Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Actually cheaper than the boxed kind, if you do the math right (see below). Amazing product, if you understand what you’re getting. Typical almond milk, even homemade, is more like a “tea” of almonds - in the store it has additives to make it smoother and more shelf stable, and to add calcium etc. This is whole, finely ground almonds, period. The milk therefore has more nutrition - aka calories - per cup. Boxed almond milk has what, 35-50 calories per cup, while Joi has close to 200. We’ve been programmed to think low calories is healthy, but the way I see it is, boxed almond milk is buying a bunch of water and chemicals with a dash of almond. Joi is, again, whole blanched almonds. If you compare the cost per cup, yes Joi seems expensive. But if you water Joi down so it has an equal amount of calories or almond content as the boxed, Joi is far far ***less*** expensive than boxed. A cup of Joi has a lot of beneficial nutrients, while boxed almond milk is mostly filler and homemade usually involves throwing a lot of the almond away after the liquid is extracted. Now that we know fat isn’t evil (we do, right?), we can see Joi is an actual whole food. Yes you need to keep an eye on the portion size if you’re concerned about weight gain, but again - it’s a real food. My housemate makes homemade almond milk which has similar settling, but is much less creamy and flavorful, and more expensive when you consider dollars per nutrient. Also less ecologically sound, as so much of the almond gets thrown away. I was delighted to find this foams as nicely as cow milk in the espresso machine - even delicate micro foam! Not always, I’m still figuring out why it sometimes doesn’t. Yes there is a little grit but that happens in homemade too. It doesn’t happen in boxed not because boxed is innately better, but because boxed is a totally different product.