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Can Hurricane Manual Juicer Make Almond Milk?
by Tom
Hurricane Stainless Steel Manual Wheatgrass Juicer
Have you ever tried making homemade almond milk by soaking almonds overnight, rinsing them, and then combining about 1 cup of almonds with about 3 cups of H20 and pouring the mixture through the Hurricane while cranking the handle? (A lady did this with a Hurom slow juicer on YouTube. If one is wanting to know how to make homemade almond milk, it sounded like the best way to make almond milk...curious if making almond milk would work with the Hurricane? I believe she drank it without straining it.)  Next, I attempted to "juice" the soaked almonds. I found I definitely had to pour the water over the almonds that I was juicing. As just "grinding" the almonds produced no juice. It was a bit tricky to turn the handle on the juicer and pour the water in on top of the almonds too. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the water coming out through the little holes on the bottom of the Hurricane Juicer in a creamy white color. I actually used just 1/2 cup of soaked almonds and just about one cup of water - didn't want to dilute that almond milk too much with the less amount of almonds. So the ratio for making the almond milk does seem to be about 1 cup of almonds, measure before soaking them, to about 3 cups of water as you stated above. You can increase or decrease the amount of water dependent upon the consistency and strength of flavor of the almond milk you prefer. I first "juiced" all the almonds while doing my best to pour the water on top of the almonds. Clearly, this could not be done simultaneously. More like, grind the almonds a little, then pour in a little more water on top. Once the almonds had gone through the juicer, they became kind of like a dryer mush as you see in the below picture.  I put that almond mush through the juicer several more times, always following up with my water or actually recycled almond milk once I had poured all my water through that first time. That's right, I just kept recycling the now almond milk. Each time I poured the newly created and recycled almond milk through my juicer and on top of and through the almond mush being pushed through my juicer once again, it became a little "creamier." Now you can imagine, after doing this several times it became quite messy. I must have put the almond mush through the juicer about 5-6 times and ran the almond milk through about the same. Each time I was hoping to thicken up my homemade almond milk, and indeed it did. Next, I finally got to taste the almond milk, and yes it truly tasted very good and creamy. It tasted just like almond milk. Yummy! Well, just out of curiosity, I decided to take that recycled almond mush, and place it in my Bosch blender (as you see below) along with the recycled almond milk to see if the blender would further "extract" the "juice" from the almonds. Low and behold it did. That is right, the blender was able to "thicken up" the consistency of my almond milk. Oh yes, and of course I had to strain it. But this final product was clearly much more "creamy."  Next, I decided to just make straight almond milk with the Bosch blender, bypassing the Hurricane Juicer. And my oh my, that is the way to go. Making almond milk with the blender was much easier. Just blend the soaked almonds and water one time for a few minutes (until your almonds look as pureed as possible - see picture below), strain out the pulp with a sieve, and you've got delicious almond milk. You do mention above that the woman did not appear to strain the almond milk. Drinking the almond milk without straining it first would be fine - just a little more textured and more good fiber. It really is a matter of personal preference. For those that would like to strain the almond milk, the pictures below show that process.   So to answer your question, the Hurricane did make homemade almond milk, which was really a great surprise. But, I will stick to the blender for making almond milk in the future. Oh yes, and below is the marvelous homemade almond milk. Thanks for sharing about how to make homemade almond milk!  OK, to answer your remaining questions, I have a white plastic centrifugal juicer too. I know personally how difficult it is to keep the white plastic looking clean. I will have to say the Hurricane Stainless Steel Juicer is just a real sharp juicer, and real easy to clean. I think it would depend upon the make of the juicer in terms of just how well the plastic held up. I know many plastic juicers hold up quite well over the years. You will just have to determine what your needs and desires are for juicing, and analyze the best choice for you. Yes, you can buy juicers and wheatgrass growing supplies through my Amazon store. In my store, you will see the other good juicers that might meet your needs too. You can buy any item through my Amazon links  . If you then make a purchase within 24 hours from clicking into Amazon, HealthBanquet.com receives a small commission. Currently, I just offer the juicers and wheatgrass growing supplies through Amazon. I hope in the future to give my readers additional choices from which to make their juicer and wheatrass growing supplies purchases. But for now, Amazon is highly regarded, gets the product to the customers promptly, and Amazon many times has great shipping rates too. Here is my advertising page which communicates the HealthBanquet.com advertising and mission statement. Hope this answers your questions Tom. Continued success with your juicing adventures! Eryn Go to Hurricane Juicer Video demonstration Go to Amazon Wheatgrass Growing Supplies Store
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