How to Make Citrus Juice.

A step by step guide by the Foundation Class.

Step 1.

Pick or buy an assortment of citrus fruit. We used tangelos, oranges and mandarins that Luca had brought in to share with us from her trees at home. Thanks Luca!

Step 2.

Next you will need to clean the fruit to remove any dirt etc.

Step 3.

Cut each piece of fruit in half.

Step 4.

You might like to have a smell of the fruit now that it has been sliced!

"It smells wonderful!" - Zoe

"It reminds me of when I eat a mandarin." - Kate

Mine smells like a flower." - Luca

"It's a tiny bit stinky. Well, strong, like lemons." - Joyce

"It's a sour smell you know." - Zoe

Step 5.

Make sure that you have a bin handy to put the squeezed citrus peels into. We didn't add our citrus scraps to our worm farm bin because the worms don't like it.

Step 6.

Now the hard work begins. Place the sliced pieces of fruit into the juicer and pull the leaver down hard to squeeze all of the juice out! Make sure that you have someone holding a jar or container to catch the juice in.

"Wow, you really have to use your muscles!" - Luca

"This is just like how they must have made juice in the olden days!" - Kate

Step 7.

Pour your freshly squeezed juice into glasses and enjoy! You might like to add a little bit of water to the juice, which is what some of the girls did.

We had a wonderful time making juice together this morning. Thank you to Luca and her family for supplying us with lots of fresh produce. We are very grateful!