This slow juicer makes delicious drinks that are comparable to store-bought ones — it's easy to use and takes less than a minute to clean
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- The Hurom H101 juicer makes smoothies, frozen dessert, or pulp-free liquid juice out of anything from beets to berries.
- While expensive at around $500, you can use the Hurom H101 to replace buying juices in supermarkets and specialty stores, saving you more money down the line.
- See more: The best juicers
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Apologies to those $7 impulse-buy fancy juices stationed near the Whole Foods checkout, but with the Hurom H101 Easy Clean Slow Juicer, my wife and I can now make better juices than ones we'd use to get in a store. We can also make staples (for us, anyway) like almond milk and orange juice, and even frozen desserts.
If you don't care for chomping down on the daily servings of fruits and vegetables, juicing can be an easy way to hit the number. By juicing, you can create some truly delicious beverages and customize your own through trial and error too.
How to use the Hurom H101
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As with any slow juicer, you will need to be a bit patient when working with this piece of hardware. You have to chop down larger fruits and veggies into strips or chunks small enough to fit into the chute up top. Once you have your food ready, choose one of the accompanying strainers that suit the juice to be made — finer for a smooth, minimally pulpy juice, larger slots for a more smoothie-like consistency — and start dropping them into the chute. You use a push rod to keep the ingredients moving downward, feeding ingredients slowly and steadily. And you can remove pulp during the process.
After letting the Hurom H101's auger squeeze away for a couple of minutes, a process that's remarkably quiet compared to other juicers, open up the pour spout for smooth, pulp-free juice. All of the juice comes out easily, thanks to the downward angle of the spout. When you use the ice cream strainer and feed in frozen ingredients, you can make a gelato-like frozen dessert too.
After the juicing or gelato-making is done, you are about 45 seconds from the cleanup. Just take apart all of the components (other than the base) and rinse them under a strong stream of water then air dry. With the exception of digging some pulp out of the pulp outlet, I never have to use anything but water to get this juicer completely clean.
What sets the Hurom H101 apart from the rest
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The proof is in the pulp. That's the dry pulp, to be precise.
Whether you feed in a cup of almonds, a bunch of carrot sticks, celery stalks, or hunks of fruit, almost every drop of juice is extracted from that fibrous mass that comes out the other side. The slow 43 rpm revolution of the auger rotating within this juicer mimics a hand's steady squeezing, albeit with precision and without fatigue. Each squeeze works deeper and deeper into the pulp until eventually all of the juice is released.
However, the lack of pulp in the juice also means a lack of fiber, which you need in any healthy diet. You can always throw some of the extracted fiber into your juice for the nutrients.
The cons of the Hurom H101
As with any slow juicer, you need to chop many ingredients down to a pretty small size to feed them into the H101's loading tube. And as the name suggests, the juicing process can be slow. If you're coming from the world of blenders, like I was, both of these aspects are an initial annoyance, but you'll get used to it. They're not unique to this juicer either — any good juicer will take time to fully extract the fruits and veggies.
While cleaning the main nozzle (where the juice comes out) and the strainers is quite easy, the spout where the pulp is ejected takes a bit more effort to clean. An old toothbrush helps here so you're not using your hands or fingers to clear out the pulp.
If you do really into juicing, make sure you are still getting plenty of fiber because while a juicer can help you create a delicious beverage, you'll lose out on important fiber unless you're mixing the extracted pulp back into your drink. It's also easy to trick yourself into thinking that drinking fresh juice all day, every day is super healthy. The natural sugars in fruit can be quite high, so try to balance it out with vegetables and continue to drink a lot of water.
Final con? Price. At around $500, it's definitely an expensive appliance so I'd suggest doing the math and making sure that your juicing habits justify the investment.
What are your alternatives?
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The Cuisinart CJE-1000 Die-Cast Juice Extractor is cheaper at around $110, but it's about twice the size of the H101, so if storage space is an issue, that's one knock. It's also much louder than the H101 and is a lot harder to clean as well. Still, it costs about $375 less than the Hurom H101 and has garnered great reviews from customers who love its large feed chute, its efficient operation, and the volume of juice it produces in a short period of time.
If you have never owned a juicer before and you're not sure juicing is for you, I'd recommend a budget option first, like the $60 Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Pro in our buying guide to the best juicers. That way, if juicing turns out to be a passing fad in your household, you won't be out too much cash. If it catches on, then you'll likely want to spend the extra cash on a top-quality machine.
On the other hand, if you already know you are all about the juice and this thing isn't going to sit unused on a pantry shelf, by all means, go for it. You will extract more juice from less produce, spend less time cleaning, and have more control over the type of juice you create than with other options.
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