Blender for smoothies and cocktails: criteria for choosing the ideal model

The question of which blender to choose - stationary or submersible - is perhaps the first and one of the most difficult questions when buying this device. The choice depends on how you intend to use this device. Once in this article we are talking about the preparation of smoothies and cocktails, then we will choose a blender for smoothies. Have you already been visited by the idea that you can not enjoy a favorite drink without a special blender? Do not worry: in fact, if you already have a blender, it surely will work! Simply, each type of model has its pros and cons - we'll talk about them.

Cocktails vs smoothies

The requirements for a blender for making a cocktail and a blender for making smoothies are different, since the recipes for their preparation vary greatly, and it is primarily in the ingredients.

It does not matter which cocktail you come to mind: most likely, it consists of base fluids - milk or juice - and soft ingredients like syrup, ice cream, fresh berries or jelly. This rule works for both alcoholic cocktails in the bar, and for dairy cocktails from fast food restaurants. Why there are cocktails with strawberries or bananas, but rarely where you can find a cocktail with an apple? Because these ingredients are soft, easily converted into puree and mixed with a liquid base. Why in a chocolate cocktail for taste will add a syrup, and the chocolate is used only as an ornament? The reason is the same: the syrup is easy to mix with milk and ice cream, which can not be said about chocolate. In general, prepare a cocktail( that is, mix the liquid ingredients with soft ones) in the state of any mixer, regardless of the parameters.

But with the smoothies the situation is more complicated: in recipes there are always dense products like nuts, dried fruits, cereals or hard fruits and vegetables, but the main problem is that all classical variations of smoothies use either ice or frozen fruits and berries. This is his "chip", and it is through this that its unique consistency is achieved. But smoothies without ice and frozen fruits are no less tasty. Yes, they have a different consistency, but this is a matter of personal preference.

It turns out that when choosing a blender for smoothies and smoothies, it is necessary to navigate precisely on smoothies, because any model can crush soft, but not all will cope with dense or solid ingredients.

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If you want to use a blender for making soups puree, then the situation here is more like preparing a cocktail, because the ingredients after cooking become soft. The only thing to remember is that a submersible blender will be much more convenient simply because you can grind and mix directly in a pan without pouring into a special container, which is usually still small in volume.

Criteria for choosing

With the fact that it is more difficult for the technician to make smoothies than a cocktail, we have already figured out. But then how to choose the right model? It all depends on whether you want to use ice and frozen fruit or not.

Power

Choose a blender for making smoothies you need primarily in terms of power, and not by the principle of submersible-stationary! This question is in fact not even the second. What is really important is whether the device will be able to cope with pieces of ice, chopping them into ice dust. The capacity of 300 watts will be enough for any kind of grinding: there are such firms from different price categories - from "Scarlett" to "Brown."But the process will take several minutes, and in a warm room, the "snow" will quickly melt, which will spoil the entire consistency. Most Americans even at home use powerful blenders, 1200-1400 watts: they allow you to make smoothies with ice in a few seconds!

By the way

To smoothies turned out "as in a cafe", the device will have to buy the appropriate capacity, and this is a very big money. Even if the blender is not industrial, but for home use. In our market, there are such models, but we do not think that you want to give about 30,000 rubles for the opportunity to enjoy an ideal consistency, so you will have to look for a compromise.

Capacity

With submersible models, this problem is not relevant: you can crush at least in a steel cup! But a stationary blender for smoothies with ice should be strong. It is better, if the capacity will be of a durable carbon fiber, and this again is not a characteristic of the cheapest models. A strong, reliable glass will also cost quite a bit, and there is no trust in such cases of flimsy glass and ordinary plastic. Yeah, it seems, the desire to regale smoothies can fly into a pretty penny!

Type

So which one to choose a blender: submersible or stationary? In fact, it does not really matter. It is believed that it is more convenient and more correct to make smoothies in small stationary blenders.

• They allow you to achieve a gentle texture, and the mashed potatoes will just melt in your mouth.
• They often have more power, which means that shredding will occur much faster.
• Working with them, you do not need to control the process and make physical efforts.
• Such models often come with a bottle in the kit, since they are intended for the most part for the preparation of beverages.

If you drink smoothies every day, then this model is directly imprisoned for this drink. But she has a small number of minuses.

• Good and powerful stationary blenders are usually more expensive than submersible blenders.
• Such models have low versatility: they can be used only for making cocktails, sauces and other small-volume dishes.

But with a submersible drink can not get worse! Only there is a risk that you will get tired of standing over the container, holding the button, and you do not grind the ingredients to the consistency of puree. From the shortcomings:

• will not get the most consistent consistency, in the drink will still come across small particles of ingredients;
• it will have to be held in the hand, which is tiring, especially if the blender is not very powerful and grinds slowly.

If for you this is not a problem and you are not at all against small pieces of nuts and fruits, then the advantages of this type will be all the more to your liking.

• When using this model, less dishes are spoiled: you can drink immediately from the container in which you cooked.
• These blenders have an amazing multifunctionality: they can grind and mix dishes of different volumes and consist of ingredients of any hardness.
• Most submersible blenders have a corolla included in the kit, as well as a small container for grinding in a closed volume, so that they can also be beaten and grinded, for example, by a handful of nuts or a few cubes of chocolate!

So, if you are a gourmet or if the presence of the same texture for you is fundamentally, you have to fork out a powerful stationary blender, ideal for making smoothies and cocktails. But if small imperfections do not bother you at all, then you can either use what you already have, or buy a model that will have the most functionality.

If you do not plan to add ice to the smoothies, then the number of selection criteria is sharply reduced: any modern apparatus will cope with the task of making this drink. In this case, the blender can have a power of 300 and even 200 watts, have a glass or a carbon container and be both submersible and stationary.

Now you know what to look for when you go to the store for this little kitchen assistant. We hope that the result in the form of delicious drinks will please you and your loved ones for a long time!