Breville BJE200XL Review

The Breville BJE200XL juicer is a great entry level juicer. In the U.S. it costs less than $100. This is a low price but it includes many of the features of more expensive juicers in the Breville range. I own this model as well as the Breville 800JEXL, which is their stainless steel juicer. In many ways, these machines are fairly similar. For instance, the BJE200XL has a wide 3 inch feed chute that helps save time as it takes large chunks of fruit and vegetables. It’s also very easy to clean which makes a juicing lifestyle much easier to get into. There are numerous positive customer reviews on Amazon. Considering my own juicing journey starting out with a budget centrifugal juicer, I think that this is the best juicer for a beginner, under $100. In my case, it actually cost me over $200 for this unit as I ordered from Amazon in Japan.

It is possible to make enough juice for about four people before you have to empty the pulp from the machine. Even though the full name of this model is the Breville BJE200XL 700-Watt Compact Juice Fountain, the motor provides enough power for household juicing needs. One of the features that Breville boast of this model is its Cyclonic Juicing System which aids juice extraction. The motor operates at a speedy 13,000 RPM.

Breville BJE200XL Features

Regardless of how good a juicer it is in theory, it is only really as good as the number of times you actually use it. Fortunately if you purchase the Breville BJE200XL juicer you will find that it’s a machine that is easy to use over and over again. This is because of the ease at which you are able to clean it. Included in the box is a special cleaning brush designed specifically for this machine. The only part that you need to use the brush for is the central cylinder with the cutting blades and wire mesh. The brush makes it easy to remove all the tiny bits of fruit and vegetable pulp from the little holes. It is easy to pick up brushes sold separately that will do the same job but it is a nice touch that one is included. The shape of the filter basket makes it easy to clean as well. It is just a single piece of stainless steel. Compared to my Magimix Le Duo, the Breville is easier to get clean.

The four washable parts are also dishwasher safe but to be honest, I recommend washing your juicer by hand as soon as you are finished using it. Centrifugal juicers typically have fewer parts than masticating and twin gear machines. They are also much easier to fit together, operate and take apart. So overall this makes for some serious time savings if you buy a Breville centrifugal juicer.

Best Price Breville BJE200XL

If you think this juicer is right for you, before purchasing one, check out the various retailers that offer this machine. Compare prices on Amazon with those of ordering directly from Breville. Amazon usually have the cheapest price. I have ordered products from Amazon in the U.S, the U.K. and Japan and the standard of service has been the same, for me, in all three countries. I ordered my Breville BJE200XL from Amazon in Japan.

Further Reading:

• Breville BJE200XL Manufacturer’s Product Manual

After a little bit too much alcohol the night before my friend and I changed our morning gym session to the afternoon. Then back at my house I decided we needed a juice that would help flush the remaining hangover effects out our body. Pineapples seem to be really cheap where we live right now. I haven’t juiced much of it in the past but thought it would be worth a shot and it would give us a nice vitamin C boost. Mixing this with some apples would help produce a decent amount of juice. Finally as I don’t like things that are too sweet, some ginger helped us spice things up a bit.

Perhaps it was someting to do with our hungover state but this juice tasted really good. Sweet n’ tart with some ginger warmth.

Adding the ginger, then apples and finally pineapple seems to be the best order for this juice. I use a Magimix le Duo centrifugal juicer and the pineapple does a good job of blocking up the small holes where the juice is supposed to go through. So when I do the pineapple first I get less juice for the amount of fruit I use and the pulp remains wetter.

The amounts of fruit I used for this juice were:

• 8 apples (small-ish)
• 1/2 pineapple
• big chunk of ginger

After our night of alcohol fiending this fruit juice recipe was a great to help us feel human again.

My juicing philosophy is to make a juice that is going to taste good. There is no arguing that green juices containing things like spinach, kale and so on are packed with nutrients and minerals but I have to be in a certain mood to drink that stuff. That’s not to say I don’t drink green juices. Of course I do. I am the Juice Fiend. But great taste and nutrition are not mutually exclusive.

Take for example a popular drink sold in juice bars all over the world, Carrot, Orange and Ginger juice. I don’t know anybody that doesn’t like this. With sweetness from the oranges, watered down earthy tones from the carrots and a ginger zing this is a great juice to have at breakfast time or to quench thirst at any time of day. It may not quite have the nutrient content of a green drink based around spinach but I don’t care. It still has plenty of goodness in there. As we learn when we are kids, carrots are rich in vitamin A and can give us X-ray vision; oranges give us plenty of vitamin C which is alleged to help us ward off colds (I believe the allegation) and ginger helps our digestive system. Moreover, this kind of natural fruit and vegetable drink is great for helping us to hydrate our body.

My recipe for Carrot, Orange and Ginger juice is:

• 2 large carrots
• 3 oranges
• chunk of ginger (approx 1.5cm³)

As with all juices you make, if these ratios don’t work for you, experiment with your own until you make this juice your own!

You can check out some other recipes that I love via my juice recipes page.