oranges and pomegranates

Charlie Wettlaufer

How to Make Cold-Pressed Orange Juice or Pomegranate Juice

Follow these 6 steps to make cold-pressed orange juice or pomegranate juice using the Goodnature X-1:

  1. Wash fruit in cold water with your produce wash of choice, let air dry.
  2. Cut each piece of fruit in half. Do not grind.
  3. Prepare your press by opening it just enough that 1-2 pieces of fruit will fit in the gap between the press plates (see videos for example).
  4. Place the fruit in the press.
  5. Press slowly and keep at full pressure until the juice flows to a slow drip.
  6. Bottle and refrigerate immediately.

Q: What yield should be expected?

A: For each large orange or pomegranate, you should produce around 6-8 oz of juice.

Q: Will the juice taste bitter because of the skin and hair?

A: No, the juice should taste nice and sweet. Using this method of cutting the fruit in half (not grinding), we are only allowing a minimal amount of oil from the rind to make it into the juice. If the juice tastes bitter it is most likely because you used unripe / bitter fruit.

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Laura

can u add the cut up oranges with other grounded fruit like carrots and turmeric and press all at once?

Oct 13, 2021
Robin Frey
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yes, definitely!

Oct 13, 2021
maq malik

thank you for sharing pomegranate juice recipes

May 10, 2021
Robin Frey
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Sure thing! 😄

May 10, 2021
Ana V

Hi guys! I made the proof with my X1, mixing orange, lemon and grapefruit (simulate one of our juice) and the results wasn't good. The taste of juice was practically oil. Can you help me to understand why happened that? Thank you so much.

Feb 21, 2018
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Can you describe the process you used? Did you peel the produce? Did you grind it or just put it in the press? Thanks

Feb 21, 2018
micah mills

Here at Tonic we do not grind and/or press the citrus without removing the peel. For lemons we were using a manual hand press to create the juice that we then add to the recipes, since a good automatic citrus press is to costly. We have since purchased a small pelamatic to peel everything from lemons to beets to grapefruits, http://www.pelamatic.com/family/18-orange-peel.html , we can then grind and/or press with the recipe once peeled. This has worked great and we are debating jumping up to the larger stainless steel model for $1500. http://www.pelamatic.com/industry/12-orange-peel-hosteleria.html This is what has worked for us so far. thoughts? here is the video below- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy1qll1FWv8 Micah Mills- tonicjuicery.com

Jan 10, 2018
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Thank you Micah, this is great information! I'm sure this will be helpful to a lot of people.

Jan 12, 2018
Phil

Hi, When we press orange or grapefruit, we are getting an unpalatable bitter taste in the juice. It seems that this is coming from the skin (oils). How do we prevent this? Do we have to peel EVERY orange?

Jun 24, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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If you think the taste of the peel is too much , then you unfortunately have to peel the fruit

Jun 25, 2017
Placide Ludiwa

I would like to buy the machine to make juice

May 10, 2017
douglas lum

I tried this method, but have not been able to reproduce the same sweet tasting orange juice. I used valencia oranges. Too much of the oil and bitter rind flavor ends up in the juice. I have noticed that the bitterness varies with different batches of oranges as well. Anyone else have good/bad results? I will try again when CA valencia oranges are in season. Pressing twice will definitely make the rind flavor even stronger so I would not recommend adding that step. The bags are also a lot harder to clean as well.

Mar 10, 2017
Coy Clarke

Can you press oranges and pomegranates in a similar way on the CT7?

Mar 7, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Coy, yes you can use the same process.

Mar 8, 2017
Tina-Marie

Can the CT7 do the same - juice oranges and pomegranates? Also, can it be used to juice cane?

Mar 5, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Hi Tina-Marie, yes it can be used for citrus but not for sugar cane.

Mar 8, 2017
Mc Bernard Ochea

I would like to ask if we can make smoothie using the x1 machine. I am aware about the weave bag filtering the solid particles but just for the record.

Feb 23, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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The X1 is not used for smoothies.

Feb 23, 2017
Kirk Billingsley

Hey Charlie, I assume Lemons would be similar to oranges....just cut in half and squeeze? I have an X-6. Thanks, Kirk

Feb 15, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Kirk, I haven't tried this method with lemons. Usually we just mix the lemons in with the rest of the ingredients in the recipe when we grind, but if you're doing a whole batch of lemons then you can try this out. If you do, I would love to hear the results.

Feb 21, 2017
Gabriel

May I know do we need to squeeze the produce twice? Would squeezing the produce twice cause the orange/pomegranate juice to be sour and bitter Also if we press twice, do we keep the press gap to be similar to the first press gap? Or we could open wide enough for us to reshuffle the produce to press the second time?

Jan 23, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Gabriel, I think squeezing twice would cause too much of the oil from the rind to get into the juice, making it bitter, but if you try it please let us know how it turns out!

Jan 25, 2017
rayon dyer

I like this video could tell me how I source one.

Jan 15, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Jan 15, 2017
A

Thank you for this post ! What is the shelf life of pure orange juice pressed with the x1 ? Thanks 😉

Jan 11, 2017
Ari Sexner
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Please read our blog titled: Understanding Shelf Life of Cold-Pressed Juice here: https://www.goodnature.com/blog/understanding-shelf-life-of-cold-pressed-juice/

Jan 12, 2017
Lynne

Thank you for this video. I put thru the grinder and this is a lot simpler in many ways. Would do the same w pineapple as I have put thru the grinder

Jan 11, 2017
Charlie Wettlaufer
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Lynne, you must peel the oranges before putting them through the grinder?

Jan 14, 2017
Delethia Burdett

Do your company aid or prepare business plans and if so at what fee?

Jan 11, 2017
Ari Sexner
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We do not, however we could provide estimates in assisting you in filling out a business plan, as well as other questions.

Jan 12, 2017