Making your own almond milk is a healthy, delicious, and eco-friendly alternative to store-bought varieties. With just a few simple steps and easily-available ingredients, you can create fresh, nutritious almond milk at home. Follow these 13 easy steps to make the perfect almond milk.

1. Gather your ingredients: To make almond milk, you’ll need raw almonds, filtered water, a sweetener (like honey or maple syrup, optional), and flavoring (such as vanilla extract, also optional).

2. Soak the almonds: Place 1 cup of raw almonds in a bowl and cover them with 2 cups of filtered water. Let the almonds soak for at least 8 hours or overnight.

3. Drain and rinse: After soaking, drain the almonds and rinse them thoroughly under cool running water.

4. Prepare your blender: Add the soaked almonds and 4 cups of fresh filtered water to your blender.

5. Sweeten and flavor (optional): If you want sweetened or flavored almond milk, add your desired sweetener (like 1-2 tablespoons of honey or maple syrup) and flavoring (1 teaspoon of vanilla extract) to the blender.

6. Blend: Blend the mixture on high speed for about 1-2 minutes until it becomes smooth and creamy.

7. Prepare a nut milk bag or cheesecloth: Find a clean nut milk bag or thin cheesecloth to strain the almond pulp from the milk.

8. Line a large bowl with the nut milk bag or cheesecloth: Drape the material over a large bowl so you can pour the blended mixture through it.

9. Pour the blended mixture into the lined bowl: Slowly pour the mixture into the bowl, allowing it to pass through the nut milk bag/cheesecloth while filtering out any almond pulp.

10. Squeeze out excess liquid: Once all the liquid has drained into the bowl, gather and twist the nut milk bag/cheesecloth to extract any remaining almond milk.

11. Store the almond milk: Pour your fresh almond milk into airtight jars or bottles and refrigerate. It will last for about 4-5 days when properly stored.

12. Don’t waste the almond pulp: Use the leftover almond pulp for baking recipes or as a topping for your breakfast dishes.

13. Enjoy your homemade almond milk: You can now enjoy your homemade almond milk in smoothies, coffee, cereal, or simply on its own!

By following these 13 steps, you can easily make your own almond milk and enjoy its numerous health benefits. Not only does it taste amazing, but it also allows you to cut down on single-use packaging common with store-bought almond milk. So go ahead and give it a try!