Koolatron TCYM-07 Yogurt Maker 7 Jars (5-Ounces Each), White
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: KoolatronBrand: Koolatron
Model: TCYM-07
Color: White
Product features:
- Accurate Temperature Controlling for best results. Easy to Maintain.
- Low on Energy
- Rocker switch with illuminate indicator.
- Wave feature design look
- Electrical: 13 watts, 120V
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Koolatron TCYM-07 Yogurt Maker 7 Jars (5-Ounces Each), White
Customer Review: It does the job, but jars are too small
Summary: 4 Stars
I received this yogurt maker from my boyfriend in February. Yes, I am a yogurt addict and he knows it :-)
When I received this toy, my roommates were ecstatic! We all used this in the house: nothing better than home made yogurt with your cereals in the morning or as a dessert. We used to make at least 3 batches per week. I wish I had more jars at the time to avoid making new yogurt very other day (I discovered recently how to get more jars, see later).
I like to put frozen berries in the yogurt in the evening and eat it in the morning... the berries melt and release their juice in the yogurt... mouthwatering and so natural! Or I add a little brown sugar or honey, plain oats or whole grain cereals and... breakfast is ready! Sometimes I feel tropical and I put coconut flakes and pieces and juice of canned pineapple. It is great also with raisins and cranberries or fresh fruit.
The yogurt you make at home is usually less tart than the plain yogurt you buy at the store. I make yogurt usually from freeze-dried yogurt cultures (this works great for me: Freeze-Dried Yogurt Starter), sometimes with fresh plain (preferably organic) yogurt from the store and I leave it overnight. I always save one jar for the next batch's starter culture, so basically you will have only 6 servings per batch. Somehow you can't go on indefinitely with this method because if you don't renew your cultures, after 10 batches or so the yogurt becomes watery and not firm. I don't like powder milk or anything else to make it firmer so I just use a fresh starter culture. I noticed that the fatter the milk, the firmer the yogurt. I use mostly organic partially skimmed milk but when in Europe I used UHT milk and the yogurt came out great.
Coming back to the machine, this is not my first yogurt maker, I had a similar one at home that I could not take with me. The one I had before was quite similar to this one, but the nice thing about the other one was that it had screw lids - very convenient!
The jars of this machine are a little small and the lids are hard to remove. The center jar can be replaced with a bigger jar (I used a small Smucker's jam jar), so you can make almost 8 servings or 7 servings + starting culture for the next batch. Accidentally I broke one jar and I had a hard time finding a glass jar that would fit the machine.
But one day I discovered that baby food jars fit magnificently in the machine... and they have a screw lid! I think that I will substitute all the jars with baby food jars.
Other than the jars, the machine works fine, it is very easy to clean and it is relatively small.
I give it 4 stars only because of the jars.
Description of Koolatron TCYM-07 Yogurt Maker 7 Jars (5-Ounces Each), White
The Total Chef Yogurt Maker is an excellent machine to boost your healthy schedule. By making your own yogurt you are able to control the fat content and sugar intake as well as many other important nutritional properties. This Total Chef Yogurt Maker comes with seven 6oz glass containers, allowing you to make up to seven different kinds of yogurt all at the same time. Preparation time is about 6-10 hours and makes up to 42oz of fresh yogurt.Specialty Appliances
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