aerolatte Milk Frother with Storage Tube, Black, Stainless Steel, 1 EA

I bought this item 10 years ago from Amazon. I use it for making my matcha tea. It has worked well and is still going strong. I obviously can recommend this item.

I absolutely love this little thing. It comes with batteries, so it's ready to use straight away. 'If it can be frothed it will be frothed' is my new rule. Easy to use and comes with instructions on how to make cappucino, latte, milkshakes, iced chocolate and frappe. Works with goats' milk, sheep milk, powdered and soya milk and having AA batteries means that most of us will probably have replacements to hand when it runs low. A neat plastic storage box means you can take it away with you and shove it safely in a drawer when not in use. Easy to clean and easy to use! My only quibble s that I've just noticed you can get a cute cow-print version of this, which I would've bought had I seen it, shallow as I am. But I cannot fault it. When used with nice, proper ground coffee it's like the expensive stuff you'd buy from a famous coffee outlet.

Good and effective.Froths up milks between red (skimmed) to blue (normal) a treat.You can easily treble -to-quadruple the volume of the milk.Does most of the nut-milks and oat milks very nicely.The foam is very 'dry', and I can't seem to get microfoam suitable for latte-art or for flat-whites, though.Makes wonderful 'babyccinos' for the kids.I chose this one, even though it is a bit more expensive than most of the others because it takes AA batteries rather than AAA.I was impressed that the company have gone to the effort of commissioning Aerolatte branded batteries, which they provide with the product.This gives it the feeling of quality.Note some of the others have a 'double whisking head'. I suspect they have an even more frothy result.Any experts out there who can clarify? Can anyone make coffee-shop quality microfoam and do latte-art? Please do comment.

useful little gadget, ideal for frothing coffee!

For years, I just drank black coffee, plain and simple. But recently, I seemed to get bored of it and needed something else. I decided on cappuccino/latte. I already owned an Aeropress to make the espresso-style shot so just needed to buy something to froth the milk. Enter the Aerolatte. There are probably better (and more expensive!) milk frothers out there, but I've owned an Aerolatte before in the past and decided to just buy another one. It does the job just fine and I'm happy with the consistent results it produces.For what it's worth, my 'technique' is as follows:200ml full fat milk in a glass jugMicrowaved on two-thirds power (500W) for 2.5 minutes. This brings the milk to just over 70 degrees.Pop the frother in the bottom of the glass jug/milk and switch on for around 15 seconds.Then move the frother element to just underneath the top of the milk and continue for another 30 seconds just waving it around just under the surface, left and right.Job done! Serve and pour.This would work well with hot chocolate powder as well I expect. Just heat the milk as above, measure the chocolate powder, pour say 50ml of your hot frothed milk onto the powder and stir to a paste, then pour in the rest of the frothed milk. A little tap of choc powder on top to complete the chocolate look.Anyway. Back to the Aerolatte: it does the job well, produces consistent results and is easy to clean. I'll just pour some boiling water from the kettle into a mug, insert the Aerolatte and switch on for ten seconds, switch off. Remove from mug and switch back on to shake off the excess water > done.Still running on the originally supplied batteries a few weeks later. When they bite the dust, I may see what rechargeable batteries run like in the unit, but if results are poor, I'll just keep a supply of decent AAs in the drawer as I do anyway.Lastly, why did I buy an Aerolatte and not one of those fancy kettle-looking milk heaters/frothers? Answer: laziness. While I'm sure those milk frothers are great; how do you clean them? (and you HAVE to clean them after each use coz it's milk!). Bet it's a right faff. No thanks, I prefer to bung the glass milk jug into the dishwasher, rinse the Aerolatte as above and job done.EDIT: SUMMER 2025 still going strong. Someone bought my a Subminimal frother as a gift which cost several times the price of this aerolatte. The aerolatte is somehow superior in every way. As usual, it's always the simple ideas that work best.Please do me a favour. If this review has helped you, please tell a loved one how much they mean to you and how much you appreciate them. We all love that and we're not around for long.

Why did you choose this product over others?:I have the original stainless steel steel model still in use and is now some 15 years old and came with the stand, this one is not stainless steel, it is black plastic, the frother is stainless steel but the body is plastic, it is nicely presented but extremely light, and feels cheap. Still froths milk so can't complain there, I guess longevity of product is no longer important, disappointingly ! . Bought to store in our Motorhome and to be fair it is safe in its storage tube in a drawer.