Since it’s dishwasher safe and the Aeroccino 3 isn’t, the choice is easy for many users who don’t want to bother with handwashing their frother every time they use it. I have been successful cleaning the milk frother by just adding a little dish soap a little water and pushing the heat froth button. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. On the other hand, the Nespresso Aeroccino 4’s four-button layout illustrates the type of foam you’ll get with helpful coffee cup illustrations on the buttons themselves. Heat is provided by current flowing through concentric printed circuit board strips on a board stuck to the underside of the bowl.

If you turn it upside down it should still remain in situ even though gravity is trying to make it drop off. The Aeroccino’s whisk doesn’t offer any fine control over the quality of the foam, which seems to be quite dense.For more about how to make the most of your Aeroccino milk frother, check out this Nespresso presentation. You get a dishwasher-safe milk frother that can create various levels of milk froth for a little more than Aeroccino 3.

But the most significant difference between the two machines that will be the main deciding factor for many users is that the Aeroccino 4 is dishwasher-safe, while the Aeroccino 3, well, isn’t. Just pour fresh milk into the jug and press the button for one second to heat your dairy product or make foam in hot milk. However, some users may still prefer the more affordable and simply designed Nespresso Aeroccino 3, with its streamlined, one-button system and no-frills operation. Nowadays, if she’s not writing or thinking about coffee, she can be found trying out the latest social media coffee trend.

Nespresso Aeroccino 4 interior coating is a ceramic non-stick coating that is more resilient and won’t tear over time. Be careful how much you froth at the high level because the milk frother will overflow with a lot of milk at a high setting!

Steamed milk may have a bit of foam on top, but it’s not nearly as much of a dense froth as frothed milk.This Nespresso frother is excellent and I would not be without my one no dirty wand to clean no burnt milk just smooth warm or cold milk. With a chrome finish and pouring spout, the Aeroccino 4’s silhouette is reminiscent of an antique European milk jug. Along with fresh coffee beans, a quality grinder, an espresso machine, and milk, every delicious cappuccino needs a great milk frother.

Unlike the Aeroccino 3, the Aeroccino 4 features four buttons at its base for cold milk foam, steamed milk, latte macchiato, and cappuccino—which produces the most foam. Talking about the budget, we can omit the most expensive Aeroccino Plus, as this model is discontinued.

Cleaning it as part of the machine by spinning up some water and soap does not get into the grooves of the seal and it has to be removed and cleaned with a fine nail brush to get into the corners. This is also a better choice if you don’t want to clean the milk frother by hand and want more options for froth milk — both cold and hot froth and dense and light foam. One of the most amazing features about the Milk frother is that it has a one-touch operation for all its functionalities. I seem to remember seeing posts on the internet in the past about this problem but I don’t remember a particular solution. Just like kids growing up in one family, we can trace common features and various peculiarities in all three of the frothers.