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Soyabella has a seamless stainless steel boiling chamber with concealed heating element and capacity of approximately 1 quart. The 220 watt motor and helical grinding blade spins at 11,000 rpm. Includes a tofu press, stainless steel lid, stainless steel milk screen, stainless steel paste/soup screen, plastic grinding cup, measuring cup, utility cup, cleaning brush, cleaning pad. Three programs for milks, paste/soup, and grinding.
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| Review Date: November 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Elizabeth Jones, Baltimore, MD United States |
| I love having my soymilk maker. I use it at least once a week. I can make enough soymilk for the family (3) to use for about $0.50! I would have given it five stars, but it is a little bit of a pain to clean. The screen has very fine holes which clog easily, but it hasn't caused any issues with its function yet. I've been using it for over a year now and it still works just as good as it did the first time. If only they could engineer a way to speed up soaking your soybeans :) |
Great idea, but bad design.
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| Review Date: November 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Joi de Vivre, United States |
If this were the only soymilk maker I'd ever used, I'd probably have been thrilled with it. However, I'd been using the SoyQuick Soy Milk Maker (SDZ-5) that belonged to a friend. When my use increased, I decided it was time for my own. I looked around and found the Soyabella. It looked like it did everything the SDZ-5 did, and maybe more, and it had an elegant design which I liked. The Soyabella performed well, made great soymilk, but there are a couple of serious design flaws. One thing I wasn't prepared for was the wickedly sharp blades on the Soyabella. I'm used to cleaning small parts with my fingers. Not a good idea with this machine, and I sliced skin off a finger in short order, even being careful. The Soyabella has three electrical plugs on the unit: one in the top, and two in the base. That makes it necessary to clean very carefully so you don't get water in the electrical parts. The top unit with the blades is hard to hold onto, and if you get water in the electrical components, it may not run until it drys out in 3-4 days.
With these drawbacks, and especially the sharp blades, I called Tribest and asked for a refund. Forget it. Because it wasn't malfunctioning, they didn't consider my dissatisfaction a legitimate reason for a refund. I am STUCK with this machine, which I don't use. I'm very unhappy with the Soyabella and with Tribest. They don't stand behind their products, and to me, that says it all. I finally got an SoyQuick SDZ5 of my own from Kitchen's Best Manufacturing Group, and I'm completely thrilled with the company and the product. These people don't mess around! They stand by their products 100% and give a 90 day 100% money back guarantee. To me, that's well worth paying a bit more, because it says they're confident enough in their products to KNOW you won't return them! What a refreshing difference! |
The Elegant Soyabella? Let me save you some pain!
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| Review Date: November 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: S. Wilson, |
My family and I have been drinking soy and rice milk for a number of years and this machine seemed to be a good solution as I wanted to cut down on our grocery bill. After learning more about the problems with tetra-pak containers, I was completely turned off.
I purchased the "Elegant" Soyabella and wanted to share my own personal experience. I was initially excited to receive my machine and begin making my first batch of milk. Overall, I found the Soyabella to be very problematic.
I read the manual and followed the instructions carefully but when I made my first batch of milk it continued to boil over leaving my counter a sticky mess. After 3 unsuccessful attempts, I did finally get it to complete a batch of milk where I encountered even more undesirable results.
To begin with, the milk screen was very difficult to remove as the handle on the bottom is so small that you have no hope in ever getting a finger underneath the handle let alone actually grabbing it to take off the cup. The milk turned out quite pulpy as the milk screen holes are quite large and it didn't grind the beans completely.
When I cleaned my machine I found that I had to be extra cautious as the blade is very sharp. Although it is an advertised benefit, I found that having the heater in the base of the milk jug was more of a pain as when the jug has milk in it, it is quite heavy. I also found it difficult to clean because the mess from boiling over each time created a hot sticky mess all over the machine. The jug contains a lot of electrical stuff and obviously it is not made to get wet but in order to clean, it is nearly impossible and time consuming.
I realized my hour of efforts yielded less than 1 quart of milk. I found the manual very vague and surely not helpful. I tried making "rice paste" expecting to get rice milk and let's just say, I am not even going to go there!!
Thinking that my errors where a result of my own mistakes, I did some research online and found that I was not alone. To my relief many others have experience similar problems. I returned my machine and although discouraged about making home made milk, my continued research led me to buy the new SoyQuick Premier. I am completely amazed by the difference between the two machines. I am not going to go into details but I highly recommend the SoyQuick Premier for anyone looking to make trouble free milks. Here is the link:NEW 2009 Soymilk Maker - SoyQuick Premier Milk Maker 930P I have already posted a review as I am really impressed.
To summarize; I would not recommend buying the Soyabella at all. I hope that my review and experience will save others a lot of time, effort and the extra money to ship back your Soyabella.
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The "Elegant" Soyabella? Let me save you some pain!
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| Review Date: November 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: S. Wilson, |
My family and I have been drinking soy and rice milk for a number of years and this machine seemed to be a good solution as I wanted to cut down on our grocery bill. After learning more about the problems with tetra-pak containers, I was completely turned off.
I purchased the "Elegant" Soyabella and wanted to share my own personal experience. I was initially excited to receive my machine and begin making my first batch of milk. Overall, I found the Soyabella to be very problematic.
I read the manual and followed the instructions carefully but when I made my first batch of milk it continued to boil over leaving my counter a sticky mess. After 3 unsuccessful attempts, I did finally get it to complete a batch of milk where I encountered even more undesirable results.
To begin with, the milk screen was very difficult to remove as the handle on the bottom is so small that you have no hope in ever getting a finger underneath the handle let alone actually grabbing it to take off the cup. The milk turned out quite pulpy as the milk screen holes are quite large and it didn't grind the beans completely.
When I cleaned my machine I found that I had to be extra cautious as the blade is very sharp. Although it is an advertised benefit, I found that having the heater in the base of the milk jug was more of a pain as when the jug has milk in it, it is quite heavy. I also found it difficult to clean because the mess from boiling over each time created a hot sticky mess all over the machine. The jug contains a lot of electrical stuff and obviously it is not made to get wet but in order to clean, it is nearly impossible and time consuming.
I realized my hour of efforts yielded less than 1 quart of milk. I found the manual very vague and surely not helpful. I tried making "rice paste" expecting to get rice milk and let's just say, I am not even going to go there!!
Thinking that my errors where a result of my own mistakes, I did some research online and found that I was not alone. To my relief many others have experience similar problems. I returned my machine and although discouraged about making home made milk, my continued research led me to buy the new SoyQuick Premier. I am completely amazed by the difference between the two machines. I am not going to go into details but I highly recommend the SoyQuick Premier for anyone looking to make trouble free milks. Here is the link: SoyQuick Premier Milk Maker 930P I have already posted a review as I am really impressed.
To summarize; I would not recommend buying the Soyabella at all. I hope that my review and experience will save others a lot of time, effort and the extra money to ship back your Soyabella.
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