Hot Chocolate Machine

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Excellence calls for adaptability, among other strengths, so when I think of touring professionals I often think of a quote from the 1995 movie, Apollo 13 . With astronaut Jim Lovell in peril, his mom, Blanche, is asked for her opinion. "Don't you worry," she says. "If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it."

It's like that with links golf, the flying washing machine of the pro game. Although they see it only a few times a year, the pros adapt, playing the ball along the bumpy fairways, avoiding deep pot bunkers, re-calibrating for slower putts. And this year they have help. For the first time since 1995, the Barclays Scottish Open returns to a links course, Castle Stuart, the Mark Parsinen/Gil Hanse design in the Scottish Highlands that Golf Magazine hailed as the "emphatic winner" of the best new international course of 2009 .

The celebrated return to the linksland should help players prepare for next week's 140th British Open at Royal St. George's .

"We hardly ever play links golf," said Luke Donald, who is back at the Barclays expressly because of its new links home after a 15-year run at Loch Lomond. "It's just a different style. It's very different to what I play week in, week out. So it takes some time to adjust to where to land the ball, those chip-and-run shots you get a lot. It's just a little bit of a different style, but you have to kind of re-learn and remember."

Two-time British Open champion Padraig Harrington used to play the Irish PGA the week before the Open, because even though it was full of no-names, it was at least played on a links design (European Club). Now he's in the field at Castle Stuart. So are Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell, Lee Westwood and Matt Kuchar, who along with Donald make up five of the top 10 in the World Ranking.

Set on the Moray Firth coast, 10 miles from Nairn Golf Club, where Donald and Paul Casey led the 1999 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team to victory , Castle has generously wide fairways, which could help Mickelson revive his dormant game. The third hole is just 305 yards long. (Think he'll go for it?) Although the field is almost set for next week's Open, there are still two berths up for grabs, one at Castle, one at the John Deere Classic.

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Milkshake machine : Bialetti Hot Chocolate Maker & Milk Frother Features Makes 32 ounces of frothy hot chocolate (Four 8 ounce cups) Works with chocolate shavings, drinking chocolate, or cocoa powder Melts and mixes the chocolate to the perfect serving temperature Timer with automatic shut off Includes a ‘Cool Mixing’ function to froth milk without heating it for iced coffees or chai teas

Love Bialetti’s new Hot Chocolate Maker!

I’m a big hot chocolate fan, and would have to say the best cocoa experience of my life was in Spain. The hot chocolate was much creamier and richer than anything I’ve tried here in the US. Not having a lot of time to stand over the stove and whisk milk and chocolate together, the time was right for me to get an electric Hot Chocolate Maker.

The benefits of this machine are that it can make just enough for myself or, when there’s a crowd it make up to 32 ozs. You set the dial/timer to adjust how long you’d like to heat the cocoa (less time for smaller amounts, more for larger) and bam it’s done. I really like that I don’t need to stand over and watch the machine until its ready.

You can use regular cocoa powder mix or chocolate shavings/chips with this machine – I highly recommend using the real deal. I’ve been using some Ghiradelli Drinking Chocolate which makes a more intense chocolate drink.

Overall the Bialetti Hot Chocolate Maker was easy to use, easy to clean and gave great results.

I’ve been using this machine practically everyday (sometimes twice a day) for the last month. I use it mainly to make chai lattes in the mornings (to save money from going to SBucks). At night I sometimes use it for hot cocoa. The frother really does a great job and I get my lattes hot and steamed to perfection. I only gave it four stars because one day my latte ended up all over my counter and I still cannot figure out why (no cracks or anything). So I don’t know if it was a malfunction or maybe the lid popped up for a few seconds when I wasn’t looking. Bottom line: I would buy this exact machine again in a heart beat. At the price of my grande chai latte from SBucks (3.85), the machine has already paid for itself in the first month of use!

Update 08/2010 I spent a lot of time reviewing many different machines from to 0. The lower end machines’ reviews were poor more often than not ending with problems after 1-2 months. The higher end machines seemed to be just as good as this one. I decided on this machine and LOVE it! The mixing function actually leaves a little froth at the end of the cycle so I haven’t needed to use the frother yet. It was trail and error with timing for the first few cups but after that I get a perfect drinking cocoa every time!

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