 - Clips to the side of a steaming pitcher
- Sealed dial will not fog
- Optimum frothing-temperature zone indicated in purple
- Measures temperatures from 120 to 180 degrees F
- 5-inch stainless-steel stem
List Price: $9.99
Lowest Price: $4.50 
Product Description: Clip the thermometer on the side of a steaming pitcher. Adjust the clip so that at least 2 inches of the stem is in the liquid. Then steam milk until you see the dial hit in the tan zone which indicates optimal frothing has been temperature. Taylor makes superior quality products and this comes with a lifetime warranty. Amazon.com Review: This professional-grade frothing thermometer clips to the side of a frothing pitcher and permits baristas (espresso machine operators) to instantly and precisely measure temperatures while steaming milk for cappuccinos or caffe lattes. The thermometer measures temperatures from 120 to 180 degrees F, and the optimum frothing temperature zone is indicated on the 1-1/4-inch dial in purple. The instrument has a 5-inch stainless-steel stem. --Fred Brack Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-21
Avoid this model!
First, I feel foolish for having bought this thermometer in the first place, seeing as the range on the display is 120-180. This essentially eliminates being able to ensure that milk to be frothed is cold enough. Plus, milk for lattes should never be stretched beyond 100 (even lower if you have a more powerful frother), which, obviously, is below the range of this thermometer. Then there's the responsiveness problem. By the time this thermometer registers 140, the milk is already screeching violently.
I bought this thermometer to replace a digital instant-read thermometer that I had ruined by keeping it too close to a hot grill. But I'll definitely be buying a better thermometer. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-16
This is an excellent buy!
I recently purchased a new espresso maker and wanted to make sure I was frothing the milk correctly. I purchased the Taylor Classic. It has been an excellent investment. It works well and the price is most reasonable. I'm very happy with this thermometer. Rating: 
Date: 2008-04-12
recommended
Inexpensive and easy to read even without glasses, and does the job. At first the thermometer will do nothing, then all of a sudden it really moves, so I am glad to have a thermometer or I would probably burn the milk, because I am just starting. Hope that it is a long-lasting product. Rating:
Date: 2008-03-05
It Works
As you might expect, it does in fact tell you the temperature of your milk. The clip clips nicely onto a frothing pitcher (to the person who said the clip broke when you clipped it onto a mug a few times - that's because you clipped it onto a mug a few times... it's for a frothing pitcher.) The yellow shading on the "sweet spot" of the dial is clear and useful. It's adequately responsive for the price (in my experience, lag is 3 seconds, not 7 as previous poster mentioned).
In other words, it does exactly as advertised in exactly the manner the price point indicates it would. Perfectly adequate tool for the recreational latte maker. Rating:
Date: 2008-01-29
Unresponsive and inadequate
This thermometer is terrible. It lags about seven seconds behind my digital probe thermometer, so you need to correct and allow several seconds of "coasting" time. The instructions say to keep it at least 2" in the milk; but when frothing in a 20oz pitcher for a 12oz drink, you start with less milk than that. If this thermometer were acceptably responsive, I'd ding it for not reading 100F, but the responsiveness issue makes everything else moot.
This might be a barely adequate choice if you have a very slow steaming machine, or if you're dealing with large quantities of milk. But otherwise you'll be happier with a good instant-read digital thermometer. | 
