ChefWave Milkmade Soy Milk Maker – 6-in-1 Plant-Based Milk Machine for Almond, Oat, Soy, Cashew, Coconut & Macadamia – No Soaking, Auto-Clean, Delay Start, Glass Pitcher – White

We have been using the Chefwave Milk made 1-2 times a day for months. It makes "milk" for using with cereal and cooking and does a great job. Easy to use, without pulp-product to have to use or waste, easy to clean. Very happy with the product which has paid for itself as we do not need to buy milk from the store. I also love being able to use glass bottles and not adding to the landfill.

I have used about 3 pounds of a five pound bag of dried soybeans making soy milk with this milk maker. I have been using it about 8 months and haven’t seen any signs of wearing out. I have saved at least the cost of this machine in the amount of plant milk I would have bought at the store during that time. I can’t use a nut milk bag because my hands get sore from squeezing it. I’m so thankful for this machine! Sure it’s not as nice as Silk brand soy milk, but it has two ingredients: soy and water. I have to shake the milk before I can use it because it still has sediment that sinks to the bottom. To me that’s a plus because I’m getting all of it, but I can see that being a problem if you want smooth texture. It’s great for oatmeal and soup. Not good for coffee. I make enough to last all week and store in wide mouth mason jars with pour spout lids. I also made cashew milk which was very creamy. This machine is noisy enough that i can’t hear the TV when watching in the next room, but the noisy part is very brief. The noise doesn’t bother me when I’m in the same room. The machine is very easy to clean. The lid of the mixing compartment comes off, and that part is easy to clean. The mixing blade is not as easy and has developed some buildup but I’m very consistent about cleaning it. The pitcher and lid are easy to clean. The waste water bin is hard because it has a weird shape and requires a skinny bottle brush to get it really clean. The water repository is easy to fill. I can’t use with my refrigerator water dispenser because the lid gets in the way. I figured out I can use my Keurig multi-cup water bin to fill it to the top in one go. I always use filtered water when making nut and soy milk. It fits nicely on my counter. I keep it next to my coffee maker.

I bought this machine because I prefer to make nut milk at home to avoid the environmental problem of the packaging and transport of store bought nut milk. However, I find nut milk bags a pain in the neck. While the clean up of this machine is great, it has SEVERAL SMALL DRAWBACKS AND ONE MAJOR DEALBREAKER DRAWBACK and nobody should ever buy it: 1. While it is easy to clean and uses a minimal amount of nuts, that’s because it doesn’t actually extract the fiber from the milk. It just blends it for 8 to 12 minutes so the fiber is very fine. However, the milk is still a little gritty and if you have a great blender like a Vitamix, you can do the exact same thing without adding another machine to your countertop (and, eventually, landfills). 2. The machine uses hot water to steam/cook the nuts (probably to make them softer so they can be chopped more finely) so you have to plan ahead the night before if you want cold milk in the morning for a smoothie, cereal, etc. 3. The milk doesn’t taste great. It tastes thin and, like I said, gritty. 4. The machine comes with several removable smaller parts—a steam cap, a glass pitcher for the milk, a plastic water tank, a plastic bin for the cleaning cycle. I accidentally broke the steam cap while cleaning it soon after purchasing this. I contacted ChefWave and Amazon to get a replacement part (it’s a tiny little one-inch plastic and metal cap). ChefWave totally refused to help, saying they do not offer replacement parts and referring me to Amazon. Amazon could only offer a total replacement of the entire machine. Unbelievably wasteful and short-sighted for a company selling a product for which one of its main features is that it can offer people a more environmentally conscious way to get milk. Amazon was great and gave me a full refund but I regret buying this machine and feel terrible that it will be one more hunk of plastic junk persisting for hundreds of years. Feel like a total dumb-dumb. I should know by now that there are no short cuts and nothing you can buy that’s going to save the planet. Total fail on my part!

Es fácil de usar, supero las expectativas, no deja residuos de ningún tipo y aprovecha al máximo los ingredientes. excepto que a veces sale un poco del respirador y derrama ese es el único detalle fuera de eso, es muy practica y funcional.

The family is really enjoying the warm fresh nut milks. Cashew works better than almond as the almond leaves a more velvety taste to the milk. I will assume the almonds are harder to break down. As advertised the unit grinds all of the nuts or cereal, there are no remains that you then need to dispose of like other units on the market. Also, it self cleans at the end of each milk production. If you are looking at drinking alternatives to cows milk and you want to avoid all the additives in nut/cereal milks when buying grocery store options, then you should seriously consider this product.

Easy to use,time saving

We only can operate 220v machines in our country I tried to use it with a voltage converter but it didn’t work as it gave me Error 7 which is related to the electric power Unfortunately had to return it immediately

While it might be a good machine, this runs on US-standard 120V not UAE-standard 220V, so it does not work in the Dubai: Don't plug it in if you get it. Not sure why it is listed at Amazon.ae without this caveat.