Patent ID: 8826802

Claim:
A coffee machine comprising a replaceable end-piece having means for connecting to a vapour dispensing end of a vapour nozzle of said coffee machine for heating and frothing a given quantity milk contained in a jug, into which the nozzle is introduced, a first reversible connection means on said vapour dispensing end, said end-piece comprising a tubular sleeve provided with two ends, a first of which is open and is provided with second reversible connection means corresponding to the first reversible connection means on the vapour dispensing end of the nozzle, said tubular sleeve having an inner side with a recess which extends in accordance with a longitudinal axis (X-X), whereas a second end of said sleeve is also open and includes a body which is inserted therein, said body being provided with a plurality of channels connecting said recess to an external environment of the end-piece facing the second end of the sleeve, said end-piece comprising a space for receiving a temperature sensor which can detect the temperature reached by the milk in a region of the second end of the sleeve, wherein plurality of channels of the body is provided around the space for receiving the temperature sensor and extend from a base of an annular recess which extends around said space for receiving the temperature sensor.