SoyaJoyG5 8in1 Milk Maker | Soy Milk, soaked or dry beans, Almond milk, quinoa milk, Nut Milk, Oat Milk, Cashew Milk | + Soups, Porridges, hot cocoa | Self-Cleaning | Raw Milk Program

Have had this for about a year and 4 months so far, and with use roughly every other day it is still going strong. Very happy with it.Not too hard to clean. Best cleaned right away once cooled slightly or rinsed, like with anything, but even if left out just a rinse to loosen it and come back a few minutes later works fine. I find it helpful to have a pull out sprayer at my sink so that I can spray the machine, but hold it such to avoid letting the electronic parts get wet. The instructions also suggest/show as much too.Flavor is great! I've used, with equivalent results, organic yellow soybeans from Nuts.com and Shiloh Farms organic yellow soybeans from Vitacost.com, plus I think there was a sampler that came with my unit (Soymerica I think non-gmo, but not organic IIRC).There are two water levels to adjust the resulting volume vs. thickness of milk produced. Truly, I don't really notice much of a difference, so I just fill between the lines and get about 1.25 to 1.5 quarts per batch. When straining, I do add a little more water and swirl it around the machine to get the last bits out (mostly okara pulp at this point), I include this in my net milk.I rinse then soak for a bunch of hours (say 4+ or so) or overnight and drain the beans before filling with the final water and making the milk, although the machine has options for unsoaked beans as well which I've used occasionally. I like the presoaked bean quality of milk better, but it's not a substantial difference.I have yet to try the other feature options, such as soups.After straining (filter was included), the nutritious and protein-rich (I read) "waste" product okara can be used to cook other dishes. I included it homemade granola regularly, and sometimes make gnocchi with it. There are a wealth of recipes on the web. Nothing needs to go to waste. The okara freezes well until you are ready to use it. Pretty much every batch I make the okara goes into the freezer first.For many years, I gave up on soy milk as the commercial ones like Silk especially used to bother my stomach, probably due to one of the fillers, and my guess would be the carrageenan. With this, I can drink as much soy milk as I like and my stomach is just fine since it's just soy and water. And presoaking/draining reduces/removes any bean-triggered gas (I forget offhand if that's a thing with soy as with other beans, but in any case I do not have any issues with the milk I make).Before getting this, I tried making soy milk manually a bunch of times. Didn't know machines existed - what a find! Anyone who has done it manually on the stove, knows that needs constant attention and a BIG pot to avoid spillage. With this machine, just press a button and walk away.There is a timer to know when it'll be ready, and it will beep for a minute to let you know it's done. It'll keep it warm while plugged in once done. I am able to watch TV/movies while it is running about 30 feet away with no walls in-between, but in a smaller space it could maybe be too loud I am guessing. It's not bad, IMO, much quieter than I'd expect, but not silent of course. It does have to go through brief cycles of grinding to do its thing, but those are muted. Nothing at all like those jet-powered blenders. More like an upgraded dishwasher which has sound dampening. At least similar to mine.

I’ve made multiple batches of soy milk and each has turned out perfectly. The milk reminds me of the quality of West soy but much more flavorful. It still takes a long time to make soy milk, but this device cuts the hands-on time down significantly. When I would make it on the stove, I would say the hands-on time was close to an hour with blending, simmering, and squeezing in a nut milk bag. Now, all I have to do is squeeze it which takes less than ten minutes. I think the most valuable thing is that I do not have to be glued to the stove monitoring it. You do have to wait ten minutes between each batch which isn't a big deal because the soyajoy will automatically add the ten minutes when you start the next batch.So my recipe for making a half gallon of soy milk is:-soak 250 g of dry soybeans overnight- rinse and drain and divide in half-make two batches using one-half of the soaked soybeans-add about 1100 ml of water to the soyajoy with 1/2 of the soaked soybeans-run it on soaked beans-once it is done, I usually pour that batch into a clean pot with a lid-add the remaining soaked soybeans and 1100 ml of water-run the cycle-once finished add it to the pot with the rest of the soy milk-I usually let it cool down before straining, but if you have asbestos hands feel free to strain right awayFor cleaning, once I am all done, I rinse immediately and gently scrub with a sponge. Then I will run it on the raw milk setting with some water and vinegar and then rinse it out after. It gets it quite clean!The process still takes time BUT like I said the hands-on time is just the straining.Also, the taste is fantastic and worth the money for that alone. On the stove, there were numerous times my soy milk came out “beany’ tasting despite boiling it to hell and back. With the soya joy, it is so creamy and nutty without that overwhelming bitter bean flavor (I used the same soybeans for both stovetop and in the soyajoy).Overall, I'm very happy! Plus I believe they give you a year warranty.

I'm extremely happy with this soy milk maker! After shopping for several months online and comparing old soy milk makers to new, I decided on this one. It's a breeze to use and clean up is just gently scrubbing with a plastic brush the wand that houses the grinding unit. If you watch the SoyaJoy video on Youtube a few times, you'll have the process down.I had bought a 7-lb bag of dried soy beans a while back and am using them. But, this seller provides a small sample size to get started. You can have soy milk in 30 minutes from pre-soaked beans. This maker is the highest rated because it's a very good quality.My purchase was missing the filter and small sample of beans and I contacted the seller and they sent those out to me right away.