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The irony of being a non-coffee drinker, surrounded by coffee connoisseurs, is never lost on me when I do one of these posts. Fortunately for me, I always manage to review the most awesome kitchen appliances for making coffee, that just happen to also create warm, delicious, non-coffee beverages, as well. Such is the Cafe Latte, by Mr. Coffee. This gorgeous little coffee maker has a small footprint on the counter-top and it will definitely bring out your creative “inner-barista”. You’ll be able to create custom cappuccinos, lattes, coffee, tea and hot chocolate drinks for all your holiday guests, but the long-term appeal will be the options for everyday deliciousness and excellent savings over purchasing the same beverages at your local coffee house.
A Caramel Vanilla Latte I made for our daughter and then drizzled with chocolate syrup. Check out the simple ingredients, below.
I’ve seen lots of “cappuccino machines” and “latte machines”, over the last few years, but most required several steps or were overly complicated, not to mention incredibly expensive for the best performers. The Cafe Latte is affordable enough to have in the average home and more than that, it is super simple to operate. I consider it a one-step, push-button wonder. :) Add your chosen ingredients to the pot and coffee maker. Press the ON button and wait for the Cafe Latte to do the work. It will produce hot, flavorful beverages with the fabulous, frothy foam tops you love in just minutes. You can use it to make single or double servings, though depending on the size of cups being used, we have gotten three servings from a double-serving brew session. The flavor combinations are only limited by your imagination and even in my small-town stores, I had no difficulty finding a multitude of tasty flavorings and ingredients to brew into my family’s favorite coffee varieties. And since the basic difference between lattes and cappuccinos is that lattes generally contain much more milk, simply adjusting the milk level can help you create your favorite hot beverages!
This is our new Latte "Brewing Station". I love how little space the Cafe Latte uses on my counter top!
Mr. Coffee has a fantastic recipe resource online, to get you started brewing some creative taste sensations, like: Crème Caramel Latte, Sweet Cinnamon Latte, Mexican Hot Chocolate or Chai Tea Latte. Yum!!! As usual, we had to play around with our own concoctions and have had a blast coming up with our own personal favorites. We hardly ever have espresso grounds around our house, but we always have two or three favorite coffees in the freezer. We did most of our experimenting with a mild caramel flavored coffee called Jamaican Me Crazy and my husband AND kids are in love. The beauty of the Cafe Latte is that you can adjust the coffee strength to fit the preferences of each individual. Brewing a typical strength beverage for my husband, a “barely-coffee” strength for our eleven-year-old “I think I am a coffee drinker” daughter and something extra strong for our son-in-law is a simple task, now that Mr. Coffee’s new brew station is sitting on my counter. All of you who love entertaining, will be as excited as I am, at the prospect of offering your guests a drink made to their custom tastes.
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Ingredients
- 1 - 6 Tablespoons Jamaican Me Crazy coffee, to taste
- 13 oz whole milk
- 3 Tablespoons Torani Classic Caramel Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 8 oz. water
Instructions
- Place a filter in the brew basket of your Cafe Latte machine and fill it with your preferred amount of coffee.
- Fill the water reservoir to the two serving line (8 oz) and make sure the water uptake arm is moved into position over the brew basket.
- Close the brew basket lid.
- Pour the sugar, syrup and vanilla into the latte pitcher. Then add milk up to the two serving line.
- Lock the pitcher lid into place and place the pitcher back in to the Cafe Latte base.
- Make sure the selector switch is pushed up to the Cafe Latte position.
- Depress the On/Off Switch. The power light will come on and you will notice a very faint whirring sound as the frother begins whipping the milk. The light will go off, when the cycle is complete.
- Lift the On/Off Switch to be able to remove the pitcher from the base and then pour steaming mugs of delicious latte.
- I drizzled a single line of chocolate syrup across the top of the foam and then used the tip of a knife to drag swirls into the froth and create a design. Caramel syrup would be delish, too!
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It’s Christmastime and Mr. Coffee has a gift for all of you! Every Busy-at-Home reader can SAVE $10 and receive FREE Shipping by entering coupon code MLAT10A when purchasing a Cafe Latte online, at Mr. Coffee. In addition to that great news, I’ve decided to join in the celebration! Because it’s Christmas and I love you all, Busy-at-Home will host a giveaway for one Mr. Coffee Cafe Latte Machine! Be sure to enter, below.
GIVEAWAY Mandatory Entry: Visit the Mr. Coffee website and browse all the different latte recipes. Pick the one you’d want to try first, if you win this awesome appliance; and leave a comment on this post, telling me which one you chose. After you comment, be sure to register your entry, using the Rafflecopter form, below. It’s that simple. You’re entered. Good luck!
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One of my personal favorites! Warm, spicy Chai Latte, dusted with cinnamon and served with fresh, homemade chocolate chip cookies!
I received a Mr. Coffee Cafe Latte maker in order to test it in my own kitchen and collect data for this review. No monetary compensation was received and a positive review was not required. As with all Busy-at-Home reviews, the views and opinions expressed are wholly my own and based on my personal experience with the product.
The giveaway is being sponsored and administered by Busy-at-Home. Mr. Coffee is in no way affiliated with the giveaway. Busy-at-Home will purchase and ship a Mr. Coffee Cafe Latte maker to the giveaway winner.
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I would love to try Sweet Cinnamon Latte!
I would go for the gingerbread latte first!!! It sounds delightful!!!
Awesome giveaway!! I love coffee. And Lattes. I would totally try the eggnog latte first!!
Definitely the Creme Caramel Latte!
The raspberry chocolate latte sounds delicious!
I would try the Eggnog latte! Yum!!
I would love to try the White Chocolate Latte.
Totally the pumpkin spice!
Peppermint Latte (oh wow-10 to 18 candies will give it a kick!!)
I would definitely try the Gingerbread Latte first
Creme Caramel Latte sounds yummy.
I’d love the Amaretto. Hubz would love the Pumpkin Spice
I WOULD TRY FIRST: Crème Caramel Latte
I’d make the Sweet Cinnamon Latte first.
I am not a coffee drinker so I would try the Chai Latte and the frothy Hot Chocolate recipes
Yum! I think I’d start with gingerbread latte, then maybe the smores hot chocolate. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to try the coconut latte
Raspberry Chocolate Latte
I would like to try the hazelnut latte.
like this one
Crème Caramel Latte
The Creme Caramel Latte!!
Amaretto Latte sounds delicious!!
Coconut Crème Latte
Coconut Creme Latte…I think it would taste like an Almond Joy!!!
I would like to try the Hazlenut Latte
If I won, I would try the Peppermint Latte first… followed closely by the Green Tea Latte. Yum!
I would like to try the Irish Latte. Thanks.
I like the Frothy Hot Chocolate.
I would love to try any of them! I guess I would start with the creme caramel latte first as I am so addicted to caramel!
Raspberry Chocolate Latte sounds yummy!
I would love all of them but maybe White Chocolate Latte try it first
The Creme Caramel would be my first choice. Caramel is one of my favorites.
Mexican Hot Chocolate
luv to try their Amaretto. thx
hwiener[at]tampabay.rr.com
Chai! I love chai!
Definitely the raspberry chocolate latte!
I would like the basic latte & the white chocolate latte. Thanks for the giveaway.
frothy hot chocolate – yummm
I’d love to try the creme caramel latte
I’d like to try creme Caramel Latte
I would like to try the Coconut Crème Latte
I would love to try the gingerbread latte. This would be so great for me since I like my milk with a little coffee!
OMG I am going to have to try the Raspberry Chocolate Latte first!
I’m all about white chocolate so the white chocolate latte would be my first choice.
White Chocolate Latte
Are you kidding me, I would LOVE to try the Raspberry Chocolate Latte!!
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the yummy green tea latte would be first
White Chocolate Latte for sure!
I would make coconut creme latte!
Chai Latte
Crème Caramel Latte I love caramel!
the coconut cremelatte
Id love to try the Irish Latte!
Chocolate Latte for me
hazelnut latte
I want to try the Eggnog Latte
I’d love to make the Crème Caramel Latte.
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Gingerbread Latte for sure
i would like to try the Creme Caramel Latte first
I’d make the basic latte. I’m a coffee purist–no flavor or sugar for me.
The raspberry chocolate latte sounds delicious!
i would love to try the
Eggnog Latte
Peppermint latte would be first
I would like to try Mr. Coffee’s Irish Latte recipe
I’d try the Peppermint Latte. Looks great to use for hot chocolate, too.
I would like the irish latte
I have always used Mr Coffee products.
Coconut Cream Latte
Raspberry mocha, or caramel creme!
White Chocolate Latte
S’mores hot chocolate
pedidentalasst at yahoo dot com
I would try the hazelnut latte.
Crème Caramel Latte
Coconut Creme Latte
I love chai tea so that will probably be my first choice! I have been thinking about trying this out. I have the verismo but because it uses powdered milk my hot chocolate taste weird. I think this would have been a better choice but I only saw it after I had bought the verismo.
For the Holidays I would love to make a great eggnog
My husband and daughter would love this!!
Irish latte’, or maybe creme caramel!!!(HollyC) Thanks for the chance….
I’m a sucker for amaretto, so Amaretto Latte for me!
raspberry chocolate latte.. YUM
I would try the Chai Latte first!
The Sweet Cinnamon Latte.
I’d like to try the Chocolate Latte.
I would try the sweet cinnamon latte!!
I’d like to try the chocolate latte
I’d try the Crème Caramel Latte first!!!
pumpkin spice flavor
the gingerbread latte
The Pumpkin Spice Latte
A chocolate latte sounds amazing
Creme caramel latte.
The Creme Caramel Latte….I love caramel more than chocolate…and that’s ALOT!!!
frothy hot chocolate looks yummy
The Coconut Creme Latte sounds SO yummy!! OMG!
Coconut or hazelnut would be good
Coconut Creme Latte
White chocolate!!
I would try the Amaretto Latte!
I’d like to try the Gingerbread Latte first.
Creme Caramel Latte!
WHITE CHOCOLATE LATTE, YUMMY!
pumpkin spice latte
I would try Mexican hot chocolate!
coconut cream latte
With my recent addiction to anything & everything s’mores, I’m all over the s’mores hot chocolate recipe
I would make the hazelnut latte first!
gingerbread latte
Frothy hot chocolate would be my pick. Sounds delicious!
Tea latte for me
Gingerbread Latte
Any of the hot chocolates… probably start with the smores hot chocolate
Well I wanted to pick the Hazelnut Latte, but after reading the ingredients I’m gonna go with the White Chocolate Latte! It sounds great and I already have the white chocolate chips! *yum*
amaretto latte
But the Eggnog Latte would be great, too! I actually have Eggnog flavored coffee creamer right now! It’s making me want some now…
Would love to try the eggnog latte
Pumpkin Spice Latte
I’d like to try the Mexican Hot Chocolate
I love Coconut, so I’d want to try the Coconut Cream recipe
jamaican me crazy coffee too taste it sounds vary good
I would like to try the Irish Latte.
creme caramel latte
Either White Chocolate or smores
I would love to try Sweet Cinnamon Latte!
If I won, I would love to try the Rasberry Chocolate Latte. That is always my favorite
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I love lattes,I would try all of them but Ill strart with the Creme Caramel Latte!
I would love to try the amaretto latte!!
the Creme Caramel Latte
Coconut latte!
Coconut creme latte.
YUM!
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
The green tea latte sounds refreshing and delicious, so I’d try that recipe first. Thanks!
The Gingerbread Latte looks so good.
I would love to try the Pumpkin Spice Latte
peppermint latte looks good
mmm green tea latte.
Sweet Cinnamon Latte would be so awesome
I would like to try the pumpkin spice latte
jenhedger at hotmail dot com
Chai Latte!!
I’d love to try the peppermint mocha!!
I would try the eggnog latte.
Oh the Egg Nog Latte sounds heavenly!!
White Chocolate Latte
Thanks
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
Raspberry Chocolate Latte! Yum!
raspberry chocolate latte
basic latte
Creme Caramel Latte
I would love to try the pumpkin spice latte. Thanks for the chance to win!
Not sure which but it would be fun to try all of them over and over enjoy all of there deliciousiness. Thank you for the giveaway
white chocolate latte
creme caramel lattee yuuum
Definitely the Gingerbread Latte, mmmm.
The gingerbread latte sounds great as well as the pumpkin spice latte.
Looks really good. Hope we win !!!
I would like to try the Coconut Cream .
Sweet cinnamon Latte
for me its the creme caramel latte
the hot chocalate
I’d like to try their Smore Hot Chocolate recipe
The white chocolate latte! Yummy!
I would be thrilled to win Im now using a old coffee maker I would try the Green Tea Latte recipe first
I’d like to try the Frothy Hot Chocolate, sounds delicious!
chrissylea1979 (at)gmail(dot) com
Irish Latte
Frothy Hot Chocolate
vmkids3 at msn dot com
Gingerbread Latte!
ptavernie at yahoo dot com
the eggnog latte
most definitely raspberry chocolate latte please!! yummm
i would love to try Raspberry Chocolate Latte…what a combination
I would like to try the Raspberry Chocolate Latte recipe.
pumpkin spice latte
eggnog latte
gingerbread latte please
Sweet Cinnamon Latte
I would love to try the Peppermint Latte recipe!
White chocolate latte sounds amazing!
Irish Latte, with the brown sugar in it, it just sounds sooo good !!
i’d like the Crème Caramel Latte
White Chocolate Latte!
I’d like to try the Raspberry Chocolate Latte first.
I would make a frothy hot chocolate
raspberry chocolate!!!!!!!
eggnog latte!
The Chocolate Latte
I would love this!
i would like to try Irish Latte
the Creme Caramel Latte
I’d like to make the creme caramel latte
Irish Latte! Except I would use real irish cream, if you catch my drift n_n
Eggnog Latte sounds yummy. Thanks for this giveaway.
The Eggnog Latte sounds good.
The Creme Caramel! Yummy!
White Chocolate Latte
Peppermint latte! Yummy!
The s’mores hot chocolate sounds like a good recipe to start with!
chocolate latte
For this time of year, it’s got to be the Peppermint Latte!
You had me at Amaretto Latte.
Mexican hot chocolate with the cayenne
oh Smores hot chocolate for sure yummmm
Crème Caramel Latte
The chocolate latte
want to try out the green tea latte
I bet they are all delicious! But I’d love to make the White Chocolate Latte <3
Creme Caramel Latte
irish latte
I want to try the gingerbread latte first.
I would try the White Chocolate Latte first
Think my Grands would love some Peppermint Latte on Christmas Eve while we’re waiting on Santa!
I would make the Mexican Hot Chocolate first
The chai latte!
I would like the try the Chocolate Latte!
I want to try the Peppermint Latte!
I’d love to try the White Choclate latte first! Yum!
This would be a good gift for my parents!
I would try the Frothy Hot Chocolate
I’d liket o try the white chocolate latte or chai latte…YYUMMMMY!
The Creme Caramel Latte! Sounds so yummy!
The eggnog latte is gonna be my favourite!
Pumpkin spice latte!
I would love to try the white chocolate latter first
I would like to try the White Chocolate Latte.
I would love to try the Coconut Crème Latte.
I would like to try the Irish Latte since I’ve been on a big Baily’s kick lately.
white chocolate latte is what I would like to try
I would love to try out the Sweet Cinnamon Latte!
The White Chocolate Latte sounds delicious.
i would try the gingerbread latte first
White chocolate latte is the one I want to try.
YUM! I would totally try the White Chocolate Latte first!
I’d try White Chocolate Latte!
Coconut Crème Latte is first on my list… I love coconut
sweet cinnamon latte
I’d try the White Chocolate Latte!
I would like to try the Chocolate Latte first.
Irish Latte
Amaretto Latte!