Tribest SB-132 Soyabella, Automatic Soy Milk Maker Machine with Tofu Kit Large, Silver, Large, Black/Stainless Steel

I've been making almond milk for a few years now, to avoid gums and weird chemicals. Also almond milk is very expensive, but mostly it's a health thing. I usually use a blender and a nut milk bag. Getting this has made making almond milk so much easier. It's way easier to clean the filter with a scrub brush and tap out the almond grounds into the garbage than it was to try and clean them out of the nut milk bag. I love that it comes already filtered and yes, there is a slight amount of grit in there that would not be present if it was run through and that milk bag but it's not enough to make it not drinkable. Much faster to set up and clean up and a lot less dripping all over my counters and floors... The mesh filter is very thin and so you do you have to be careful not to bend it while you're cleaning it, but that shouldn't be too difficult to manage. This one is a lot more compact than some of its competitors and significantly less expensive. Takes up a lot less room, and if you need to make two batches because you have a dozen children, it's literally the simplest thing in the world and takes less than a minute to make a second batch. But you don't have a store giant container. Mine makes 6 cups. I put it in a half gallon mason jar in the fridge.

The product itself is wonderful. The instructions, LED lights and even customer were not very helpful. I had to learn by trial and error. I now consider myself an expert on Soy Milk and Oat Milk.So here are some tips on both to help you not make the same mistakes I made and remove some frustration.Soy Milk:1. Soak the beans in boiling water for at least 4 hours2. Rub and pinch the beans to remove the skins3. Siphon off as many skins as you can. If you do not do this, you will get bitter milk and horrible yogurt.4. Make sure you fill the pitcher with hot water above the lower line and lower volume marker, basically in between the 2 levels. If you don't the machine will beep continuously (which is not explained in the manual and customer service did not know what the beeps meant). I figured out that it meant I did not have enough water. I first thought it was too much water and the overflow sensor was going off. None of this is explained in the manual.5. Clean the screen until it looks brand new. This is not easy after cooking the soy milk but otherwise, it will clog and never be able to get clean.Oat Milk:1. The recipe on the website is useless, and in my opinion, all wrong. I found one on YouTube that works great.2. Website says to use rolled oats, I use Oat Groats. Big difference. Rolled oats basically produce a white slime, while oat groats produce a wonderful milk.3. I use 1 little measure cup of oat groats and nothing else. It tastes great.4. The manual says to press the "Mill" button 6 times. First they should have called it something else because "Mill" and "Milk" are too similar and I pressed the wrong one the first time, big mistake as you do not want to cook Oat Milk.5. Also, I pressed the Mill button 6 times in a row thinking that it would do what it was supposed to do. I ended up with watery milk. I finally figured out that I needed to press the Mill button, then wait until it ran and started flashing again, then press it again. Then repeat this 6 times (I actually do it 7).6. The result is awesome oat milk that I drink every day on my cereal.Hope this helps others. Also, I always make double batches so if I could do it again, I would buy one that made more milk because that would cut my cleanup and prep time in half.

Second edit:; I have edited again to one star. In under thirty days, it died. The Tribest policy is that, yes, it’s covered for two years, but buyer must pay for return shipping. Amazon offered a replacement, but after 30 days, I am on my own. I absolutely loved what this machine could do with the grinding and the raw nut milks, but the production quality isn’t there, and Tribest warranty coverage. isn’t adequate. It’s boxed and going back to Amazon, and I must find a new milk maker. And i’m out a nifty flax seed grinder. Terribly disappointing.Onward.Edited to add: I am revising my rating from one stars to three stars. The nut milk functions on this machine, as well as the grinder, are really superb. I wish the soymilk function was easier, that is, that the basket didn’t get clogged with protein so quickly and easily. The amount of time needed to clean the soy proteins from the basket is crazy.But the nut milk it makes is phenomenal – actually better than the manual nut milk bag, which I did for years, and stopped doing because of the time involved. If you use cold water, you can have cold, raw nut milk in under 2 minutes (not counting soak time). I’ve also use the grinder for dry cured olives, herbs, and flaxseed. Much easier than using the Vitamix or Cuisanart — super convenient, super easy, super fast.Still disappointed that making soymilk really isn’t something I’ll be doing much of with this particular machine but the other functions work well.Original review:I’ve had this less than a week. I absolutely adored it. My soy milk was DIVINE. Baked great goodies with the okara. Second day at home, even after the little arm on the soy milk basket broke, I still loved it. No biggie, still worked, and Tribest is sending me a new one.Here’s the thing — the screen cannot be properly cleaned, no amount of scrubbing or soaking or anything removes the protein build-up. I followed the directions, and immediately cleaned the basket after use.I noticed the soymilk getting weaker, thought I was doing something wrong, and today I essentially made white water. What’s up? The screen is thoroughly clogged after LESS THAN A WEEK.I’ve scrubbed, soaked, and am now thinking of boiling, but I don’t want that stuff cooked on more.This not easier than a milk bag. Totally disappointed. Makes a fine nut milk, but I wanted soy milk, and okara for baking. I have 10 pounds of organic soybeans, that I guess will now last me several years, as there’s a strong probability I’ll have to return. Completely disappointing.I’m currently trying baking soda and vinegar — as much as I loved this machine, and I cleaned diligently after every use, this is crazy.Crazy!