How to Get the Most Juice From Your Lemons (Without a Fancy Gadget)

tomwt — Thu, 15 May 2025 14:49:36 +0000

How to Get the Most Juice From Your Lemons (Without a Fancy Gadget) tomwt Thu, 05/15/2025 - 07:49 More CNAS in the Media Lynn Andriani | Martha Stewart May 11, 2025

MARTHA STEWART - Whether you are baking, cooking, or mixing up a cocktail, knowing how to juice a lemon properly can make a big difference. The humble yellow fruit might not seem complicated, but factors like temperature, storage, variety, and even the way you cut it can all impact how much juice you get.

We're sharing how to pick, prep, and juice lemons for maximum yield—plus which tools work best, and which tricks are worth skipping. We spoke with two experts, one has decades of research into lemon varieties and cellular structure, and the other teaches students how to handle citrus in a professional kitchen. Their advice will help you learn how to get the most juice out of every lemon.

Start With a Good Lemon
Juicing starts with selection. According to Tracy Kahn, Ph.D, curator of the Citrus Variety Collection at the University of California, Riverside, the fresher the lemon, the juicier it is likely to be. “If it’s been sitting in cold storage or traveled a long way, it may have lost some moisture through the peel,” she says.

Read the Full Article

In the Noah’s Ark of citrus, caretakers try to stave off a fruit apocalypse

ilseu — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:37:36 +0000

In the Noah’s Ark of citrus, caretakers try to stave off a fruit apocalypse ilseu Tue, 02/18/2020 - 15:37 More CNAS in the Media Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times February 18, 2020

LOS ANGELES TIMES - It has been described as a Noah’s Ark for citrus: two of every kind.

Spread over 22 acres, UC Riverside’s 113-year-old Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection was founded as a place to gather and study as many citrus specimens as possible — right now, the inventory numbers at over 1,000. It’s an open-air temple where innovations in irrigation, fertilization, pest control, breeding and more have allowed California’s iconic $7-billion citrus industry to thrive for over a century.

READ THE article