I purchased my soymilk maker from BigCrazyStore via their ebay store for a total of $39.94 with shipping included. The reason I got such a good deal (most soymilk makers are around $100) was because this one was used. It's in great condition though.
The box included an instruction manual, a recipe book, a measure cup, a tooth-brush thingie for cleaning the filter, a soft scrubby pad for cleaning, a tub for soaking the dirty parts in, a power cord, and of course the soymilk maker. The soymilk maker is basically three parts, its got the pitcher part, which is just a metal pitcher. The top lifts off and has the computer and the motor in it as well as the heating element and a couple of sensors. The filter basket on the bottom can be removed to reveal the blades.
How it works:
Soak one scoop of dry soybeans in water for 8-12 hrs. Then with the filter basket screwed on, pour the soybeans though the chute in the top. The reason you can't just put them in the basket and screw them on is because they basically fill the basket and you won't be able to work the blade down in there (trust me, I tried it). Sometimes the soybeans get backed up in this little chute and you have to shake them down, which would be my main criticism of this device.
After adding the soybeans, just fill the pitcher part with water up to the line (1.8L) and lower the top onto it. You plug it in, press a button, and in about 20 min you have fresh, hot soymilk! It even plays some sort of Chinese song when its done!
To clean up, you place the whole top part into the tub that is provided and fill it with water to soak it. Then you gotta remove the filter basket and toss out the soybean sludge (which is a great texture, by the way) and scrub out the tiny holes in the filter with the toothbrush thing. You can't submerge the whole top since it has electrical parts, but you can run them under water and wipe it off with the scrubby pad provided.
The soymilk is great! A little bit of grit on the bottom, but so much better than store bought soymilk in my opinion. It's good hot with sugar, or cold in cereal. I don't add sugar to the whole batch, since its good plain in sweet cereal.
I would highly recommend this device.
3 comments:
Aariq!
This looks luscious, and the song sounds just creepy enough to be jovial!
-Alan
psThanks for your comment on my blog!
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I'll be in Kyoto soon, you should visit, you know Ikuta would love it!
I brought my mother's soy maker from Taiwan without the menu. This is so far the most useful blog I found, can't find any other information on their web. I wonder you still have the machine and the menu?
I got one of these but it didn't come with a manual. When I plugged the machine in, it gave me two numbers to choose from, 1 and 2. Do you know which one is for soaked beans and which one is for dry beans? Thanks!
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