Apple pressing!

[David Nicholson]

...... and have you got the whip to go with them

[Paul T]

Back? of her closet.  She wears those out every Saturday night. 

[Tim Ingram]

Maggi - it looks like this is going in a different direction! I thought bare feet were the thing.

[Maggi Young]

Bare feet may work for grapes, but I think something "sturdier" is needed for apples, Tim.

- sorry that my suggestion has lead to a lowering of the tone of the thread.....

[John Aipassa]

- sorry that my suggestion has lead to a lowering of the tone of the thread.....

.........but the mood has risen

[Ed Alverson]

This year has been a bumper crop for apples in our area, and earlier this fall we did a cider pressing with friends using a rented press.  In all we pressed about 12 gallons of juice.  Our gathering even made the local TV news -  you can view the news clip at this link:

http://www.kezi.com/harvesting-apples-the-old-fashioned-way/

Ed

[robg]

I'm going to go off in the opposite direction and say that small apple presses are labour intensive and are of exceedingly low productivity - ie a waste of time

I borrowed and tried one, and saw another in operation and they were both the same. 

I bought a large electric fruit juicer off the internet (~£80) and found it far more productive, both in extracting the juice and in speed of operation.  The pulp was really quite dry, the process was quick and the juice excellent.  OK- not so romantic but then why waste so much ?

Rob