The yogurt maker
When opening the box following items are inside: The yogurt maker and its transparent lid, 7 glasses with white lids and a manual. The yogurt maker is round and has a transparent lid on it. On top of the lid there is a flower shaped button which can be turned. Around the button there are numbers from 0 to 12, this is made to remember when the yogurt is ready. In the machine there is room for 7 6-ounce glasses. At the front of the machine there is an on- off switch which has a red led light.
After yogurt maker has finished, there will be condense on the lid. Make sure it is cleaned properly. The machine can not be put in the dishwasher, it needs to be cleaned with a wet cloth. The glasses however are dishwasher proof.
The manual contains valuable information about the yogurt maker. It tells how to set it up, how to make yogurt and how to maintain the machine. The manual also contains some nice yogurt recipes.
What's yogurt and how to make it?
Yogurt is a fermented milk product, this means bacteria are added to milk, the bacteria 'eat' lactose and make lactic acid from it. Those bacteria grow best with temperatures around 30°. The milk gradually becomes sour and thick until it's yogurt. Back in the old days, people would cook milk, make it cool down until 45° and then they would add the bacteria. They would then wrap the pan of milk in blankets to keep it at a good temperature. If temperatures stayed at a good range, after a half day they would have yogurt. Nowadays technology made it a lot easier to contain a constant temperature in a yogurt maker. Make sure the glasses are cleaned thorough, dirty glass will disturb fermentation process. To make yogurt use full or half full UHT, or cooked and cooled down milk.Raw milk will not work because the bacteria would fight. Take 1 liter milk and add freeze dried bacteria or 100 grams of high quality supermarket yogurt into the milk. Stir everything up and fill up the cups in the yogurt machine. Put the yogurt maker on a steady underground, any vibration will ruin the fermentation process. Push the button and go to sleep. After 8 to 10 hours you have some nice thick yogurt. Do not yet eat it, the yogurt needs too cool down, during cool down the state of the bacteria changes. Add lids to the glasses and put them in the refrigerator. When yogurt is cool enough, it's ready too eat. Add fresh fruit, sugar, jam or syrup to give it a fruity taste. Keep 1 glass of the yogurt in the fridge so it can be used for the next batch. After a while quality of yogurt will go down, startup the culture with supermarket or freeze dried bacteria.
My opinion
I love this machine, with it i can create healthy tasty yogurt. The machine is easy to use and even a child can understand the manual. The machine does not need a lot of cleaning but when it's being cleaned, it need to be done thorough. I'm having fresh yogurt in my fridge every day and everyone in my family loves it. The whole process is a lot cheaper than buying yogurt at a store and i don't have that annoying acid reflux anymore.
Sometimes my yogurt fails, but every time there seems to be a reason for it. For instance: glasses or not clean enough, pets disturbed fermenting process, milk had been opened for a day so contained other bacteria,... If you want fresh yogurt every day, buy one of these, you won't regret it.
Yogurt is a fermented milk product, this means bacteria are added to milk, the bacteria 'eat' lactose and make lactic acid from it. Those bacteria grow best with temperatures around 30°. The milk gradually becomes sour and thick until it's yogurt. Back in the old days, people would cook milk, make it cool down until 45° and then they would add the bacteria. They would then wrap the pan of milk in blankets to keep it at a good temperature. If temperatures stayed at a good range, after a half day they would have yogurt. Nowadays technology made it a lot easier to contain a constant temperature in a yogurt maker. Make sure the glasses are cleaned thorough, dirty glass will disturb fermentation process. To make yogurt use full or half full UHT, or cooked and cooled down milk.Raw milk will not work because the bacteria would fight. Take 1 liter milk and add freeze dried bacteria or 100 grams of high quality supermarket yogurt into the milk. Stir everything up and fill up the cups in the yogurt machine. Put the yogurt maker on a steady underground, any vibration will ruin the fermentation process. Push the button and go to sleep. After 8 to 10 hours you have some nice thick yogurt. Do not yet eat it, the yogurt needs too cool down, during cool down the state of the bacteria changes. Add lids to the glasses and put them in the refrigerator. When yogurt is cool enough, it's ready too eat. Add fresh fruit, sugar, jam or syrup to give it a fruity taste. Keep 1 glass of the yogurt in the fridge so it can be used for the next batch. After a while quality of yogurt will go down, startup the culture with supermarket or freeze dried bacteria.
My opinion
I love this machine, with it i can create healthy tasty yogurt. The machine is easy to use and even a child can understand the manual. The machine does not need a lot of cleaning but when it's being cleaned, it need to be done thorough. I'm having fresh yogurt in my fridge every day and everyone in my family loves it. The whole process is a lot cheaper than buying yogurt at a store and i don't have that annoying acid reflux anymore.
Sometimes my yogurt fails, but every time there seems to be a reason for it. For instance: glasses or not clean enough, pets disturbed fermenting process, milk had been opened for a day so contained other bacteria,... If you want fresh yogurt every day, buy one of these, you won't regret it.
Advantages: Fresh yogurt, Healthy, Cheap
Disadvantages: Condense, Needs thorough cleaning
Summary: Makes healthy and fresh yogurt!
---This review has also been posted on dooyoo---
Disadvantages: Condense, Needs thorough cleaning
Summary: Makes healthy and fresh yogurt!
---This review has also been posted on dooyoo---
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