AMZCHEF Cold Press Juicer: It Handles Leafy Greens

The AMZCHEF Cold Press Juicer is worth buying if you want one machine that takes whole apples like a centrifugal but still gets juice out of spinach and arugula. A top blade dices, a bottom auger squeezes. That combo is why it beats most juicers at this price. Buy it.

How this review was made: written from my own video review of this product. Every opinion here is my own, from using it myself.

Almost 60 Days of Juice Taught Me What to Look For

A nearly 60-day juice fast will sharpen your opinions fast: you stop tolerating juicers that choke on spinach or make you chop for ten minutes before breakfast. Fifteen years of daily juicing later, I bought the AMZCHEF Cold Press Juicer with exactly two questions: what’s the pulp situation, and can it actually handle leafy greens.

I ran apples, spinach, arugula, a full cucumber and a lemon through it on camera. Both questions got answered.

Masticating vs Centrifugal, and Where This One Sits

This is one of the new breed of masticating juicers, and that distinction is the whole reason to care. Masticating means chewing. These squeeze. A centrifugal juicer is the one you drop stuff into and it spins really quick.

Those big centrifugal machines are great for fruits and voluminous vegetables. They’re not good with leafy greens. Everybody who’s ever fed spinach into one and gotten back damp spinach knows this. The trade going the other way is that most masticating juicers have a narrow chute, so you spend ten minutes chopping before you juice anything.

This one splits the difference, and the sales data backs up that people are noticing. It currently sits at #7,713 in Kitchen & Dining against a 90 day average of #74,456, which is a steep jump in movement. It’s also sitting well below where it’s typically been priced over the last three months, near the lowest I’ve seen it tracked. Current pricing is on the product page.

The Blade on Top Dices Before the Auger Squeezes

There are two cutting stages in this cold press juicer, not one. Up top there’s a blade that dices everything up. Underneath that, a secondary auger does the slow squeezing. A lot of the other similar juicers you’ll find only have the auger down at the bottom spinning real slow, which is why they need everything pre-cut.

So what’s interesting here is you get the wide drop area like you would a centrifugal, 6 inches of it, but the squeezing action of a masticating machine. I dropped whole apples in. Seeds and everything. No knife.

The control is one button on the front. Turn it one way for forward, hold it the other way for reverse. Reversing it sometimes helps dislodge something that’s stuck inside. There’s a safety mechanism too, so when I first flipped it on with the lid open, nothing happened. Lid has to be shut.

Here’s how I actually ran it, and this matters more than the spec sheet. I started with apples. For me, leafy greens work better in a juicer like this if you start with a heavy volume base fruit first. It lubes up the whole system and gets it working. Once the apples got chopped into smaller pieces and dropped to the auger, I used the port on the top to add big handfuls of spinach and arugula without stopping the machine. You’ve got to use big handfuls of greens because they don’t usually produce a lot of juice.

Then I dropped in half a cucumber to push the greens through. And it kept going. I didn’t add anything else for a while and juice was still pouring. I remembered a lemon, threw that in, and it was still pushing out more from just that little bit of cucumber. It does such a good job. Everything in there was gone. The receptacles are big, which you need, because there’s a lot of output.

Does it match a $400 Hurom on green yield? No. But I’ve run spinach through three other sub-$150 masticating juicers and gotten damp clumps back. This one gave me green juice, real, pourable green juice, and that’s not something I expected at this price.

The Pulp Catcher Is Good, Not Perfect

The pulp reducer is one of my favorite things on this machine. There’s a black screen catcher inside the pouring pitcher, so when you pour out, it strains a lot of the pulp for you. I poured through it on camera and it caught most of what came out.

Most. Not all. A little bit of spinach and arugula made it through. So it’s never a bad idea to keep an extra strainer on the side if you want crystal-clear juice. That’s my one real gripe and it’s a small one.

Cleaning It: There Are a Couple Things You Need to Know

Disconnect it first, then press the release button on top before you try to twist anything off. That safety mechanism keeps the chamber locked, and if you don’t lift that lid first you’ll stand there fighting a part that isn’t going to move. I had to point that out on camera because it’s not obvious.

After that it’s easy. Lift the chute straight up, the blade comes with it. The whole juicing body detaches as one piece, and I carried mine to the sink without it leaking underneath. What’s left on the counter is just the base, which you wipe down. A cleaning brush comes in the box for the filter screen.

Reassembly is the reverse: auger first, filter next, line it up with the notches, top part back on. There’s also a food pusher included for helping stubborn greens down the chute.

Greens Alone Are Still Greens Alone

Don’t feed this nothing but spinach and expect a full glass. The reason my green juice looked that good is I built it on apples and pushed it through with cucumber. Volume-based produce carries the greens.

Also take the stems off your greens. You’ll taste it otherwise. It tastes kinda weird, kinda funky. That’s not the machine’s fault, that’s just juicing.

Snapping In the Sorbet Filter

Swapping filters takes about five seconds and no tools. The juice filter is attached by default, which is the one I want, since sorbet isn’t my specialty. To switch, you unclip the juice filter, take the sorbet one, and snap it into place. I managed it one-handed on camera.

Everything else works exactly the same after that. Two filters in the box means you’re not buying anything extra to use the sorbet or nut milk side of the 3-in-1 claim.

Which Buyer This Cold Press Juicer Is For

This is a step up from beginner level, not a replacement for a commercial machine. If you’ve been running a cheap centrifugal and you’re frustrated that greens come out dry, this is the upgrade that fixes it without jumping to the top of the market.

If the centrifugal you own turns spinach into a wet paper towel, this is the specific machine that fixes it without spending $300-plus. It’s currently near its three-month low and has moved from a sales rank of #74,456 to #7,713, meaning a lot of people are landing on the same conclusion. Check whether the price held.

Pros

• Takes whole apples, seeds and all, through the 6-inch chute with no prep
• Top blade plus bottom auger handles leafy greens better than most at this price
• Top port lets you add greens mid-run without stopping the motor
• Built-in pulp catcher in the pitcher strains most of the pulp as you pour
• Juicing body detaches as one piece and goes straight to the sink

Cons

• Pulp catcher misses some, so you’ll still want a side strainer for clear juice
• The release button has to be pressed before anything twists off, and that’s not obvious the first time
• Greens need a fruit base to push them through, not a machine you feed spinach alone
• Doesn’t match a very high-end juicer on green yield

Frequently Asked Questions

Can it make nut milk?

Yes, nut milk is one of the three listed functions alongside juice and sorbet. I didn’t make any on camera since juicing is what I use it for. The juice filter is the one installed by default out of the box.

Does it need an app or any subscription?

No. It’s a single mechanical switch on the front for forward and reverse, nothing connected, nothing to pair. There’s no account, no app, and no ongoing cost beyond produce.

What happens if it jams mid-juice?

Hold the switch in the reverse position. Reversing it sometimes helps dislodge things that get stuck inside. There’s also an included pusher for easing stubborn material down the chute instead of forcing it.

Can I juice celery in it?

I didn’t run celery on camera, so I won’t promise a yield. I’d treat it like I treat the greens: start with a volume fruit base to get the system moving, then feed the celery in through the top port.

Is it safe around kids in the kitchen?

There’s a safety mechanism that stops the motor running unless the lid is closed. I flipped the switch with the lid open and nothing happened at all. You still have to press the release and lift the lid deliberately to get at the blade.

Do I have to replace the filters over time?

Nothing is consumable in normal use. Two filters come in the box and a cleaning brush is included for the screen, which is the part that collects residue. Scrub it right after juicing rather than letting pulp dry on it.

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