- Risk of injury, little bit of smoke might come off it,
that kind of stuff.
Has normal risk of electric shock.
Yeah.
Hey, everyone, it's Barry here.
Hope you are well.
Today we are looking at this.
This, my friends, is a ALDI luxury hot chocolate maker.
In fact, no, not luxury.
It is a professional, 500 watt, hot chocolate maker.
Now, before I get onto this,
there is a very well known brand
who have been in touch.
I'm not gonna say their name,
but let's just call them Bed and Breakfast Cocoa.
And they do something called the
Valvetiser,
and they have asked me several times
to do a product review of that.
And the really funny thing was
I was gonna get one for Mrs B this Christmas,
and I showed her this that I got,
which is, basically, the same thing,
for a third of the price.
And I said, "Look, if this is good, you can have that,
but I was gonna get you the Valvetiser."
And she's like, "I don't want it.
It doesn't interest me."
I think it was similar to the time
when my father-in-law bought my mother-in-law
sauce pans for Christmas.
So, yeah.
This is the perks of today's video.
I realised not to get Mrs. B
hot chocolate maker.
I would like it.
So, yeah.
Effectively, today, there goes that brand deal
with, what did I say?
Bed and Breakfast Cocoa
because we've got this budget version
which essentially does the same thing.
I mean, it really, It's a glorified milk frother,
but with this, you can make luxury hot chocolates.
You can make cocoa, you can make funky coffees with it.
You can do iced coffee.
I'm not sure how that's gonna work,
but there is a recipe for that.
And then maybe, at the end, we'll just grab something savoury
from my store cupboard,
and see if it can survive this
because it's like a kettle as well, I guess.
I've not really opened it yet.
But this was genuinely a third of the price
of the really upmarket versions that you get,
at least.
They're normally 100 pounds and more,
and then you subscribe to get sachets
and all this funky stuff.
Whereas this,
we're just gonna shove some ALDI chocolate in it.
Ooh, cardboard.
It's got a three-year warranty. That's pretty good.
The heck is that?
Oh no, that's cardboard as well.
Very environmentally friendly packaging. I like that.
So you've got the base,
(imitates club music)
which is basically what you would find on a kettle.
We've got a cap
with, That's the milk frother, isn't it?
Can't get it back on then. Oh, my gosh.
Right. We'll leave that there.
And it's got, simply, just a "Power" button
with a "Hot" symbol,
and then that looks like a wizzy one.
Just on the inside there, you probably just about see it,
there are three fill lines.
There's a minimum, there's a maximum
and then there's another maximum.
So maybe that is just for milk or something like that.
I'm sure it'll all make sense.
Let's jolly well give this a clean,
and make some hot chocolate.
Does that spin round? Yes it does.
There's like a,
You can't even see it.
This tiny, little thing which
is a little bit like the one on the cap.
So I think this is gonna spin around
and actually maybe hit,
Because, remember, you can get these manual ones like this
for frothing milk.
So, basically, it is going to, hopefully, warm,
in the bottom half, the milk,
or whatever we put in there,
to help melt the chocolate, spin it all around,
and then we'll just pour it straight out
of this effectively, awesome little silver jug.
That is of course if it works.
But I've had some others from ALDI before.
Do you remember that fryer?
It's been amazing,
and that was like 10 quid.
So I've got high hopes for this.
I love this.
This product is exclusively designed
for preparing chocolate drinks.
It is intended to be used in a household
or similar applications
such as staff kitchen areas in shops, offices
and other working environments, a farmhouse.
Risk of injury, little bit of smoke might come off it.
That kind of stuff.
Has normal risk of electric shock.
Yeah.
Ah, okay.
For frothing and heating in one step,
attach the frothing whisk.
So that is this whole thing.
Ah, okay.
We attach that onto the axle here.
Yes, that has slotted neatly over it.
So if we wanna froth and heat, we keep that on.
If we want the froth off, froth off,
we take the meshy wire thing off, the frother.
(babbles)
And the reason there are two different fill lines
is because the higher one is if you're not frothing.
So I guess it's not gonna expand as much.
I mean, that would be really fun,
for it to explode everywhere.
If we're frothing it, we're doing it to the middle line.
Okay, so we've got recipes with hot milk,
then we've got recipes with frothing and hot milk.
And then we've got recipes with cold milk.
So we're gonna try and do all three.
So instead of going straight to the froth,
we're gonna take off,
Ah, ooh,
and just do the heating axle,
and we'll just make some standard hot chocolate.
So this is cold milk.
So we've gone over that max fill line for frothing.
It won't quite hit the top of it, that's fine.
But remember, the frother is off.
All right, so this is some instant hot chocolate mix.
We just shove that in there.
Press the "Power" button.
Here we go.
(frother buzzing)
You hear that?
Oh, my gosh.
Look,
it's stirring the chocolate.
And I can't feel it yet,
but I assume it's getting hot.
It's got its own built in timer,
so it's just gonna keep doing this until it says,
"Yeah, I'm done."
A good start.
Side note,
is it just me or his hot chocolate made with water,
the granules like that, disgusting?
It's hot.
I don't know, it doesn't tell me.
Oh, brilliant. That's not the best spout.
Got to pour it confidently. No little dribbles.
But there is a bit of frothage from the stirring,
and that
is perfectly blended together.
If you look at that,
there are no granule residue, at all, in there,
which is amazing 'cause we didn't help it at all.
We just stuck the granules on top.
And it's done all the work for us.
I've got my little temperature thermometer thing.
(thermometer beeps)
It's saying you're not very well.
You need to go see a doctor. Seriously.
Watch the video first then go.
(thermometer beeps)
I've always found that this thermometer, the laser one,
is not amazingly accurate,
but it says about 40 ish
degrees.
So I imagine it was probably about 50 degrees
once we got there,
but it doesn't tell me.
It's just like, "It's gonna be hot chocolate.
You have it or don't."
Oh, that is good. That is really well mixed.
It's not very luxurious though
but it's definitely passable.
But I wanna push it.
I wanna put some actual grated chocolate in there,
and I wanna see some frothage.
It is actually a really nice drinking temperature.
There's nothing worse when you maybe go out to a fair,
and it's cold,
and you want a hot chocolate,
you drink it like, "Ah. Oh, my gosh."
You could see, if you own a farmhouse,
how that could be amazing.
All right, so we're gonna froth,
but we went all ALDI, okay.
This is some of the budget ALDI chocolate,
by Dairyfine,
or something like that.
That's all right, isn't it?
And we'll go again.
I'm just gonna go to the edge of the maximum fill line
because we're frothing this.
I wanna see it.
Grated chocolate,
and if my calculations are correct, Marty,
in about two minutes,
you're about to see some serious chocolate,
but, at the same time,
and this is very nearly done,
is this just a mini soup maker with an optional frother?
Oh, my gosh, that is frothy.
Look, it's got a head on it, with all the froth.
I mean it is slightly disappointing.
I could probably fill it a bit more,
but I was going by the maximum amount it said there.
With the other hot chocolate, where you don't froth it,
it, pretty much, filled the mug,
so it's your call.
We could probably get away with it.
Ooh.
Ooh,
that is good.
That actually does feel quite luxurious. I'm not gonna lie.
It's frothy, it's creamy.
Everything I think that the Valvetiser,
or other brands, there are other ones,
I just had a little look, available,
much, much more expensive than this,
and it does it.
Let's try a white chocolate one.
So warm milk but with the white chocolate granules.
And this one is a bit of a cheekier white chocolate
because
it got vanilla beans inside it as well.
It was probably the more expensive chocolate that ALDI sold.
Oh, wow.
It just looks like,
Ugh.
(laughs)
this is like milk.
Ooh.
That is much more subtle.
You can't really taste so much sugar in there.
That feels a lot more comforting.
I mean, it's just my opinion,
that I prefer that over the hot chocolate.
It's not got that depth and the intensity
of the roasted white hot chocolate,
but just imagine you're in a bit of a hurry,
really cold out.
I just want a hot chocolate.
Quick fix, straight out the fridge.
Little bit of cocoa powder that most people have,
and you've got a hot chocolate in under two minutes.
It's pretty darn impressive.
I dunno about you,
but Mrs. B's gonna be home in a bit,
so I actually might make her one,
and we'll see what she thinks.
But I genuinely might get one for myself.
I am that impressed by this.
Let's do a few more things.
Okay, so we've got the cold milk in there.
This is some espresso going in with some cold milk.
So not hot chocolate at all. Coffee and milk.
With the old frother in there still,
that, apparently in under two minutes,
will be a cappuccino.
Panicky red light.
Look at the froth on that. It's like an ice cream.
Just
parted.
Look at that.
Right, okay. Here we go.
Straight in there.
And then the froth on top. Come on now.
Just like bar stucks.
I mean, what is the point of the froth,
apart from getting over your face?
(exclaims)
That's good.
That is absolutely fine.
So we've made a hot coffee.
Apparently it can make an iced one too.
Ah, they've got me here.
You do not put the ice, well, apparently,
in the machine,
you'll just put the ice in your glass, ready,
and then pour the mixed milk and coffee,
which is like what we just did, over the top.
But there is a setting where, hopefully,
it won't warm it up,
because, obviously, we don't want an iced coffee to be hot,
which is what this has been doing.
So, apparently, if we hold the button down,
that'll make it cool,
and I think I'm gonna stick one or two ice cubes in there.
The frother stays in there still too.
And this is where the video could end,
but let's just stick some ice cubes in there.
It is cold,
so it's not gonna melt them.
Press the "Power" button for one to two seconds.
So I have to hold this.
(frother rattling)
Yes.
I've gotta admit,
it does sound like our washing machine sometimes
when I forget to empty my pockets.
But my only potential downside
that I can really think of now for this
is that if you follow those max and minimum fill lines,
you don't really even get a full mug of it.
But, remember, it's hot chocolate,
so it's, literally, like a whole meal in a mug.
Is that like a,
It looks like a milkshake,
but is that like 10% coffee?
Oh, my gosh. That looks amazing.
That actually looks wonderful.
I just feel like I'm drinking a shampoo bottle
because it just
was all foam.
Ooh, that is super cold.
Now I've finally hit the coffee.
My nose is ice cold.
My mouth feels like it's covered in froth,
but, again,
it's blooming worked.
I didn't wanna hate this,
and when Mrs B said, "No, I didn't really want one."
But now I've got it, I'm like, " I Actually like it."
So with the cold drinks in mind,
as I browse the aisles of ALDI,
I discovered some milkshake powder.
Let's see if we can turn it into a milkshake maker.
I mean it should, right?
Don't want it hot.
I'll have a frothy milkshake.
Milk in,
couple of ice cubes again,
and the strawberry milkshake powder.
That, again, smells like pure sugar.
Lid on,
and let's just make sure that we just hold it down.
Look at that. It's thickened.
(exclaims)
Ugh.
What the?
It's like a weird,
Is that...
Ugh.
That's not mixed all of it.
That is not ice cube or anything, folks, that is pure
sugar.
It's actually just bright, red sugar.
That hasn't actually done that very well.
Ugh.
It tastes like bubble bath.
I'm gonna do it again, without the frother.
And a few traces,
but nowhere near as bad,
and I do wonder if it's because, maybe,
it got caught up in the frother.
Wow, that is sweet.
Oh, my gosh.
Ugh.
I feel like a horse eating sugar cubes.
Wow. Yes.
Okay. We won't be doing that again.
I've got one more thing that I want to try.
Will this help me overcome my fear of bland hot chocolate?
We are gonna put water on it.
Mrs. B and I disagree about this heavily.
I cannot
enjoy
hot chocolate that is made with water
and some instant hot chocolate granules that say,
"Add it with water."
Okay, we all know that adding milk
does make it more luxurious,
but there are people, like my wife and my daughters,
that all like it,
and I find it so bland.
But if we froth it,
Can we even froth water? I don't even know.
And hot chocolate mix that is designed to go with water.
Let's see what it does,
and if, for me, it makes it taste any better.
Ugh.
Look.
Does water foam?
I did put no more water in than I did milk.
I'm not gonna touch it.
Ugh, stop it.
It's still coming out.
Look at this, it's really going for it.
That's it. It's stopped stirring.
Oh, my gosh.
Right.
Okay.
I really hope I'm not the only one that didn't realise this,
but we have just frothed,
Look at that.
We have just frothed
water.
I mean is it all froth?
Look at that.
Oh, no. There's a bit coming in there.
What
is going on?
I genuinely have only ever heard of frothing milk.
Maybe it's the powder
that's actually the thing that's frothing.
Actually, let's just answer that question ourself.
Let's froth some water.
(upbeat music)
Look, water.
Hot chocolate
made with water,
frothed.
I generally normally hate this stuff.
Okay, the foam,
the foam is very bland.
No.
It's hot chocolate.
For the first bit you're like, "Oh, yeah. That",
and then it just tastes, to me, like really weak,
The equivalent of weak gravy but in a sweet form.
I'm not getting
(snaps fingers)
that spank of,
Like I get that warmyness,
that chocolatey Willy Wonka-style chocolate
that I want in my hot chocolate.
And just as that finishes off,
I've got a bit of news for you on that,
so much so is the debate that Mrs. B and the kids and I,
I lose the battle over this, that I find it bland,
that I am actually working with a company near me
that develops food products,
to look at making my own instant hot chocolate
that is flavoured too,
but, also, you just add water.
I think I've got the perfect guinea pigs in my girls.
It's just a little thing I'm doing on the side.
If it works and I like it, I'll tell you more,
and maybe we'll start making them.
Anyhow. Let's see if we've frothed water.
(laughs)
What was that?
So was it some sort of milk powder in the cocoa?
But I was like, "How the heck did we just froth H2O?
Do you know what? I bloomin love this.
I know it's not a B and B Cocoa Valvetiser or equivalent,
but, for the price, is an absolute bargain.
I've just signed this one,
so good luck for the lucky patron with that.
But I am genuinely gonna order one for myself.
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Bye-bye.
♪ Cook it ♪
♪ It's nice ♪
♪ Just cook it ♪
♪ It's nice ♪
♪ Just cook it ♪
♪ It's nice, nice,, nice, nice ♪
Hi, Mrs. B
- Hello.
- I'm gonna froth some soup. - Soup?
- And not just any soup,
(laughs)
not just tomato soup,
a big, chunky chicken and vegetable one.
I'm gonna put the frother in there
'cause I think it will survive.
The only downside is I can only put in a little bit,
and, also, as this video has progressed,
it is worth noting that the frothage has got higher.
Oh, look at that piece of potato. Oh, my gosh.
I know this is a bit strange to do.
- Do you know what?
Not when it comes to you. It's not.
Could you make a cup of of tea in it? No.
- You could make a cup,
Ugh. - No.
'Cause wouldn't the tea bag just,
- No, you could dangle it.
Mrs. B, we're gonna have to do that now.
- Oh, no.
Ooh, it's bubbling. It's got bubbles.
- Yeah, look.
(laughs)
I mean, I'm a little bit disappointed.
- You get to cook it in batches.
- Yeah.
Oh, that is good.
- Cool.
- There's a little bit of foamage on there as well.
Remember, we went to that Heston Blumenthal restaurant?
- Mm.
- Imagine them serving them like that.
You probably like, "Oh, my gosh. They foamed the soup."
- They've brought it to our table and everything.
(laughs)
- [Barry] This has still got the foamer on it.
- This is weird.
For some reason I feel this is more weirder than the soup.
- Oh, my gosh. It's frothed.
- It's frothy tea.
(laughs)
- If I do it at that angle,
the teabag might stay. - Oh, yeah.
That's is the tea,
Whenever I make tea for other people,
that's the colour of tea.
- Yeah. Is it?
How is it you don't like tea - No.
- I don't like tea.
Well, actually there is a brand
that does a digestive biscuit flavour,
and I can just about do it,
so I know what it should taste like.
It's worked,
and it's probably not as strong as it could
because it hasn't brewed,
but it's hot, it tastes like tea,
and it's worked. - Yeah.
I'm not sure my mum would,
or my nan would be impressed if I made them a cup of tea
in that.
This is now our new teapot. - It is our new tea pot.
I mean, it's amazing.
- The only downside is it's not even a full mug.
- Well, for a cup of tea, I'm not that bothered,
but, yeah, I know what you mean.
For the price, it's an absolute beast,
so I would highly recommend it.