Green Star juicer - HELP

[pippin07]

Hi all!

I have had my GS for a few weeks now and finding I am becoming more and more dissatisfied with it. :-(

To start with I only used it one time and had to return it because it was defective. Took three weeks to get it back.

I watched the instruction video that came with it and they make it seem way easier than it actually is. Clean up is much more detailed than they say it is.

I have always enjoyed wheat grass shots from the juice bar and is one of the reasons why I chose the GS. I figured it would be cheaper to make my own. Well, I bought some organic wheat grass and proceeded to run it through the GS and the smell so overpowering, I though I would gag!!! Bad wheat grass??? Or is that normal?? I’ve never noticed this before when ordering wheat grass at the juice bar.

I proceed to juice my carrots & chard without cleaning the machine in between, as they say you can do. I had to throw away the quart of juice I make because it was permeated with the wheat grass smell & taste. YUK!!

Another thing is it produces a lot of foam when juicing greens!! I’ve heard it does that with fruit, which I have yet to try.

The biggest disappointment was when I tried to make almond butter (one of the MAIN reasons I bought it!). And it did NOT turn my almonds into almond butter. What came out of the chute were finely grinded almonds! I even ran the mixture back through the machine 3-4 times trying to turn it into almond butter!! And it did not even taste like almond butter. Unless I have some really bad almonds I can’t figure out why I can’t make the almond butter. Has anyone been successful with this? When making the almond butter is demonstrated on the video it shows it coming out moist and oily looking.

I would really like to hear from someone who owns a GS and is successful and happy with it. Any tips you can offer would be much appreciated!

On the plus side, It does make wonderful carrot juice!!

Thanks in advance!
Denise

[Revvell]

Clean up is much more detailed than they say it is.

I found it quite easy.


Bad wheat grass??? Or is that normal??

Normal.


I’ve never noticed this before when ordering wheat grass at the juice bar.

That's because there are so many other odors around to mask that fragrance.


I proceed to juice my carrots & chard without cleaning the machine in between, as they say you can do. I had to throw away the quart of juice I make because it was permeated with the wheat grass smell & taste. YUK!!

Well, you can yet, the grass is still in the juicer.


Another thing is it produces a lot of foam when juicing greens!! I’ve heard it does that with fruit, which I have yet to try.

Uh huh.


The biggest disappointment was when I tried to make almond butter (one of the MAIN reasons I bought it!). And it did NOT turn my almonds into almond butter. What came out of the chute were finely grinded almonds! I even ran the mixture back through the machine 3-4 times trying to turn it into almond butter!! And it did not even taste like almond butter. Unless I have some really bad almonds I can’t figure out why I can’t make the almond butter. Has anyone been successful with this? When making the almond butter is demonstrated on the video it shows it coming out moist and oily looking.

Never tried it. Figure a juicer is for juicing.

[raweater]

"I watched the instruction video that came with it and they make it seem way easier than it actually is. Clean up is much more detailed than they say it is."

I clean mine in less than 5 minutes, I can make a juice and have it cleaned in 15 minutes.

"The biggest disappointment was when I tried to make almond butter (one of the MAIN reasons I bought it!). And it did NOT turn my almonds into almond butter. What came out of the chute were finely grinded almonds! I even ran the mixture back through the machine 3-4 times trying to turn it into almond butter!! And it did not even taste like almond butter. Unless I have some really bad almonds I can’t figure out why I can’t make the almond butter. Has anyone been successful with this? When making the almond butter is demonstrated on the video it shows it coming out moist and oily looking."

I used to make almond butter in my food processor and it was a nightmare, and nearly impossible to make it raw (the friction get's it WAY past cooking temperatures, it gets all steamy in the bowl due to the high heat). Last time I did it in my Green Star and immediately knew I'd never, ever use the food processor for almond butter again. It is true it comes out like flour if you follow the directions, but if you got the 3000 model, use the bread stick blank and bread stick guide, that will make it come out like butter, and you can run it again a few times to make it better. The bread kit forces the ground almonds through a cone shaped tube that gets smaller and so the ground almonds are compressed togheter into a butter. By the way I think the reason they come out "oily" in the video was because it was soaked almonds.

If you did not get the 3000 model... hmm the alternative I was going to give requires parts that only come with the 3000 anyway, so if nut butters is important to you, get the bread stick blank and bread stick guide, I think it's worth it, but I know it costs a lot more to upgrade to the 3000 than getting it right away, well since you only need 2 parts it may not be that much.

In any case I love my green star and have no regrets, I use it almost daily for a large 1+ liter portion of juice.