You start with it skeptical. Very gently, protecting it from trauma and careful even with actions that long ago freed you from overcaution. The first presses are hesitant, come in pulses, and even when you decide to let go and let it run on its own, you don’t fully trust the final result. That will come, and it will come quickly.
After all, you already have a massive citrus juicer at home, the kind that requires at least two hands just to place it on the counter (and therefore doesn’t get used as often as you’d like). In the cabinet, eight different blenders wait, coming out and seeing daylight too rarely. Now, it seems, the next stage has arrived.
Boost, and Punch: How to Make a Ginger Shot
The automatic Kuvings juicer, arriving in Israel through importer Ronlight (NIS 1,399, purchase here), exudes confidence even before being plugged in. Its Auto 6 model is surprisingly compact (its bigger sibling, Auto 10, leans toward the massive), yet efficiently combines serious power, impressive technology, and user-friendly engineering that eliminates many myths and heavy drawbacks that kept customers away from this category. This combination will quickly erase the initial doubts that made me hesitant in the first place.
The opportunity was taken amid a global flood of making healthy, homemade “shots”—a very expensive craving if bought from specialized chains, and intimidating when trying to assemble the correct recipe, with the right punch, and the right taste. Here, the process became effortless. Assembly is easy to the point of being intuitive, and the fruits get queued and begin jumping straight from the cutting board into the feeding chute.
This container (1.7 liters, more than enough for a generous home batch) doesn’t require continuous operation and accepts all ingredients at once. Pressing activates the main heavy-duty auger, and a relatively quiet, relatively fast process consistently pushes the fruits downward. One opening in the container outputs juice into a dedicated container, and a second side opening outputs the remaining pulp into another container (this pulp, by the way, can serve as a base for recipes, completely legitimate).
It works, with many small, friendly features (a closure handle that stops juice flow on demand, for example), but the main feature remains the juicing itself—carrots easily, apples obviously, beets and celery without issues. Your ginger shot (a piece of root, green apple, a little honey, orange and lemon slices, turmeric) is now much quicker to make.
The Right Recipe, the Right Punch, the Right Taste: Another Version of the Perfect Grandma Remedy
If this is part of your lifestyle, buying the machine will likely pay off quickly. Heck, the current flu season sweeping Israel, winter or not, has kept it on the counter and it hasn’t been moved since. The same goes for thoughts of superfood shakes and other shots—green, for instance, mixing cucumbers, spinach, celery, tart apple, and lemon. And a little more ginger, why not.
The Cold Press, of course, preserves the vitamins and nutritional fibers better than heating, extracting them without cooking. With this machine, ease of use, quiet power, and the mischievousness of letting the machine work while you do something else are added.
Its only downside is that the removable parts aren’t dishwasher-safe. They clean easily and don’t stick, but in a life based on home laziness, it would be nicer to just toss them in and let the machine do the work. Just like the juicer, actually.
Details and Small Print
Model: Auto 6 by Kuvings
Colors: Matte silver-white, navy blue, matte gray with metallic finish
Dimensions: 224x185x447 mm
Weight: 5 kg
Capacity: 1,700 ml
Rotation Speed: 50 RPM
Power: 200W
Warranty: 3 years full warranty + 4 additional years on the motor
Price: NIS 1,399