I was curious. I thought the same thing. On the Nespresso site it says the same thing (no surprise), but found this page which has a bunch of directions for different models: https://www.nespresso.com/au/en/news/how-to-use-a-milk-frother#:~:text=Every%20part%20of%20the%20Barista,could%20damage%20the%20inner%20coating.

Yours looks like their picture of the 4. it says:

How to clean your Aeroccino4 Milk Frother

The Aeroccino4 Milk Frother should be cleaned after every use. Every part of the Aeroccino4 Milk Frother, except for the base, is dishwasher safe at a maximum of 70℃. Do not place the jug directly over the dishwasher pin to avoid damaging the inner coating.

If you’re going to handwash the milk frother, remove the jug from the base and wash the inside of the jug, seal, lid, whisk and spring with detergent, then rinse with warm or hot water. Avoid using abrasive materials that might damage the surface of the equipment and never fully immerse in water. Make sure the underside of the milk frother jug is completely dry before positioning it back on the base of the device.

Refer to the manufacturer manual for all cleaning instructions

This implies that the base comes off. Good luck!

Thanks. The base is the piece that the jug sits on...it is the part that is plugged into the wall. They don't mean the black base on the chrome jug, I don't believe it is removeable. But I am confused reading what you posted (and I read the same thing in the brochure, where it says, "Avoid using abrasive materials that might damage the surface of the equipment and never fully immerse in water. " Not being fully immersible and being dishwasher safe seems contraditory. I think I'll write to them to clarify. I appreciate your response.

Well, I chatted with customer service and it IS dishwasher proof, but only to 158f and I have no way of checking the temp in the DW. My repair guy said to always use the High Heat wash and I do use the heated dry. so it's probably too hot. My model does not include the 'do not submerge' instruction.

Olychick - I just checked my Bosch’s manual and there are only couple cycles that would exceed 158°. But one of them is my go-to cycle, so it would be a concern for me. Your DW manual may help you here.

If I were using this daily I’d figure out the easiest way to hand wash it, esp as I don’t run my dishwasher on a regular schedule. And if that’s too annoying I might consider just rinsing it and storing it in the fridge between thorough washes.

Interesting idea to store in refer! Thanks

Why store in the refrigerator? I’m not disputing it, just don’t get it.

You can probably get it very clean inside by putting in hot tap water and a drop of hand dishwashing soap, running the frother for a bit, then rinsing well, maybe run it again with clean water. And you can sanitize the inside with boiled water from the kettle. Kind of a lot of work, I’d probably just rinse it well and only do the soap and sanitize weekly. Or less. If I’m honest.

I probably wouldn't ever sanitize it. I don't see the need. I don't sanitize any other appliances. I think I'd probably just put in refer if I had leftover milk and wanted to save it. I usually only make 1 cup of coffee per day, so it might not make sense to keep it overnight. The frother is easy to remove from the jug and hand wash. I really was just curious if it was truly DW safe, as that is my default for everything but cast iron.

Ah so. I find steamed milk doesn’t re-steam well, not sure if that is the same with frothed.

I had a different one. It was awful. The milk stuck to the bottom and was a total pain to try and clean and the milk didn't get really hot either. It made a lot of cool froth.

A friend has a little hand-held frother. She heats the milk in the microwave and zaps it. Much easier.

I do like how this one functions. The milk gets hot and frothy very quickly. Highly recommend it. It is easy to clean, tho the dishwasher would be easiest of all.

Olychick it's great to know that yours is easy to clean. I may try again as I love hot frothy milk in my breakfast coffee.

It's my first one... the inside is really slick...easy to clean. There's a little springlike gizmo in the bottom that just pops off a tiny post, so you can run it directly under water to clean. I did what John suggested and put a tiny bit of dishsoap and added water, then ran the frother for a few seconds and rinsed it clean. Worked great. This model froths milk with little foam or lots of foam or no foam! Froths cold milk, too, which I haven't tried as I can't imagine what for.

Iced latte?

That's what they say. I order Iced Lattes sometimes and it never seemed the milk was frothed. Just espresso with lots of milk!

Better than boughten iced latte?

Maybe! I'll have to try when the weather warms up again.