I have been having some success with my La Peppina, but I have been thinking about making some milk-based drinks. Are there any electric steam-only devices out there? My current setup would really be best suited to a steamer that I could plug in, rather than one that would need to be on a heat source. I figure that a small dedicated boiler just to steam should be possible, but perhaps such a machine would not be much in demand due to the fact that most machines do have some steaming capacity. Has anyone seen something like that, or is the closest option some kind of steam-toy espresso machine that I could use only for steaming? From what I read these options would not be very good for steaming anyways.

thanks!

Jason

Weird, I just finished typing this in If you had to choose between the following espresso machines:

HB wrote:How about the Quickmill Milk Steamer? I have one on loan from Chris' Coffee and plan to post more about it after my taxes are finally filed. My first impressions: It's small, quiet, clean operation, and produces a respectable microfoam.

Quick Mill . . . Astra . . . there are others.