SoyaJoy G5 8 in 1 Soy Milk, Soybean or Dried Beans, Almond Milk, Quinoa Milk, Nut Milk, Oat Milk, Cashew Milk | + Soups, Porridges, Hot Cocoa | Self-Cleaning

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.

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

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 thought I had left a review for the Soyajoy back in 2023 when I purchased it but it must have gotten deleted or I never actually left it. I use it weekly and I have gone from making soy milk, to almond milk, and now coconut milk. Soy milk is definitely my favorite taste wise in my matcha tea but I have moved to coconut milk so it's easier on my stomach. The almond milk tastes better than any store bought one, too. Very rich taste with the Soyajoy. While you CAN make coconut milk in it, I wanted to talk about that the instructions on their site are not accurate. It indicates you can use more than 2 cups ("cups" here meaning the included plastic cup with the Soyajoy) but even with fine shredded coconut, 2 of those little cups makes it error out and you are basically screwed unless you have a blender to finish the milk because it can't pick up where it left off and you have to wait for it to cool down to start the entire process again. What I found is that coconut milk ONLY works with finely shredded coconut and I can only use 1 and 1/2 cups. It sometimes errors out regardless but basically when there is 1 minute left or so; it's not a big deal because the milk is done at that point anyways. There are some times I don't get any errors and it finishes. The milk is still delicious, a little fatty despite not much coconut being able to be used, and definitely better than the watered down sludge you get at the store. I never liked coconut milk from the store's cold section (tastes like CHALK) until I had the ones in the cans but they are pricey, so the homemade one is a good replacement. I never had issues cleaning this appliance. Even when I used to make soy milk and forgot to drain is right away, nothing gets stuck in a way that takes a long time to clean at all. At most, 3 minutes to scrub clean everything. If you make cold milk like almonds, not even 30 secs to just rinse it off. The Soyajoy was a great investment for me and still is, as I go through a lot of non dairy milk weekly! Saving tons of money here buying bulk shredded coconut to make my own milk to drink as much as I want.