In Gear: Artimetal Juicer
So, here we are in the thick of the winter doldrums: insipid, over-priced, globe-trotting produce lining every grocer’s shelves, and colds spreading like the giggles in a high-school sex ed class. Fortunately for us, there’s citrus, which is, for the most part, at its peak this time of year, and at the ready to inject a little zest into our meals and a little vitamin C into our phlegmatic corpora.
While I enjoy a half grapefruit with breakfast here and there and perhaps a few Meyer lemon chunks added to an occasional pasta dish, I tend to consume my citrus in juice form. To that end, my Artimetal juicer is indispensable.
Working with a simple lever mechanism, I find it physically less taxing to use than hand-squeezed juicers and manual reamers, especially when making juice in any quantity. And because it simply presses the fruit, instead of aggressively reaming it like an electric citrus juicer, which releases bitter flavors from the membranes and rind, the juice from the Artimetal is slightly sweeter and also less pulpy.
