Automatic Milk Frother and Steamer, Temperature Control | Electric Foam Maker and Warmer for Latte Coffee Cappuccino, Hot Chocolate (700 ml) Stainless Steel Milk Jug BPA free, Dishwasher Safe

This is extremely convenient to use and clean, and makes a consistently good micro foam. Prior to the Souvia, I had used both a stovetop steamer and one of the $40 units with a non-stick interior. Overall, I much prever the Souvia. It finishes 1 cup of milk in 3 minutes, at the 160 degree setting. On my power meter it peaks at 480 Watts and uses 0.016kWh for 1 cup, so it's reasonably efficient.The three photos show the interior of the frothing jar; the cord-slack/wrap on the bottom of the base; the interior of the base unit with magnetic spindle and smaller pressure/temperature sensor.Compared to other steamers/frothers I've used:My old stove-top steamer makes awesome foam--you have complete control over the product, but it takes nearly 10 minutes to come up to pressure, and cannot make more than two servings before needing to build up pressure again. Also, we replaced our range with an induction unit, and there are no induction-capable stove-top steamers. While searching for "induction steamer", I found the Souvia (which does use induction), and I'm very happy I tried it. I don't have as much control over the volume of foam as I did with the actual steamer, but it's so much faster, and easier to clean up, and it's more consistent than I was, even after several years of using the steamer.The $40, non-stick frother was pretty disappointing. It makes a very stiff, nearly crunchy foam, and it doesn't circulate the milk very well while heating, leaving a brown skin of milk on the bottom. It also barely makes enough for two coffees, and the min/max lines are very hard to see on the dark interior. Cleanup isn't terrible, but not as easy as the Souvia, and it can't be immersed in water, let alone the dishwasher.By contrast, the Souvia makes a very silky micro foam every time (using 2% milk). It's as good a foam as I could make with a steam wand, when I did everything just right. With the serrated frothing disc, the volume of the foam is about equal to the volume of the milk. With the smooth disc, you just just a very thin layer of foam--so no need to hold some foam back with a spoon for a latte. It has great circulation, which keeps the milk from overheating and sticking or browning. The min/max lines are very easy to see, even before you've had your morning coffee. The interior is smooth, seamless stainless steel, which makes cleanup very easy. In particular, the frothing discs are spun magnetically, so there is no mechanical connection to clean around--just a smooth, stainless extrusion that the disc encircles--a clever design. While it's dishwasher safe, and also hand washes like a dream, I've found that just adding drip of dish soap, and then water above the minimum mark, and frothing the combo is like a self-cleaning cycle, particularly for the frothing disc. Rinse the suds out and it's sparkling clean.It also makes surprisingly good hot chocolate with milk, unsweetened cocoa, and sugar--and you can tweak the balance to your taste. I rarely take the time to make real hot chocolate with milk on the stove top, but this can make it at least as fast as I can boil a kettle of water and pour it into a mug of boring cocoa mix powder. So it's not quite a uni-tasker.While it's frothing, and for a minute or two afterward. the base runs a fan to cool the induction coil electronics--a very quite whir that doesn't travel far. The beeps that the unit makes when it turns on, starts, and finishes are a little louder than most kitchen appliance beeps, and high-pitched, so that could wake late sleepers. That's the only negative I can think of.

Updated December 2023This frother is a workhorse. I use it daily often multiple times. Two years and it’s still running great. I have zero complaints. Worth the money. Go buy one!Updated review:This Frother is a workhorse. We use it a lot in our home along with Big Train Chai Tea Mix and collagen. We use it multiple times daily. Being able to adjust the temperature is a wonderful feature. As far as the jams go, I’m glad I stuck it out. Honestly I have learned not to put my powder mixes in until the milk has reached a warm temp, then don’t dump it in, sprinkle it. We still get jams here and there but if we stop the frothing for a few seconds we can start it right back up without using a spoon most of the time. My children are now using this to make their own tea and hot chocolate, especially my 11 year old and if he can do this, any willing adult should be able to as well.Original review:I love that this Frother is stainless steel and that I can adjust the temperature. I also love the bigger pitcher. This is the 4th Frother I’ve owned. My favorite for frothing power was a generic one that is no longer sold here on amazon. But it died, it wasn’t stainless and didn’t have the larger capacity.I use this Frother at least twice in the morning and usually once in the afternoon. Each time I run it through a cold froth then adjust to 130’ and sometimes a 3rd froth each time I use it. My one problem with is about 1/3 of the time it doesn’t froth and I have to stick a plastic spoon in and swirl around the cup clockwise to get it going. Sometimes that works sometimes I have to turn it off and on a few times. I’ve had this Frother for 6 weeks and I started to notice this after 2-3 weeks but I don’t think I was using it as much when I first got it.If it wasn’t for this one issue I would give it 5 stars. I’m coming up on my return window ending in January (thank you Christmas for the extended return window.) I don’t want to return this but my concern is if this problem gets worse, I don’t know.I’m up in the air right now as to what I’ll do. I do like the Frother and can deal with it as is but would be pretty upset if the problem gets worse and I miss my window.Just to be clear I do work this thing. Each morning even though I only make 2 batches I run it 5-6 times then in the afternoon I run it 2 times for the last batch.I’ve been doing this for a long time here are some tips for the best/most froth-I use raw milk and run it through a cold froth then a hot froth and occasionally a cold froth again. For me this is great but because it’s raw milk I have to run it through more than store bought milk. My kids enjoy a lot of foam and want most of their drink to consist of it. So I use whole organic store bought milk and run it through hot, then one at the lowest setting. Using store bought milk and running it twice the end result is about 3/4 of each cup to be foam.

I bought this for my office to replace a failed N######o frother (though it lasted couple of years).I believe this design to be the best design on the market - and this is a good implementation of it (Breville and Smeg are similar designs, probably others): This device uses the induction heating method which apparently uses the whole lower cup wall for heat transfer. The result is outstanding! This is the only design I have seen that solves the heat transfer problem satisfactory: other designs kludge their heat-transfer problems by Teflon-coating and/but protein in the liquid still coagulates in the hot zones even with the Teflon coating and burns in even if one meticulously cleans those devices after every use. This doesn't happen here and the cup is plain stainless -> no burn-in, no Teflon micro particles in the milk! You might argue the whisk is still plastic, so some polymer micro particles from the axis/whisk friction will still pollute the liquid and that is probably true, still, probably less with this design. And less cleaning effort (rinsing with cold water is good enough most of the time and once a while a proper washing).The build quality is good. I've seen this device in Europe where it is branded Severin model SM9688 (-> in case you need parts, visit the UK or German site, covers and whisks and such are all available there - comes at a price though). They don't seem to have a presence in the US market, but they have a stellar reputation in the UK and Germany. I assume this device was made in their factory.