Smooth.
This machine kind of
ties in with our recent load of 'January Club' reviews and feature,
designed to get you fit and active for the start of the year.
Certainly it was our intention to bundle it in with one of those
features, but we found ourselves using it so much we sort of...
well... forgot we had to review it. It happens. Anyway, now that
we're all packed full of vitamins and fibre, lets take a look at the
Witt Smoothie Juicepresso.
The what? Well, the
Witt Smoothie Juicepresso is essentially a combination
juicer/smoothie maker, creating smooth beverages far better than a
simple blender would. It is a bit of a beast of a machine, being far
taller than it is wide, and featuring some very clever ways to keep
itself as clean as possible. Because one thing that juicer owners
will know is the misery of cleaning the $%&£ing things.
The Witt Smoothie
Juicepresso is unique in that there are two exit chutes instead of
the conventional one; one for the actual juice, and another for the
pulp. This means that most of the gunk is forced out of the machine
into a separate exterior jug to be chucked away (or composted), and
the actual juice falls into a transparent decanter. There is no pulp
tray that needs to be pulled out of the machine, and very little mess
left over on the inside.
The Witt Smoothie
Juicepresso does this by using one of two included screw-like
presses; one for juice and one for smoothies. It squeezes the crap
out of the fruit and vegetables you put in, rather like a coffee
grinder. This causes the juice to pass through the mesh of the screw,
while the pulp is pushed downwards and forced out. Because of this
method, the juicer is by far the best performing of any we've ever
looked at, creating better yields of juice relative to how many bits
of fruit go in there.
Also, as well as giving
you more juice, the juice will actually store for longer in the
fridge. We had no idea, but apparently traditional blenders add a lot
of oxygen to the juice or smoothie, meaning it will go off quicker.
By pressing the fruit, instead of dicing it to bits, oxygenation is
reduced, so you can keep it for a longer period of time. Oh, and that
juice jug also comes with a lid and fits nicely in the door of the
fridge (it also fits inside the pulp jug, too, to aid with
transporting. Nice).
On the juicer itself,
the juice spout features a non-drip lip to stop any liquid still in
the machine from dripping out after you've removed the jug, and the
whole thing is pretty easy to clean after a juicing – which is
important. If you've ever owned a juicer or smoothie maker that was a
ball ache to clean, you probably found yourself using it less and
less. And you'll definitely want to use your Witt Smoothie
Juicepresso a lot... as this thing costs almost £300!
Yep, three hundred
quid. That does sound like a lot, especially with a host of other
juicers out there for less than a third of that. However, in our
limited experience of juicers, this one seemed to get more juice out
of whatever we put in there, simple as that. Sure, you get a nice
recipe book included, showing you how to make different smoothies and
also sorbets, but the cost really does go into the quality of the
juice coming out of there.
With the juicing screw
fitted, the resulting liquid was just that – a liquid, with all the
gritty bits and pulp removed. It tasted just like juice you'd buy in
a carton, with the added benefit of it not being stuffed full of
sugar or having been frozen in a factory three months ago. Likewise
the smoothies tasted great also, with enough of the grainy quality of
a decent smoothie having made it through the filter, without it being
too thick.
The Witt Smoothie
Juicepresso is a big investment, but if you love making your own
juice and getting experimental in the best way possible, it's a buy.
£299
