Press vs. electric: which makes better orange juice?

by Sarah Gilbert (Subscribe to Sarah Gilbert's posts)
Posted Aug 17th 2005 12:45PM
Filed under: Juice, Science, Fruit

Charles Perry was serious about his research. Sixteen pounds of Valencia oranges and a few Navels, a heavy manual juice press and an electric juicer, phone calls to experts all over the country, blind taste tests, and a fancy refractometer. All this to discover that, while pressed orange juice seems to taste better than reamed juice, there is no scientific evidence - or even a generally-held theory - as to why this might be. Oh well. Either way, Perry is going to stick with his "Amazing Hulk of a juicer" because "the proof is in the juice."
[via A Full Belly.com]

Tags: LA+times, LATimes, orange+juice, OrangeJuice

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8-19-2005 @ 3:47PM

niki said...

We have one of those huge heavy juicers and it does make way better orange juice than the really expensive juicer we have (and it is much easier to clean).

8-20-2005 @ 2:49AM

e40 said...

The most important thing is not to apply too much pressure when squeezing. If you do, some of the bitter oils in the skin of the orange will come out in the juice, which I find to be very unpleasant (and it gives me indigestion).

8-20-2005 @ 3:55PM

Finished.Law.School said...

So, instead of one of these massive juicer things can I get similar results from a bowl with a thing in the center that I can get the juice out from?

Indigestion. That is fucking funny.

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