Description
The NAMA M1 is a plant milk maker, not a blender, and it is worth being clear about that before anything else. It exists to turn nuts, seeds or grains plus water into oat, almond, cashew or soy milk, and NAMA’s central claim is that it blends and separates the solids in one container so there is no separate straining step. It holds 32 fluid ounces per batch, ships with a cleaning brush, a pulp pouch and a pitcher with lid, and NAMA states a 15 year warranty.
A note on where it sits in this catalog: the product is listed under countertop blenders. It is a single purpose appliance rather than a general blender, and it will not do the jobs a blender does. That is a categorization matter flagged here rather than a fault of the machine.
The Straining Problem It Solves
Anyone who has made almond milk with a blender and a nut milk bag understands the appeal. The blending is trivial. The straining is the job: pouring warm liquid through a fine mesh bag, wringing it out by hand, and then cleaning a wet bag full of pulp. It is messy enough that most people who try it once do not make it a habit.
NAMA’s approach is patent pending technology that blends and then gently separates the solids inside the same container, producing milk on one side and what NAMA describes as dry pulp on the other. Dry pulp is the specific claim worth noting, because pulp that comes out wet is pulp that still holds milk, and it is also harder to reuse. NAMA positions the pulp as reusable in recipes to reduce waste.
The absence of a pre soaking requirement is the other convenience. Traditional nut milk recipes call for soaking almonds overnight, which turns a five minute job into an overnight commitment. NAMA states that no soaking is required.
Capacity and Daily Use
Thirty two fluid ounces is a quart, which is roughly the size of a carton of shop bought plant milk. For one or two people using plant milk in coffee and cereal, that is a couple of days’ worth, so the machine gets used every few days rather than every day. For a household drinking plant milk in volume, a quart per batch means running it more often than is convenient.
Fresh plant milk also has a short life. Without the stabilizers and preservatives in commercial cartons, homemade nut milk keeps for a few days refrigerated, which is another reason batch size and household consumption need to match. The machine is supplied with a pitcher and lid for exactly that storage, and a shelf in the door of a refrigerator is where a quart pitcher will end up living.
What the Listing Does Not Publish
The specification here is thin in ways that matter, and they should be stated in one place rather than glossed over.
No voltage is published. No wattage is published. No amperage is published. The power source is given only as “Electric”. For an appliance that will be plugged into a household outlet, that is the basic information missing, and it should not be assumed from other products. Anyone ordering should confirm the electrical specification from NAMA or from the rating plate before use.
The published dimensions of 18 by 16 by 13 inches and the weight of 22.7 pounds are almost certainly the shipping carton rather than the appliance. A 32 ounce countertop milk maker weighing 22.7 pounds would be extraordinarily heavy, and the dimensions are far larger than the product images suggest. Anyone measuring counter space against those figures will reach the wrong conclusion. The real dimensions have to come from NAMA.
Nothing is published about temperature. Some plant milk makers heat, which matters for soy and rice milk where cooking is required, and some do not. The listing does not say which this is, so soy milk should not be assumed to work.
Highlights
- Blends and separates solids in a single container, no separate straining step.
- No pre soaking required for nuts, seeds or grains, per NAMA.
- 32 fluid ounce batch capacity.
- Patent pending pulp extraction process producing dry pulp, per NAMA.
- Includes a cleaning brush, pulp pouch and pitcher with lid.
- 15 year warranty stated in the listing.
- White plastic construction.
- Average rating of 5.0 out of 5 from 79 ratings, first listed in January 2025.
Things To Consider
The missing electrical specification is the most significant gap and it has to be resolved before use.
The published dimensions and weight are not usable, as described above.
The 5.0 out of 5 average across 79 ratings is unusually high. An unbroken average on a new product is not evidence that nothing ever goes wrong with it, it is evidence of a small early sample of buyers who chose the appliance deliberately. The model was first listed in January 2025, so no long term reliability record exists.
This is a single purpose appliance. It will not crush ice, make a smoothie, purée a soup or chop vegetables. A household wanting one machine to do plant milk and everything else should buy a good blender and accept the straining, or compare a multi function machine such as the SoyaJoy G5.
The 15 year warranty is a striking claim and the listing does not state what it covers or excludes. That should be read in full before it is treated as a reason to buy.
The body is plastic, and no information is published about the material of the parts in contact with hot or acidic contents. The glass vessel on the Arcmira machine is at least a stated material.
There is also no published noise rating, which on an appliance that runs a motor hard against nuts and grains in an open kitchen is worth knowing. Nor is there a stated cycle time, so how long a batch actually takes is not established by the listing.
Who It Suits and Who Should Look Elsewhere
This suits a one or two person household that already drinks plant milk regularly, wants control over ingredients and sweeteners, and has tried and abandoned the blender and nut milk bag method. The single container blend and strain design addresses the actual reason people give up on homemade plant milk, and a quart batch matches the consumption of a small household.
It is the wrong appliance for anyone who wants a general purpose machine, and a difficult recommendation on published data given the missing electrical specification and the unusable dimensions. Buyers who want a heated machine for soy or rice milk should compare the Arcmira nut milk maker, which publishes its temperature settings, or look at the other plant milk options grouped in the countertop blender category.
