It works but definitely room for improvement...
Written: Oct 04 '04
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Pros: More robust than some other designs, stainless steel pitcher stays looking nice longer than plastic
Cons: Produces thin watery milk with grit like particulates . Needs to grind longer.
The Bottom Line: I haven't found a soy milk machine I've really liked yet. I'd want to try others before recommending one to a friend.
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| greg_dance's Full Review: Soyajoy Soy Milk Maker |
I used to have a soy milk machine from Miracle so that's what I have to compare with as far as soy milk machines go.... The SoyaJoy I've had for a little over a week now and I bought it as a replacement for the Miracle machine. The Miracle machine I thought made better milk, but the Miracle machine is doomed to self destruct because the top of the unit is shaped like a funnel and at the bottom is a vent which you have to open before use, close before cleaning, ... It's just impossible and after probably no more than 45 uses it died.
OK, back to the SoyaJoy. This is a much better design with no vent to funnel water into the insides of the machine. Much better for when the 13 year old is helping in the kitchen.
The down side is that the output of the machine is Very thin milk with significantly larger particulates than the Miracle machine. I think this is due to 2 key things: The SoyaJoy runs its cycle in about 7 minutes less time (After waiting for the beans to soak 10 hours, 7 minutes one way or the other isn't all that big a deal...) and larger openings in the screen. Both have almost exactly the same size bean container and they have the same blades so one would expect similar outputs.
I've experimented and found that if you will run one normal cycle and then run another cycle of machine grinding only (no extra heat) that the milk turns out much better- it looks like milk and not cloudy water, but you still have large particulates. It isn't uncommon to have a couple beans in the bin after the 1st cycle completes that have almost entirely escaped the blade, thus the 2nd cycle grinds things up better.
The output is far from the smooth consistancy of the soymilk you get in the store and in my opinion only good enough to allow you to claim you don't drink cow's milk, because tasty it isn't.
Maybe someone has found just the right combination for additives to make it taste better (what comes in the owners manual doesn't cut it) but to me equally important is texture and this machines output is thin with good sized particulates.
Recommended:
No
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