Citrus Juicers

A citrus juicer lets you squeeze the juice from oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and more. You can use a citrus juicer to extract a fresh glass of juice to drink or as a way to extract small amounts of juice to use in recipes.

What is a citrus juicer?

A citrus juicer is a small tool that will extract the juice of citrus fruits and certain types of vegetables. It will press down on the fruit, shedding the skin, and only extract the juice. There are three main types of citrus juicer including simple citrus juicers, manual citrus juicers, and electric citrus juicers. When looking for a citrus juicer you may also hear the term juicing funnels or bowl juicers, with bowl juicers being the type you use as a grapefruit juicer or lemon juicer.

Simple citrus juicers

A simple citrus juicer, also known as a citrus juice reamer, is the type most people think of as an orange juicer. This type of juicer is generally made of wood or metal and has a cone attached to a lever. You press down with the lever to extract the juice. These are a popular choice for anyone who is juicing frequently as they are fast and easy to use, and you can find them with different sizes of cone to extract the most amount of juice.

Manual citrus juicers

A manual citrus juicer, known as a hand juicing press, has a ribbed plastic cone you press your citrus fruit against to extract juice. Just slice an orange, lemon, tomato, or grapefruit in half, press down on the cone, and extract your juice. You’ll find small manual juicers for a quick glass of OJ or larger manual juicers to juice an entire jug of citrus fruit quickly and efficiently.

Electric citrus juicers

Electric citrus juicers extract citrus juice without any effort on your part. You’ll place your citrus fruit or vegetable on the electric juicer, turn it on, and it will extract juice and strain pulp.

Choosing the right citrus juicer for you

If you want an orange juicer, celery juicer, or lemon juicer, your first step is to decide how large or small your juicer needs to be and what fruit you’ll be juicing the most. If you’re only juicing oranges but you know you’d like to quickly make a full pitcher of orange juice, you may want to choose a citrus press.

If you’ll mainly be juicing lemons in small quantities, you may opt for a manual citrus juicer. Manual citrus juicers are one of the best ways to squeeze a lemon as they extract a lot of juice and leave the pulp behind.

Cleaning a citrus juicer is easy too. Most types can be just taken apart and rinsed clean in the sink.

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