interested in 160-180 interval of temperature. Also clip is very nice as well as green -red range. I found this thermometer with help of lsdeal.com . Also I recommend to use: Rattleware 20-Ounce Latte Art Pitcher and Rattleware 58-Milimeter Round-Handled Tamper, Long Before buying tamper consult your manual for correct size.

I am new at espresso making, and having a decent thermometer is very helpful for learning to froth milk. Buy this and a decent frothing pitcher and you will be very impressed at how well you can froth milk, even on your first tries! (Assuming you have a decent machine, which is another issue entirely =)

I have the Rattleware 20-Ounce Latte Art Milk Frothing Pitcher, Rattleware 5-Inch Easy Steam S10, and the DeLonghi BAR32 Retro Pump-Driven 35 ounce Espresso Maker. I find that the thermometer dial is too large for the particular combination of equipment that I am using. I do like the thermometer, but when I use the clip to keep it in place, it reduces the space for the steaming wand on the espresso maker and makes the process feel "cramped". I would recommend this for a wider mouth frothing pitcher unlike the one I purchased. Easy to read, and from what I can tell, accurate.

Soooo easy to use. I don't know why I ever used the POS I got from Starbucks.

I like it. However, for my favorite 12 oz pitcher the stem is a bit to long and the clip is to large. It is still usable but suits better a 20 oz pitcher.

Pros: The dial is very clear and convenient. There is a mark on it when to stop steaming - and voilá - the pointer really "lands" in the middle of the green zone indicating the optimal temperature.

Cons: It must be calibrated. Instructions are printed on the plastic stem cover sleave. Reticent as they are, they were partly damaged. It was quite confusing to read "Slip calibration tool onto stem with hex nut recess toward theromomete .... (missing)", especially because the tool is not included. It should be ordered separately Rattleware Thermometer Calibration Tool or in a set, for instance Rattleware 97110 5-Inch Thermometer Kit, Easy Steam S10. Yet, I guess, I managed to calibrate it without the tool, just by holding the clip and turning the dial.

I make one single cappuccino every morning and wanted a thermometer to get an idea of when the milk was at the optimum temperature. I thought once I figured it out with the thermometer, I'd then dispense with the thermometer and just rely on the duration and the sound of the steaming. This thermometer might work for a very large quantity of milk and a very weak flow of steam, but in my case the milk comes to a full boil long before the thermometer registers even a few degrees of temperature increase. I tried it with more milk. In no case did the thermometer quickly register the temperature increase; it slowly rose for about a minute after the milk began to boil. It worked better with greater quantities, but the milk always boiled long before the thermometer registered 140 degrees. With 1/3 cup of milk, which is what I use for my coffee, the thermometer is totally useless; I'd get the same result by sticking a ballpoint pen in the pitcher.

I bought this item about a year ago due to pretty high ratings, and it is okay for a 20 oz pitcher as people said, and I have been using it for that year's time. However, my unit does not read temperatures very well - it never reads below 60, and while steaming the temperature should rise steadily, but instead in certain ranges it moves extra slow, and other ranges very fast. If this is a rare defective unit, I guess the average user rating should take into account the rest of the units, but mine I prefer to down-rate for the poor temperature measurement, the main thing it is supposed to do!

The clip is well designed and it fits our coffee mugs and stainless frothing pitcher. The dial is easy to read (at lease the fahrenheit is). I tested ours by putting it in ice water and then in boiling water and it was spot on.

The title says it all.. My favorite (of several.. I use these to measure water temperature (for tea/coffee/mate).. This one is nicely made, large numbers, and no "meat" words (we are vegetarians).. Also, the red and green (meant for a frothing pitcher I think) make it even easier to read from a distance..