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What have you heard about it? Do you know if it strains fully? DO you know how it compares with the other one (Soyabella)? Please post about it after you get it too! Thanks! :)
just found this review about the soyquick and also saw that the heat can’t be turned off with the soyabella apparently.
Just wanted to post back after buying a SoyQuick milk maker…. I LOVE IT!!! Everything has far surpassed my expectations. First, yes it does have the option to turn the heat off, so I’ve been experimenting with oat milk, sunflower and almond milk so far. Without exception every batch has been delicious, creamy without any pulp at all. I’ve been adding some stevia, cinnamon and cardamom, just because I like these flavors together. I think my milk is every bit as good as any store-bought brand.
Operation is simple as can be, only about 5 minutes per batch, and cleanup is a breeze – just rinse, no need to scrub if you don’t use the heating element. And I discovered you can use either rolled oats or soaked oat groats to make oat milk, with very little difference in taste.
I highly recommend the SoyQuick for anyone wanting a fresher, cheaper, more creative alternative to commercial milk substitutes.
.Lucy—I am pretty decided on this one also, but might wait to hear your review. I am also researching about the Soyajoy or Soyapower. I think they are the same company and seem like good ones too. Does anyone know of these brands?
okay—so i am a little obsessed with this. :)
new info-i just spoke to reps about the soyabella (which in fact can be used without heat for raw milks), soyapower and soyquick. the most important factor that makes the soyquick most desirable is that with the others-you can’t make a rich milk. the most nuts that you can use is up to a cup and that is for making 5 or 6 cups of milk. so it would be pretty watery milk. with the soyquick there is a limit but it is 2 cups of nuts and it seems that could be for 5 or 6 cups of milk.
i am still concerned that the straining won’t be as thorough as with a nylon mesh bag, and was told that some customers do choose to strain further.
okay—now i am going to wait until you try it lucy! :)
why does my post have words that are crossed out? is it because the sentence structure isn’t perfect? is there a way to get it to stop doing this?!
thanks for clarifying that! i like your self identification as a 2 dash lover. yes-somehow one just doesn’t always say what i want to say. i just tried out 2 dashes with a space betwen and it doensn’t work. so- i will have to do it this way- one dash with a space. hard to remember- i am so used to the 2!
oh- but this is a raw tribe! ;) so- fee- i am glad your machine is working for me, but if i have to strain it like that- -then i may as well use my high powered blender and then strain as i have been doing. so i am hoping that the soyquick does a good enough job of straining. maybe if i do have to re-strain it will be low enough pulp content that it will be sufficient to pour it through some kind of metal mesh strainer. it is the squeezing through cloth that gets annoying and takes a while (and is messy often!).
well- -we will have the results soon when our friends here try this machine (and probable i will too soon). :)
hmmm- that is interesting. i wonder if that is possible to do with the other machines (soyapower or soyabella) the soyquick seems like the nutmilk could be made rich enough—even by reducing the amount of water to 5 cups or so. so i still think this one is probably best. but am still going to wait for someone to give feedback about how strained it is. i don’t like the sound of that “powdery” taste.
I bought the Soyabella recently and used it twice now. I used soaked cashews once and pine nuts the 2nd time. It made very a smooth milk with no graininess. Just press the “Mill” button several times after having added the water and nuts. If you want to warm the water a bit first, press the “Milk” button and let it heat for a few second to a minute (you can touch the side of the container to check that it is getting warm) then press the button again to turn it off. I also removed the nuts container after milling, added some agave and vanilla, and milled again to mix the ingredients. I had not thought of adding nuts again to make a creamier milk; good idea. But you can add more or less water to the container also to make a thinner or thicker milk.
okay-just hot (or room temperature as would be more appropriate in this forum!) off the press-after talkiung to the sales reps of soyquick, soyajoy/soyapower, i have new information. first of all i found out that soyquick is identical to soyapower-same manufacturer-soyquick being in canada, soyajoy in u.s. soyapower is the deluxe, improved model and the big piece that has swayed me to get it is that it can accomodate more nuts for a richer milk. though-it seems that with the soyajoy or soyquick, it is possible to run more nuts through a second time as others have suggested.
there is a 30 day $ back guarantee on the soyapower (and soyajoy too-not sure about soyquick). so-i figure the worst case scenario is that i don’t find it to be valuable to me (i still need to see if it strains fully enough because if i have to put it through the bag to strain-i may as well stick with the current method with my blender). if it doesn’t work out i am only out the shipping cost to return it which they told me would be about $8. worth it to me to find out first hand if this can work.
if anyone else gets this soon-please post a review and i will do the same.
thanks!