Fruit press

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A fruit press is a device used to separate fruit solids - stems, skins, seeds, pulp, leaves, and detritus - from fruit juice.

[edit] Cider press

A cider press is used to crush apples or pears. The juice is referred to as cider. If filtered, the cider is referred to as apple juice. Other apple cider products include cider vinegar, hard cider, apple wine, apple brandy, and apple jack.

The traditional cider press is a ram press. Apples are ground up and placed in a cylinder, and a piston exerts pressure. The cylinder and/or piston is "leaky" and the cider liquid is forced from the solids.

Cider presses often have attachments to grind the apples prior to pressing. Such combination devices are commonly referred to as cider mills.

In communities with many small orchards, it is common for one or more persons to have a large cider mill for community use. These community mills allow orchard owners to avoid the capital, space, and maintenance requirements for having their own mill. These larger mills are typically powered by electrical or gasoline engines. Mill operators also deal with the solids, which attract bees. Cider mills typically give patrons a choice between paying by the gallon or splitting the cider with the mill operator.

Larger orchardists may prefer to have their own presses because it saves on fees, or because it reduces cartage. Orchardists of any size may believe their own sanitation practices to be superior to that of community mills, as many patrons of community mills make cider from low quality (windfall apples, or apples with worms). Those making speciality ciders, such as pear cider, may want to have their own press.

[edit] Wine press

A wine press is a device used to crush grapes during wine making. This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

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