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

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.

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 purchased the ChefWave Milkmade Non-Dairy Milk Maker almost two years ago, and I have been absolutely thrilled with this machine. As someone who follows a plant-based diet, finding a convenient and efficient way to make non-dairy milk at home has always been a priority, and this machine has exceeded my expectations. I never felt like the store bought milks were worth the expensive cost--given these are all primarily water. First and foremost, the ChefWave Milkmade is incredibly easy to use. The intuitive design and user-friendly interface make it a breeze to create a wide variety of non-dairy milks. Whether I'm in the mood for almond milk, oat milk, or any other nut or seed milk, this machine can handle it all with ease. The Milkmade also saves me a significant amount of money in the long run. Store-bought non-dairy milks can be quite expensive, especially if you opt for organic or specialty varieties. With this machine, I can make my own fresh and delicious milk at a fraction of the cost, and I know exactly what goes into it—no added preservatives or artificial ingredients. I simply purchase organic raw almonds, soy beans and etc... Cleaning the Milkmade is a breeze as well, because it's self cleaning!!! In addition to its practicality and convenience, the ChefWave Milkmade has a sleek and modern design that looks great in my kitchen. It doesn't take up much counter space. I call the company and ordered extra glass pitchers. Overall, I couldn't be happier with my purchase of the ChefWave Milkmade Non-Dairy Milk Maker. It has become an essential appliance in my kitchen, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to enjoy fresh, homemade non-dairy milk with ease and convenience.

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!

I've had this machine for a year now. Overall, it's been a great purchase, it shows no signs of slowing down, and I still use it a 3 or more times a week for matcha lattes and soymilk and occasionally for sweet black sesame soup (recipes below). That said, there are some things anyone interested in buying this should know, in order of most to least annoying: First of all, yes, this machine is technically self-cleaning, but like everything sold as "self-cleaning," it still needs some manual help. Gunk builds up on the blades over time and will eventually lead to discoloration, as shown in some of the photos from other reviews. To clean, I cut a small piece off of a melamine sponge (Magic Eraser knockoff), wet it, and carefully rub it over the blades until the discoloration clears. This is easier said than done, as the blades are not removable and spin freely, so it's tedious, and I can't see the underside of the blades when I'm doing this. I rinse the sponge occasionally, and when the sponge comes away clean after rubbing both the top and bottom of the blades, I know they're clean. Then I use the sponge to clean the rest of the bowl and the top as well. And finally, I run the self-clean cycle on the machine to rinse out any leftover gunk. I do this weekly based on my usage, but you could require more frequent or less frequent cleaning depending on your usage. Second of all, the bowl on this machine is small, and it's easy to overload it and end up with a mess if you decide to venture away from the recipe book. Actually knowing where that limit is is a very un-fun guessing game of crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. I keep my machine inside of a deep jelly roll baking pan (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HYLXBR2) set on top of a cooling rack (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NPDP8FB) in case I overload the machine and get milk spurting out of the steam release spout. It doesn't happen that often, but when it does, I'm really glad for my precautions. That said, if you just want to follow the recipe book, this shouldn't be an issue. Third of all, 20 oz is not a lot of milk. I understand that the machine is meant to make fresh milk on an as-needed basis. But sometimes, i don't have the time or will to do that, and it would be nice if I could just make a large batch at the beginning of the week to put into the fridge. That said, there are other milk machines available that could do that, and I could have bought one of those instead. I didn't, because I knew that if I had to manually clean the machine every time I use it, I would never use it. So it's a tradeoff, and personally I would rather have the smaller size and the (kind of) self-cleaning (with the option to put all of the removable parts in the dishwasher) than a bigger machine that I'd have to manually clean every time. Finally, this machine is loud. Really loud. Loud enough that, living in an apartment building, I refrain from using it in the early morning or late at night so my neighbors don't hate me. Of course, blenders in general are loud, so I don't think this is necessarily a fault of the machine, just a fact of what it is. If none of those drawbacks scare you off, then this is a fantastic machine that you'll likely get a lot of use out of. I certainly have. Recipes: Matcha latte: (can be doubled to a 20 oz batch) 10 oz water 1 Tbsp sliced almonds (any cut of almond can be used, but you may need to play with amounts) 1 1/2 tsp matcha powder (use a high quality matcha powder, as it will greatly affect the taste) 3/4 tsp vanilla extract (can be added to the finished drink at the end if you want to prep the dry ingredients ahead of time) 1/8 tsp spirulina powder (optional, for color only) 1 Medjool date -Use the almond setting -Strain through a fine mesh sieve (I use this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DMS2T7R) Soymilk: (can be doubled to a 20 oz batch) 10 oz water 1 Tbsp dried soybeans 1 Medjool date -Use the soy setting -No need to strain Sweet black sesame soup: (do NOT double, as this soup is very thick and you risk overloading the machine and soup pouring out of the steam release spout) 10 oz water 2 Tbsp roasted black sesame seeds 1 Tbsp rice 2 Medjool dates -Use the cashew setting -No need to strain. Drink with a spoon.

The product does what it says. I appreciate very much that the device does all the work, from start to finish. You just need to throw the ingredients in, and the device heats, blends, dispenses and self-cleans. I also like that the device uses all of the ingredients, and doesn’t strain or waste anything. All of my drinks have been very smooth. You also do not need a lot of ingredients - the recommendation is only about one tablespoon of nuts per drink. Also what’s nice is you choose what to put in your drink - no chemicals, oils, artificial sweeteners, etc. You can use dates for sweetness, or probably other ingredients. The drinks come out very hot. I’ve only tried almond milk and cashew milk. The almond milk is pretty bland, but I may need to roast a little more or purchase roasted. I prefer the cashew milk; it has a little more creaminess and flavor. I add two dried dates to my drinks, which provides a little natural sweetness. The drinks aren't nearly as rich or creamy as whole dairy milk, so it’s going to take some time weaning my bf off of dairy milk, but I’m trying. I’ve been favoring the 10oz vs the 20oz as the 10oz uses proportionally more ingredients to water, so there is a little more flavor and creaminess. I have not verified this, but I believe the overflows a few people experience are due to overfilling the machine. There is a vent at the top of the blender, which mixes with hot water, so yea, it will overflow if there is too much stuff in there. Read the instructions. I’d like to buy this for my mom but I think it might take some convincing. She drinks Lactaid.

Recently I started to make my own soy milk again, I started out by using a Vitamix to grind the beans, although the Vitamix is a wonderful, powerful blender, but each time after I grind the beans I still need to manually strain, squeeze then cook the extract of the soy juice (milk), very strenuously and time consuming, that was the reason why I haven’t make my own soy milk for a long time. Then I learned about the Joyoung milk maker. At first I was debating if I would just go ahead and buy one of the machine but then I decided to searching online for something else that might be equally good or comparable to Joyoung, I want to have options for myself. A couple days of research then I saw this ChefWave milkmaker machine! After reading the reviews (on Amazon it actually has more reviews than top Joyoung model and better ratings too), I did some comparisons then I decided to go ahead and give it a try, boy, was I glad I did, this machine is so convenient and efficient! Within couple days after I received it I started making soy milk. At 1st I was a little hesitant about making soy milk without straining it which is not the way how I grew up with drinking the whole thing, milk extract and pulp, we always extracted the milk and discard the pulp or using the pulp for some other recipes. But with this milkmaker machine it grinds the beans/nuts so fine and smooth that I found myself actually likes it and drink everything the way it made. I heard the top model of Joyoung milkmaker machine is few minutes quicker for each batch than this ChefWave does, but then Joyoung machine cost about $150 more so I don’t mind spending a few minutes longer to make my plant milk each time and saved myself $150, it’s good deal to me. I only have this machine for one week, but I have made 10-12 batches of soy milk and also hazelnut and almond, I have much more to explore yet. One thing I want to mention is the recipe booklet that came with the machine indicated each 20oz batch to add 3/4 tablespoons of dried beans/nuts, I found it too little and the milk came out very watery, so I modified it and used one tablespoon full to make 10oz. I did soaked my soy beans overnight then I used that little measuring cup that came with the machine, I used one scoop to make a 10oz batch and it came out nice and thick, I like that, it was much better. In conclusion; I really like what this machine can do, and I’m still learning and exploring how to used it to make more verity of plant milk/juice. I also hope this machine holds up and last for a long while, because on a couple batches I did hear a little rough groaning sounds during the grinding process, not sure what it was but didn’t like the sound.

Latest review- I’m changing my review from 5 to 2 because it stopped working after one month and two days. It’s giving me an error code of E 15. There’s no number to contact. I called Amazon customer service. They gave me a number and the website to contact after a long wait of failed attempt of trying to contact the product support directly. The website and customer service number says they are focused camera. And they don’t work on weekends or on weeknights. ————————— I have tried MANY omit milk makers including joydeem joyoung etc from $100-&400. This is overall the best because it makes decent grain of the nut milk, auto cleaning, with delay start. It’ll be better if it can create more volume at a time. If you are really looking for a soy milk machine, though this is not it. The cooking cycle takes about 17 minutes in this one what’s the real soy milk would need more time than that. The nut milk is fine enough, better than most of the other machines out there but not that’s silky smooth as JoYoung. However, the nearly $200 JoYoung milk maker doesn’t do auto cleaning nor delay start. The $400 joyoung milk maker has the strong plastic smell and taste that’s unacceptable. So overall, this is the best product that I tried and I tried everything I could find.