When I first heard about slow juicer

This is a blog to document and to share on my personal experience in researching and looking out for a juicer that can bring health and cost savings benefits to my family, in a longer run.

It all began with my second pregnancy, when I started to crave for chilled fruit/vegetable juices. The juices sold in the mart are either very expensive for real juices or from concentrates with sugar/ preservatives, if its sold at a 'reasonable' price...

I relied on my parents' only centrifugal juicer to quench my thirst for juices... Then I started to think that I should get one for myself so that I can make juices anytime when I have cravings... So, I asked my colleagues for recommendations on the common brands of centrifugal juicers in the local stores.... And when I did a simple search from web... Philips, Tefal, Braun, etc... came up as the results.

Through a female colleague who is into 'kitchen gadgets' and pretty health-conscious as compared to me... This was when I first came about the slow juicer.

What? Slow juicer? How does it juice then? I totally couldn't associate slow with juicing as I had only heard about blenders... Juice Extractors (with high and powerful rpm)... Then I went back to the research stage and got more fascinated by the concept and results yield by slow juicers.

You can read up more about slow juicers from web easily and watch video demo and reviews from youtube very conveniently. There's a few brands in the market right now, ranging from over $250 - $900...

The first brand I came about was Hurom (South Korea), followed by Omega (US), Coway, Kuvings... These are common brands with plenty of publicity and customers over the world. Therefore, even more free publicity when they post their juicing video on youtube to share...

I had a hard time to convince myself to pay over $500 for a juicer... since I got my kenwood mixer (during a special sale) at only $400 over.... How can a juicer cost so much more expensive than a mixer? (Well, perhaps it could but I just couldn't buy it)