Does anyone make soya milk?

cybervic

I am thinking of getting a soymilk maker too. Can anyone advice which one to buy (or not to buy)?
My own researches is that "Soyquick" seems to be a better model than "Soya fresh" because soya fresh is more difficult to clean. Is this true?

There is also a new soymilk maker called "Soyabella" and it seems to be the best model on the market?

I am basically after a quiet and easy to clean soymilk maker. any suggestion is much appreciated! thanks in advance.

Pitlanepiglet

Ohhh thanks for bumping this back up, I'd forgotten that it was possible to make soya milk. We both have soya rather than dairy and I'm not really happy with the additives in the cheap soya milk that I buy and I can't bear the sweetened stuff. Sounds like I might have found my next kitchen gadget - we're likely to be moving further away from decent shops so something else I can make from the store cupboard will be fab.

I'd be interested to see up to date reports from those that have been using the machines recommended above.

Pitlanepiglet

Hello me again, I've now bought a SoyQuick Premier Soya Milk maker from here http://www.wholisticresearch.com/shop/home/m/Shop/id/788/page/1/ and it arrived earlier this week. I also bought organic non GM beans from there, I can't remember how much they were but they were an OK price as I was already paying for shipping of the unit. I have no connection with them but have been very impressed with their service, I pre-ordered the unit before they had them and they kept me informed about when it was coming and then shipped it to my work address.

Looking at some of the previous reviews the Premier version seems to have been improved significantly as regards cleaning the unit, this is dead simple, there s no filter to clean, just the heating element to wash off, the grinding head comes off and is easy to clean as is the main jug.

So far, so good, I'm pretty impressed with it, we made our second lot of Soya milk today and it takes pretty good, a bit "weak" perhaps but I've tried putting some of the Okara back into this lot to see if it beefs up the taste. We've only ever had unsweetened soya anyway so that probably makes the transition easier. I didn't skin the beans, I just soaked them over night (it says 8 - 10 hours), chucked a cup of beans and 1.5l of water in the jug and set it all going.

I'm not sure what we'll do with the Okara, maybe make tofu - I'm not sure it's not something I've ever eaten. We only have soya because neither of us can tolerate cows milk. We use 3+ litres of soya a week and currently the only cheap supermarket brands we could have were Sainsbury and Morrisons as all of the others (including Tesco now) put "gunky stuff" in their cheapest soyas and you have to go up to the £1 per carton range to get the purer stuff. This way we get cheap soya from non GM, organic beans.

I'm going to try oat milk next, for those days when I will have forgotten to soak soya beans! Someone queried how long the soya milk lasts, the instructions with mine say 7 days if kept in the fridge.

ascot64

Just read on another thread that someone does this.

Can anyone tell me how and does it save any money over buying the cartons in the supermarket?

misskool

Easy peasy to make (not sure if it saves you money though)

You can do it the lazy way and there will be some chinese supermarkets that will sell a whizzy machine to make them.

To make by hand, soak the soya beans overnight and refresh the water in the morning. Then blend the beans in about 2.5x volume of clean water. Then strain the milk through 2 layers of muslin. Bring the strained milk to a boil (about 5 minutes to kill germs) and strain the scum off. Cool and it stores for a few days in the fridge. (2-3 days normally, 4 is pushing it).

You can also make tofu from this if you want.

ascot64

What quantity of beans for the above recipe please?

misskool

i guesstimate but google tells me 125g beans for 1 litre.

Pitlanepiglet

We make our own Soya Milk and use of these http://www.wholisticresearch.com/shop/home/m/Shop/id/788/page/1/ which we bought from wholisticresearch.

We only have Soya milk so get through about three litres a week, I dislike the amount of "gunk" that is in cheap Soya (Sainsbury's basic is about the best now) and the organic stuff is expensive. The real bonus for us though is that we only have to keep soya beans in the cupboard and not litres and litres of soya milk so we've gained vast amounts of cupboard space and no longer have to make special trips to Sainsbury's to buy Soya Milk, plus we get to drink pure organic non GM soya milk.

The Soya milk maker uses 80g of beans and produces 1.5 litres of soya in about 20 minutes and the Premier version of it is incredibly easy to clean, plus you get the soya bean protein to use in stews, burgers or whatever.

You can make Soya milk manually but I know that given our lifestyle that isn't going to happen regularly enough to keep us stocked up! It's a bit like a breadmaker, I make bread by hand when I have time but for day to day bread I use the machine as it fits in with a busy life.

We're really really pleased with the machine, it's one of the best things we've bought and well worth the money.

gooseinatree

I always prefer to make my own soya milk at home.
You can get soya beans cheaply from a chinese supermarket. I buy from Wingyip. Price is somewhere like 55p per 500g I think. And 500g soya beans will last ages!
There is a website selling cheap soya milk makers. I am not allowed to post link here but just google ''soya direct''.

iamsavingiamiam

gooseinatree wrote: »

There is a website selling cheap soya milk makers. I am not allowed to post link here but just google ''soya direct''.

Thanks so much for this post goose. I was about to order one of the £120 machines and worrying rather a lot about the expense. Soya Direct are selling their's for £50 (although apparently going up after 14 June). The jugs are clear plastic, rather than stainless steel but they work exactly the same, are easy to clean and make delicious milk. The people running it answer queries promptly and are really good to deal with. I have no conection other than a very satisfied customer.

Iam