A device for foaming milk with a motor arranged in a housing, for driving a driving shaft in rotation, and a foaming element arranged on a first housing end outside of the housing, coupled to the driving shaft, which set in rotation by the latter about a rotation axis. The device includes a supporting means arranged on the housing, on which means the device can be set down with first housing end located in a low position such that the foaming element rotates freely, and wherein the rotation axis extends at an inclination with respect to the vertical. The device for foaming milk, designed in this manner, produces a milk foam which is of a quality that can be generated in apparatuses of the state of the art, wherein at the same time the handling is simplified for the operator, and requires less attention from him/her.
