Almond Milk Concentrate

UPDATE: Since leaving my 1st review, I have received a free 1 pound container of nut milk base. Along with a personal note and 2 tbsp scooper. I do like the taste of the milk, especially in smoothies and coffee. This was very thoughtful and kind of the company to reach out to me. Customer service at it's best! Will consider purchasing again! I like this product. It does taste better than ready made store bought almond milk. Its quick and easy to make also. However, the reason I'm giving 4 stars is because when it arrived, some of the almond base had leaked. Wasnt much, but enough to notice it seeping from the box. Also, I wish the price was a little cheaper. It's great in coffee, smoothies, or just alone. I probably wont purchase again tho. I can make my own almond milk at home for much cheaper and same great taste. I bought it because of the convenience mainly.

This product is amazing. Seriously. It makes the best almond milk i have ever had in my life. And it is healthy. 1 ingrediant. It has a natural sweetness. I use this not only for milk but i put it on bread, in my oatmeal, and coffee. These products are amazing. If you are making the milk it takes 1 minute total to make: Get the product out, add water, blend for 30 seconds. Boom, done. And the foam on top is incredible. It works great in coffee as just a creamer or for a latte/cappacinno because of the incredible froth it creates. The price is fair and it has an amazing shelf life. I could not believe the delicious flavor of this product. The consistency is that of a creamy almond butter. No oil seperation though. If I would have found this product when I was pregnant I would have eaten the whole tub LOL :)

5 stars for taste and convenience, took it down to 4 because of shipping problems. great product, doesn't ship well, twice I got jars that had opened in transit and had a mess. Both times, the company refunded my money, but from now on, I will only buy this product in the store.

The idea here is that dirtying a blender jar and using your own pitcher is going to save money (and maybe packaging/carbon) over buying prepared almond milk from the store. The idea seemed valid, but IMO, this product doesn't hit the mark. After you prepare it, almond solids start settling out, and foam forms on the top. The attached photo is after settling overnight. I then stirred it up and made my coffee with it, but as I was drinking my coffee I kept getting mouthfuls of almond crunchies. After this experience I was thinking of straining it in a nut milk bag, but that would decrease the convenience factor significantly. As for the taste, I don't think it tastes very similar to normal almond milk, it tastes more like diluted nut butter. The marketing materials say "not a butter" but as soon as I opened it and smelled it I became convinced that it is just almond butter in a custom package. You might find you prefer the flavor of diluted almond butter over a commercial almond milk (which has had the solids strained out), but just realize it will be different. Personally, I don't like it as much. And I don't think the money saving promise holds up. I paid $22 for one jar, and used the entire thing to make a half gallon of almond milk. Folks, I see half gallon cartons of Silk Almond here on Amazon for $2.99. I did use double the suggested concentration, so it was "creamier" than store-bought almond milk, but even if you were going to go with the recommended ratio that's still a 4-5x price diff. And regular almond butter seems to be available at half the price per ounce of this product. Rating at one star because I really can't see any redeeming features of this product. There are many positive reviews and the manufacturers appear to have worked very hard on it in good faith, but for me it is a total writeoff.

For full disclosure, I am writing this review for the compensation of 20% off of an order off of the Joi website. That being said, I wouldn't be bothering if I didn't already like the product. 1) Taste The taste of Joi is about what you'd expect from a product that has almonds as its only ingredient - kind of bland and not ideal on its own, but easily blendable with other flavors. I think it tastes as best as it can given that caveat. 2) Texture/Blendability I blend up my Joi mixes in a regular blender, using the shake setting. The mix blends extremely well and it's a little magical how it turns from light brown to bright white as it blends. The blended texture is extremely smooth and mixes well with the other ingredients I add. The one caution I will make is that the top of it tends to froth a good bit if you do this, so just be aware if that's not something you want. 3) Value On the face of it, the items are pretty expensive for milk. However, given that it is literally just almonds, it's actually a very good price for how much you're getting. If you check the calories on a carton of "normal" almond milk and then this, you'll see the difference immediately - "regular" almond milk is mostly filler. In addition, if you get the new glass jars it comes in, you're essentially getting an extremely good quality small jar for "free" once you've used the mixture. Not everyone will want to keep and use them, but if you do it's an added bonus. For myself, I needed to research alternative milks with few ingredients as a result of some nasty GI disorders I've developed. I've become too sensitive to some of the ingredients in "regular" almond milk to be able to drink it anymore. It's also made it a lot more difficult to get calories. Finding Joi in these circumstances was extremely helpful to me - not only do I not need to worry about a bunch of "gum" this and "for flavor" that, but it packs a high-calorie punch and helps me keep from starving when my health is bad. It also means I can add in my own flavors in whatever type and proportion I want, which makes it more flexible. Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with this product and will be continuing to buy it for the foreseeable future.