I ground down two gallons of my apples last night in the food processor and tried to extract using a sieve. It was not fruitful. The grinding itself took far longer than I thought it should, and there was apple slurry spilling everywhere even after I remembered how to use the damnable device. When it came to putting the filth through the sieve, the only time I was getting any extraction was by using a spatula to create a small high pressure zone along the sieve. I think by next season I’ll go ahead and build a new press. I’ll build it the way I should have built this one. I’ll build it with love, or maybe some forethought.
In the next couple of weeks I’ll just buy 16 cans of concentrate of some bullshit. That’s the ticket.
Peter's stuff.