SoyaJoy G5 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

I had tried out another, less expensive soy milk maker. SoyJoy is worth the extra shekels. It' insulated layer means you can touch it during the making of the soy milk; it's warm rather than burning hot. It has a good spout and lip to help in pouring, and it doesn't spit out milk in the making. It is easy to clean - just make sure you do it immediately, and don't let the residue dry out. The taste is good - about what I'd expect for homemade soy milk. I don't know what they do to commercial milks, even the ones who's only ingredients are soy beans and water, and I probably don't want to know. I can make soy yogurt with it, and that is one of my primary uses of soy milk. I look forward to making tofu. SoyJoy G5 is attractive on the counter. I don't know that the LED time indicator is all that important, but it's there and it works. The buttons are easier to understand than those on other makers. I was able to get an extra year warranty for the unit after purchase - two years in total. Making your own soy milk is a huge savings, and you know your ingredients. Moreover, soy milk is getting harder to find. It seems like the war on soy has flooded the market with all the others (oat, almond, hemp, etc.) Soy has been a healthy staple in the diets of so many cultures for centuries. It guards against cancers. It provides complete protein. It has a much smaller water footprint than almonds.

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 been using the SoyaJoy G5 for a few weeks and it’s very versatile—makes soy milk, nut milk, porridge, and even hot cocoa with ease. The self-cleaning function is handy, and the raw milk program works well. The only downside is that it can be a bit noisy and the instructions could be clearer for first-time users. Overall, a solid kitchen appliance that I’d recommend.

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 away For 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 love this machine. I drop 1 star because the price is so high. I wish I could buy it directly from Amzon.com.