I originally was thinking of purchasing the Bialetti's New Hot Chocolate Maker but not only were they sold out of the product but it was also over priced. So I did a little online research and found out about this wonderful product. This product was a wonderful choice and the price was reasonable. I followed a few of the recipes in the booklet which came with the product. It was by far the best hot chocolate I have ever had in my entire life. The product was easy to use and best of all was EASY and QUICK to clean. I look forward to a long COLD winter just so I have an excuse to use this product. I plan on buying another one just in case they too are sold out.

I bought this for myself to use to stir my instant cappuccino but found that my coffee tastes funny after using it for other drinks that contain cinnamon, etc. It also doesn't "whip" my coffee enough, I like foam lol. So I just use it for the kids hot cocoa and coffee drinks and they LOVE this thing. And it's easy enough that they can make their own hot drinks.

This is the second Back To Basics hot drink maker I have used. The previous one lasted about 2 years. This one seems to be a little better regarding workmanship. You need to clean it almost immediately after using or else the left over chocolate in the container takes some effort to clean. It makes great cocoa and it's a good value for the money.