Oooh I haven’t done nut mylk in a while. I’ll have to get back to that…I was just thinking the other day that some sort of milk to serve with sliced CSA peasches would be divine.

I keep buying kombucha to make my own per your instructions. Only one problem…I keep drinking it instead of growing my own LOL! I’ll have to just buy, like, three times as much next time.

(And on the simple, no-instructions-needed front, I feel that way about cold brewed coffee! Totally worthwhile and really super easy. It was the first time I really understood Kahlua.)

Hah. I haven’t been making nut milk because I could never figure out what to do with the pulp. It always seemed like such a waste. Thanks for the pulpy inspiration.

What if my food processor won’t hold 4 cups of liquid. Could I blend it in batches & then strain/squeeze it all together? Do I need to make sure sure I use equal parts nut-to-water with each batch or does that matter?

Woah! This is awesome! I thought I’d need some sort of pressing/squeezing machine to help get the milk out, apparently not.
So when you say soak the nuts in water for 8-24 hours….that’s a huge difference in time. Any particular reason for that?
Is it kinda like tea, where the longer you soak it the more yummy properties you get?
I might just have to try this!!

I literally just had this conversation yesterday about making my own almond milk. I realized that it seemed quite simple to make and that I could customize it to suit my tastes but I wasn’t sure just how economical it is. Have you ever done a price comparison? Oh! And another good point is it helps eliminate the waste of all those carton containers (of which I use to help my freezer run more efficiently when its low on food). =) Thanks for sharing this!

really? wow.

So cool! I can’t wait to try this! I am even more excited to use the pulp

do you do cacao??? I recently read about it and was wanting to give a try. also how do you make crackers out of the pulp?!

Call me crazy but I’ve never even had ANY kind of nut milk…I’m a newb on this health food change. But I’m so excited to try this! Especially w/ cocoa for my kids!

This is an awesome tutorial and it looks sooo delicious! Thanks for the info!

DELICIOUS. i’ve been meaning to make almond milk for ages, but our blender/food processor is horrible. i mean, it makes pretty good hummus, but smoothies? blegh.
great ideas for the pulp, and thanks for the link to the strainer

I can’t wait to try this out! I’ve just found out I can’t do dairy and have been drinking Rice/Soy/Almond when I can. To make it MYSELF will be amazing!!!

More and more I’m going towards more of a vegetarian/RAW lifestyle. I can’t wait until I figure out how to get there 100% but am so thankful for your website.

Oh I came across a site and thought of you. I’m not sure if there is anything not so great about hydroponics but it’s worth a check!
http://www.windowfarms.org/

Ohh! Thanks for the recipe!!

@Erin B.: You are not alone… I have never tasted true nut milk…

Closest I’ve gotten to that is coconut milk, but coconut is actually a drupe and not a true nut, so it does not count

Guess we’ll just have to give this a try, right?

Awesome! Hazelnuts are my favourite, I should definitely try this one.

I have a very blonde question… so how much milk did you eventually get out of this? In litres?

I’ve made my own soymilk almost like that and it turned out to be real tasty (apart from the bean taste), boiled it with vanilla… But nut/seed milk must be so much healthier as it’s raw and hasn’t been boiled.

Thanks for the recipe

Thank you thank you thank you!
And HEL-LO chai tea. How I missed you.

Sayward, what effect does soaking for 24 hours have versus 8 hours? Will I get more essential Almondness out of the nuts? Does it just blend easier?

Thanks

Neat! Thanks.

You have just become my hero. Seriously. This hazelnut milk is the most amazing thing I have ever tasted!

Any idea how long it will keep for?
B x

Wow! What a response, who knew??! Yay, I love that you guys are so into this. Thanks for all the comments! I’m just going to answer the questions but know that I rad and love every single comment, so keep ‘em coming! =D

@ Ginger Baker – Please tell me more about cold-brewed coffee! I’m totally unfamiliar but ver very intrigued . . .

@ Valerie – Yes! You can definitely blend in batches. Just try to keep the nut-to-water ratio relatively the same, but it certainly doesn’t have to be precise.

@ Tenise Rae & Shango – Well, the 8-24 is a general guideline, but 8 hours is about the minimum to get the nut/seed all ‘woken up’, and 24 is about the max before they’d need to get rinsed or risk getting slimy/spoiling. But like I said, it’s really a rough guide. If you can only soak them 4 hours they should be fine, and if you forget about them for 30 hours but they look okay, well that should be fine too. =)

@ Deven – I haven’t done the cost breakdown for myself (it will be a bit different for everyone depending on your access to alt milk/almonds/organic versions of each) but this blogger crunched some numbers. I think her analysis is good and pretty generally applicable.

@ wendi – Oh lawdy do I do cacao! I LOVE cacao but I have to be careful with it. I know it’s good in a lot of ways but it also gets me so lit up, I definitely can’t have it at night. I usually do it as my weekend breakfast smoothies – it’s a nice treat to look forward to. =)

As for crackers, I don’t have a particular recipe I use, but if you Google around for raw almond crackers you should get tons of ideas. For truly raw you’d need a dehydrator, but you can do it on your lowest oven setting and it’ll still taste great!

@ Minna – Not a blond question at all, you’re on a different system! You’ll get about 4 cups, which is a little less than 1 litre.

@ Squiggle – YAY! So glad you like it, isn’t it a totally different flavor than the storebought stuff??

It should keep in the fridge for a week or so, if you can make it last that long.

LOL well my pics aren’t NEARLY as pretty as yours, but I posted my coldbrew coffee process a while back: http://easierthanyouthink.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/cold-brewed-coffee/

Turns out I didn’t need to know the use by date as I’ve guzzled the whole lot in the last 4 hours *oops*. I think I’d better find a wholesaler for hazelnuts :s

@ Ginger Baker – Thanks! Going to check it out now . . .

@ Squiggle – Ha!

I showed my husband this as he has IBS and wants to try various frugal alternatives to cow’s milk to help calm it down. Going to try soaking almonds tonight!

@ Vicki-lou – Ooh good luck! Have fun playing around with it!

Genius tip!

Almond milk = success! may add a little vanilla to it next time. Tasted very good in our Irish oatmeal.

Oh, I can’t even express how much I love my homemade almond milk. I just add a date for a sweetener, but I’m excited to try adding more fun stuff to it now. So glad you’re spreading the word. Also can’t wait to try hazelnut milk, sounds amazing.

I just recently started making Almond Milk and I love it! I use it in my coffee, in smoothies and drink it staight from the jar sometimes. Love it! I strain it into a batter bowl. It makes it really easy to pour it into a jar. Now I need to decide what I’m going to make with the pulp.

Just wanted to thank you for this tutorial. I’ve always been afraid to make my own nut milks but after you showed just how easy it is I finally gave it a shot. It is so delicious, much better than what I used to buy in stores.