Making Soy Milk: Soy Milk Maker Recommendations and Buying Tips

Translated from the Korean original.

Ta-da!!!!!! At last after long deliberation, I bought one

The soy milk maker I’d been debating over since last year!!! Lol. The price was good and it had the specs I wanted, so I bought it

Do you all use a soy milk maker? I personally love soy milk, so I used to buy it by the box and drink it

but as that piles up, the money going out is significant no matter how much it’s on special. Actually, it’s not that I drink only one carton a day

lol, I’ve drunk three cartons, even four, at all hours, so the supply just dwindles

away lol and that’s when someone around me recommended one

At the time I kept wondering how many times I’d actually use the thing if I bought it. Of course, cheap ones run about KRW 40,000?

even though I’d been shown such a product..

No matter how cheaply I buy something, I really hate having it take up space, so I tend not to buy kitchen appliances if I can help it..

Then I came across a blog post that dug into every spec of soy milk makers, laying out which specs and which product you should choose

comparing and analyzing it really thoroughly from a consumer’s point of view.

First of all, they recommended a heat-resistant container made of glass or ceramic rather than stainless steel

The reason, they said, is that low-priced products skip even minimal polishing to cut costs, which causes sticking and, on top of that, scorching

They strongly recommended all-ceramic material that doesn’t stick, or see-through heat-resistant glass.

Second, does it have an automatic cleaning function?

Third, is the after-sales service good?

Fourth, does it have 8 blades?

You can probably tell this once you grind beans, they said. It’s a porridge, but sometimes you bite into lumps, so they gave the tip to be sure to buy one with 8 or more blades.

Fifth, since there is noise, check whether the main body has a noise-blocking lid

Noise is bound to come up while grinding, so it would be good to buy one that has a lid for the body.

Sixth, large capacity! Unless you’re a single-person household, choose 1,000 ml or more

Because 650 ml is done in 1 ~2 glasses and even 900 ml yields only about 3 cups, not enough for the whole family

so if you’re a family of four, I’d recommend 1,000 ml or more.

I already knew these criteria, but the one that blogger recommended was in the KRW 120,000 range, so I just left it sitting in my Coupang cart..

Lol. But then a soy milk maker with all of those features, and at one-third of the price, caught my eye, and I snapped it up.

I haven’t used it yet so I can’t give a review, but I’ll try making red bean porridge soon and put up a post lol

Oh, and neighbors!!! You know that grains like beans contain toxins of their own, so you absolutely must soak them in water for at least 4 hours, right?

Then I’ll be back next time with a review..

If you already have a soy milk maker you use, please leave a comment!~~ ^^