I bought a handheld wand style frother but ended up almost never using it. Why? It requires skim milk and we don’t drink it. Since you don’t need much milk for frothing, we would never use up a quart before spoiling. Enter the newer style frothing pitchers. The advantage: any type of milk whips up beautifully frothy, just like the coffeehouse. We thought we’d give this frother a “whirl.”

STAR BARISTA EASE OF USE:
Mostly terrific. You fill the frother to either of two fill levels, depending on how much of the bubbly, foamy stuff you need. The lower fill level is just right for two cups of coffee. I added whole milk to the lower fill line, turned on the machine and the milk swirled until bubbles form, and then . . . VOILA! Rich, light froth. Total time to completion is just 1:30.

We first added sweetener to the black coffee we brewed. We tried two ideas. First, we made a batch by spooning the froth over the black coffee. This first idea was tasty and looked just like a rich dark beer with its head on top. However, we all preferred the second technique we tried. This involved a combination of first brewing coffee, then pouring in some of the frothed mixture, stirring it up. Then, for a final step, we spooned lots of the light froth on top. To my surprise, there is little difference in coffee satisfaction whether using whole milk or our usual half and half. The result is looks and and taste just like the best coffeehouse cappuccino. And, if you prefer latte, just use the same technique with less coffee, and more of the milk mixture.

STAR BARISTA VERSUS WAND STYLE / CONVENIENCE AND CLEANING:
No contest. The wand style must be hand held and then is messy to put down without mucking up the counter when it is coated with froth. The Star Barista is relatively easy to use and clean. However, since the components are electric, be sure never to wash like the rest of the dishes. What works for me: I carefully fill the pitcher under the tap, being sure no water runs down the side to get near the electrical components underneath. I pour out the water and repeat twice more. Then, a bit of the still sticky milk residue is left behind. I then take a moist paper towel, wipe it out, and it’s ready for next use.

It's really convenient!
Mostly, a pleasure to use. It’s larger than I’d anticipated.
Hope this has been of some small help to bring a little bit of foamy delight to your everyday routine. . . HAPPY BREWING!

I think everyone knows too well about the regular frothing here.
There is also a warm setting with no froth that lets you heat up milk for hot cocoa with no risk of scorching. Just enough room for one cup capacity for each quick heating. Happily, no scorching like on the stove!

There is also a cold milk setting for froth without the heat. My girlfriend and I just got an excellent cold brew coffee maker we are quickly becoming fans of. The cold brew coffee along with cold frothed milk in the Star Barista is excellent, too. And, you may not know that cold brew coffee keeps a week in the fridge and is also excellent mixed one part cold brew concentrate to three parts hot water. Frothed warm milk from the Star Barista in combination with warmed cold brew gives you almost instant cappuccino that still tastes like the best from any high end cafe!

What a great device, easy to use and looks very attractive in my kitchen. All parts are made out of stainless steel. I am so pleased with it. Now I have a thick, rich milk froth to add to my coffee everyday, which only takes seconds. The frother produced a lot of milk foam in all types of milk, including the 2%. There are two max lines inside the container. One is max level for heating, and the bottom line is for frothing hot or cold milk. So you never mess up.

After years of spending $5 a day on latte, I finally decided to buy a espresso machine to make your own latte. I got a Jura C65 and it was the best decision I've ever made on my coffee habit. With one click of a button I have my espresso or americano ready. My superautomatic espresso machine already has a steam wand function to steam/froth milk and make a latte, but using steam function was too scary and cumbersome to use everyday. Cleaning after was a hassle too. So I decided to look elsewhere for simpler latte-making.
At my office, they have a frother similar to this Star Barista. So I already knew how to use it. But, I think this one works much better. I can simply pour some milk, and it makes perfectly fine milk foam in a minute or two. Cleaning is super easy. I just pour some water a few times and then wipe it with paper towel to dry.
It takes about 1~2 minute total to make a perfect cup of latte. I'm saving money by not going to Starbucks. Honestly, my espresso machine + this milk frother makes better cup of latte than Starbucks.

I really wanted something to warm and froth my creamer because I hate when cold creamer makes my coffee cool. This is such a nice portable but powerful machine that solves both my problems. You can use it just for warming or warming with froth and it runs with absolutely no noise! It comes with extra hardware. Cleaning is a breeze as it has a nice non stick coating on inside.