Has anyone had success juicing fruit other than lemons and limes?
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Like what? KEY limes? Oranges? Grapefruit? As far as using a wooden reamer ...be careful as to how you take care of it...wood splits and cracks open over time.
931347
I would think it would be rather messy without a thick, tough skin to work against.
1521006
I tried pineapple with it and it did not do a good job. The filter got clogged almost immediately. I have not heard of any juicer that does good with the softer fruits. I have found it better to make smoothies with those.
151194
Yes, I usually add a whole apple (cut up in order to not include the seeds), a whole banana, spring mix, yogurt, nuts and pineapple juice. Tastes great. I like it better than juicing because the pulp is not extracted. I'm happy with the purchase.
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I mix in a little white grape juice with water, or make a smoothie with bananas, strawberries, ice, and either milk or juice...it turns out great!
1716312
Yea, you can juice just soft fruits/veggies just fine. I made a Wheatgrass and pineapple juice this morning, both softness. I've on many occasions used solely Wheatgrass /other greens. The rrecommendation of using a hard item in conjunction is to make sure there is no clogging. However, it isn't necessary. And if it does clog, not take a less than a minute to rinse out the clog and reattach.
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Yes, although i chucked the peels and all in it juiced well but i just didnt care for the taste. Now I peel the oranges and then juice:-) This is the BESt juicer for the money - mine is still going strong as the day I bought it, the plastic doesn't stain, it's really a great item.
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I mostly do carrot juice with oranges.. You have two options.. use it with the strainer that comes with it to eliminatefiber.. or not
1087502
You can juice oranges & grapefruit with the peels using the Big Boss, but it's best not to because it will make your juice taste just like the peel. You can however, juice lemons & limes with the peel on. No on juicing bananas and avocados, but it will make nut milk. It has handled all of the vegetables I've used, carrots, sweet potatoes, beet roots, greens, etc.
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Yes to have to take out any large pit, peach , mango and such. I have been doing Jason Vail's juicing for life and in 1 month have lost 20 pounds.
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I have tried juicing wheatgrass with this juicer, however I feel it seems to be a bit wasteful compared to a juicer specifically for wheatgrass.
440240
There are two ways to use this type of juicer. You'll photos or videos showing putting the half face down and others with the half face up. Both ways work if you let the juice go into a bowl that's larger than the juicer. It takes some experimenting depending on the size of the sphere or ball shape of the fruit. Small lemons and regular limes work fine, using that technique of trying it both ways. Really small lemons are similar to key limes. It seems to work best to do one squeeze right side up and one squeeze upside down.Good luck!
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I never tried banana in the juicer, and probably wouldn't, there isn't much to juice in them. Apples you could juice it, as well as kale. It's not a very efficient juicer for apples though. I would mainly use it for leafy greens like kale. But IMO, I would get a motorized juicer if your budget allows for time, effort and efficiency!
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Sorry, I've never used mine to juice key limes. I have used it on some small regular limes and it worked ok and it works great on big limes, lemons and small oranges. If doing large oranges I half to cut them in quarters and then it works. I would try it the next time I have key limes, but if I was buying something to do key linem only, I would buy a small reamer type juicer.
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In my opinion YES. Fruit and veggies consist not only of juice but also fibrous pulp -and BOTH are important for digestive health. A good blender makes the pulp as easy to drink as juice alone. Blendtec does the job.
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Hello Andy! This juicer will be great for juicing citrus such as oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, etc. This unit uses a reamer to juice.
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no, but straining the juice through a sieve might do the trick. also, throwing the pulp (which the machine catches) into your sieve and pressing w/ a spoon might garner you a teaspoon or two more juice. seriously, the machine does what i think is the hard work of juicing; getting it totally pulp free should really be easy w/ the sieve. best.
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The answer is in the name... citrus juicer. For other fruits, there are numerous types of juicers that are unable to extract citrus juices. It had to be done by hand in my kitchen until I purchased this item.