So it’s no surprise that people often find themselves stuck between buying thebest blenderor juicer.
Fortunately, a third option exists, although there aren’t many on the market.
Here’s how it went.
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The J2 retails for $550, and the C2 retails for an immense $800.
The masticating design is more expensive than virtually any centrifugal juicer, and yields a more fibrous result.
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you’ve got the option to see from the packaging how much thought has gone into this appliance.
There’s also a brush, a pusher to assist in blending, and a range of booklets.
It’s all very intuitive.
This glass of juice took, according to the in-built timer, 43 seconds.
This was super delicious, and a despite the higher pulp content it wasn’t too frothy.
The recipe book includes a few recipes including a chai almond milk, which sounded delicious.
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Nonetheless, the milk came out surprisingly similar to store-bought almond milk.
Next up, I’m making chai almond milk.
It could even be a soft serve, if I’d had a cone on hand.
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Once I’d mixed it, it formed an amazing texture.
Next time I might stir through some cocoa powder instead.
I used the “Smoothie” setting which pulsed and blended my ingredients for 60 noisy seconds.
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The result, though, was more than worth it.
It tastedexactlylike a blueberry muffin and despite the seeds from my berries was mostly smooth and evenly blitzed.
I’ve added this to my breakfast rotation, and I definitely plan on making it again.
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Nama C2: Cleaning
There’s no way around it: cleaning cold press juicers sucks.
There’s so many removable parts, and they all need rinsing after every use.
Should you buy the Nama C2?
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If you just want a good juicer, you could save $350 and just opt for that.
But despite being noisy, the blender also offers near-market leading performance.
My soup was immensely creamy, almost restaurant standard (if I say so myself).
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It’s just a shame that there’s no avoiding the huge space this machine takes up.
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