Product Description

The Soyabella automatic soy milk maker can be used not only for making soymilk, but also for making milk from beans, rice and nuts in your own kitchen in about 15 minutes. Soyabella is also great for making delicious pureed soups and poridges like split pea soup, butternut squash soup and rice porridge. Soyabella can even grind coffee beans and other dry ingredients with its convenient milling accessories. Soyabella is extremely convenient with different program settings that let you easily control temperature and grinding time with a single touch. Soyabella's multiple attachments allow you to create a cornucopia of recipes without difficult cleaning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89457 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Tribest
• Model: SB-130

Features

• One-touch, fully automatic operation, Controlled by a multi-function microprocessor to get perfect results every time.
• Patented helical grinding blade with serrated edge is capable of grinding dried beans and grains to a rich, smooth consistency.
• Water heater is built into the water chamber for increased safety and easier cleaning.
• Holds approximately 1 quart
• Brushed stainless-steel chamber is easy to clean. 220 Watt Motor.

Customer Reviews

Awesome product, awesome result.
Awesome product, awesome result.

When buying an appliance, it is important to know what to expect - and not to expect - from it; many of the negative reviews for the Soyabella (and other soymilk makers) seem to be from people who had the wrong idea about what soymilk makers actually /do/.

When made the old-fashioned way, making your own soymilk consists (a) soaking the beans in cold water, (b) grinding the soaked beans into a paste, (c) two to four hours of simmering, skimming, and keeping pots of water and soybean-paste from boiling over, (d) straining resulting hot liquid to get out the bean fiber, and (e) seasoning to taste. It's not hard to do at home, but it's tiring and very time consuming. Automatic soymilk makers replace the hours of heating and processing beans and water into a milk-like solution with a casual 15-minute wait, and do some of the straining for you. They do /not/ fully strain the liquid (that takes too fine a sieve - it would clog incessantly) or conjure seasonings out of thin air.

If you're serious about getting the price savings (about a quarter the cost), energy and resource savings (no packaging or fuel used to get it to you) and convenience (no need to run to the store when you need more), be realistic about what the Soyabella will do for you - and you'll find yourself enjoying the best soymilk you've ever tasted.

And so:

1) Soak your beans for 8-12 hours.
2) Run the soymilk maker.
3) Pour the resulting soymilk through cheesecloth or a /very/ fine sieve, to remove the last 'gritty' particles.
4) If desired, season with a bit of salt, sweetener, and whatever else you fancy (vanilla anyone?)

We've been using our Soyabella for several weeks now, and have had consistent, delicious results. Not only is the soymilk excellent, but it makes a great-tasting tofu, as well. The okara (leftover bean mash - you're not throwing that stuff out, are you? It's a powerhouse of nutrition and a free bonus) is of similarly high quality, and has become a staple mixed into doughs for our breads, muffins, and even cookies.

Tastes great!!
This soymilk maker is beautiful and easy to use. I hate trying to figure out and wash complicated kitchen appliances, but this one takes no time to set up and use. I use it every day to make soy milk and almond milk (my favorites). I drink a cup of fresh h ot soymilk in the morning, and put the rest in the fridge for later.

Easier than I thought it would be.
I ordered this thinking, "ok, well I'm saving moeny, but I'm gonna have to hassel with making soy milk everyday for my two kids." Turns out, it's pretty easy to use and clean. (Still could be easier, but overall takes less than 2 min.)

I add a bit of sugar and vanilla, and the kids didn't say anything this morning when I served it up nice and cold from sitting in the fridge overnight.

I also add flax seed right it.

No where does it say how many beans you'll need, but you can figure it's less than 1/4 cup soy beans for each 1.3L of milk you get back.

So after my trip to the health foods store, and dividing down the cost, I figure it costs me about .40 per Half Gallon to make my own soy milk. (Using all organic products... soybeans, sea salt, flax, sugar cane, and vanilla)