bought as a joint present for my wife and daughter. wife likes hot foamy milk in her coffee and daughter loves hot chocolate - win win! I have bought chocolate for this, but a cheese grater and a big bar of your favourite chocolate works even better!! in fact, LIDL sell these little bars of milk chocolate that are 40g and they are perfect and taste great!! The quality of this velvetiser is indisputable! as soon as you have it in your hands you know you made the right decision over that other brands that you looked at! thats what happened with me. I think this thing will last for many years. thats 5 months now and this has been used almost every day, no problem!