REASONS TO BUY
Inexpensive
Reasonable performance in most tests
REASONS TO AVOID
Subpar at juicing hard produce
The Gourmia GJ1250 is no longer available as of April 2019.
Gourmia GJ1250 Review
This relatively inexpensive centrifugal juicer is on the whole, unremarkable
The Gourmia GJ1250.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
By David Wise ⋅ Senior Review Editor ⋅ November 8, 2017
Contributions From: Austin Palmer
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Our Verdict
The Gourmia GJ1250 is a relatively low-cost, poor-performing juicer that is not anywhere close to our favorite. While it didn't display any striking deficiencies, it thoroughly fails to impress. We wouldn't really recommend this model, as there are significantly better models out there, both in terms of performance and value.
Our Analysis and Test Results
The Gourmia scored a few points less than the Cuisinart, but also costs about half as much. It matched the performance of the Tribest Slowstar, which costs about six times as much, making the Gourmia a much more preferable option. However, the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth outperformed all of these models, including the Gourmia, and retails for the lowest price.
The Gourmia had a potent starchy flavor in our “Sunset Blend”. Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Juice Quality
The Gourmia actually did a little above average in the first test of this metric, a beet juice mixture that also included apples, carrots, celery, cucumbers, and ginger root. The taste of the beverage produced was quite nice, but there was a ton of pulp, deteriorating the overall quality.
In our green juice test the Gourmia produced a relatively bland flavor. Credit: Austin Palmer
We also made a romaine, apple, and orange juice recipe. The Gourmia did about average, again creating a decent amount of pulp, but this second drink wasn't as flavorful as the creations by other machines. For the “Sunset Blend”, a juice cocktail consisting of beet roots, apples, carrots, oranges, and sweet potatoes, the texture was not very consistent. It was a watery drink that was interspersed with tons of pulp. The taste was also off, with the beets completely dominating the flavor and overpowering the other ingredients.
Apples at the ready to be poorly juiced in the Gourmia. Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Soft Produce
The Gourmia started off with an acceptable showing at juicing cucumbers, generating about 12 mL more juice than average. However, there were moderate amounts of pulp and a mild amount of foam produced. Celery produced an average yield of juice, but this time with mild amounts of pulp and moderate foam generated. The celery juice also separated out relatively quickly.
The Gourmia scored slightly above average for cucumber juice. Credit: Austin Palmer
The Gourmia scored right in the middle in terms of orange juice yield, with only minimal pulp produced. However, there was a bit of foam created. When tasked with juicing apples, this machine produced a below-average juice yield that rapidly separated, and there was a lot of pulp in the final drink, as well as a decent amount of foam.
Carrots were a struggle for the Gourmia. Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Hard Produce
This machine did an alright job at juicing beets, yielding an average amount of juice with only mild amounts of pulp and a bit of foam. The story was the same with carrots, with the Gourmia producing just a bit less than the average amount of juice with mild to moderate amounts of pulp.
The Gourmia did ok with beets producing an average yield with a low amount of foam and pulp. Credit: Austin Palmer
This product struggled to successfully juice sweet potatoes, generating much less juice than the average, and made mild to moderate amounts of pulp. It also created a small amount of foam.
The Gourmia produced a low yield of carrot juice. Credit: Austin Palmer
Leafy Greens
We evaluated the performance of the Gourmia at juicing leafy greens, where it yielded a slightly above average amount of wheatgrass juice, creating 3 mL. The average was 2.5 mL.
Producing the second highest yield of wheat grass juice from a centrifugal juicer was the Gourmia. Credit: Austin Palmer
When juicing kale, the Gourmia generated about 5 mL less than the average amount of juice, but it was free of foam. Finally, this product delivered an acceptable performance at juicing spinach, generating an average amount of juice, though there was a decent amount of foam.
The Gourmia was average at producing juice from leafy greens. Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Cleaning
This model has parts that are safe to clean in the dishwasher — a good thing, since some of the parts can be difficult to clean by hand. The lid, strainer bowl, and pulp container all had some small nooks and crannies that were prone to trapping food and were a bit of a pain to clean. However, it does not come with any sort of cleaning tool.
The Gourmia wasn't the easiest to clean, but it still wasn't overly difficult. Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Value
The Gourmia isn't really a great value, as there are other models that cost less and perform much better.
Conclusion
While the Gourmia didn't do a terrible job in our tests, it is hard to find a reason why you would select this model over other products, like the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth, a Best Buy award winner that costs less and performs much better.
—David Wise and Austin Palmer
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