{"product_id":"stainless-lemon-juicer","title":"Stainless Lemon Squeezer","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background:#faf8f5;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:0;\"\u003eWill it fit the fruit you actually buy?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's one version, so the only real question is whether your citrus sits in the bowl.\u003c\/strong\u003e The press is cut for a standard lemon, which means it covers most of what ends up in a fruit bowl and a couple of things it doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background:#f0ede8;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou mostly juice\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eHow this handles it\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLemons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eWhat it's built around. Half a lemon sits cut-side down and comes out flat and empty in one squeeze.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eSits lower in the bowl, so you get slightly more travel on the handle. Fine, and much less painful than doing a round of margaritas by hand.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall oranges and mandarins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eWorkable if they're on the small side. A big navel orange will not close — quarter it or use a reamer.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA grapefruit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eNo. Nothing this size will take a grapefruit, and forcing one is how handles get bent.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you cook Mexican or Thai often, this lives on the bench rather than in the drawer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#faf8f5;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 28px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:0;\"\u003eThe reason cheap squeezers end up in the bin\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is almost never the hinge. It is the coating.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most budget presses are cast aluminium with a coloured enamel over the top, and citrus juice is acidic enough to work under that enamel until it flakes — into your juice. Stainless steel has nothing on it to come off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background:#f0ede8;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eFine to do\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eDon't\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eLeave juice sitting in it while you finish the dressing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eForce fruit that clearly doesn't fit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eRinse under the tap and stand it on the drainer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eUse it as a nutcracker, which is how people snap hinges\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003ePut it through the dishwasher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eLeave pulp dried in the holes for a week\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eSqueeze straight over the pan, seeds and all\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eScrub the outside with a wire pad\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eRealistically the only maintenance is this: \u003cstrong\u003erinse it while the pulp is still wet\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dried citrus pulp sets into the perforations like glue and then you're picking at it with a skewer. Ten seconds under the tap after use and it stays as good as the day it arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003eEvery drop out of the lemon, none of the seeds in the pan.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSqueezing a lemon in your fist gets you about half of what's in it, a stinging cut you'd forgotten about, and two pips in the risotto that you'll find later. Then you're fishing around the pan with a spoon. This is a hinged press: half a lemon goes in cut-side down, you close the handles, and the fruit is turned inside out against the perforated bowl. The juice goes through the holes into whatever is underneath, the seeds and the pith stay behind in the shell, and your hands stay dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Stainless Lemon Squeezer pressing a lemon half\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/5_afae2b1b-a735-4624-ab1c-e29f637b6988.jpg?v=4503764760%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSolid stainless is the whole point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one piece of steel per arm with a steel pin through the hinge — no plating, no paint, no coloured coating for acid to creep under. That matters more with citrus than with almost any other food, because lemon juice attacks finishes that survive everything else in your kitchen. It also matters at the hinge, where a squeezer either lives or dies. Cast aluminium hinges develop play, then wobble, then the two arms stop meeting squarely and you're pressing at an angle and getting less out of the fruit each time. Steel keeps its geometry. The handles are long enough to give you real leverage, so you're using the tool's mechanical advantage rather than your grip strength — which is why this works fine for anyone whose hands aren't what they used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it's genuinely good for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeeknight cooking\u003c\/strong\u003e — the squeeze of lemon over fish, chicken or greens that a recipe asks for and you usually skip because it means getting the chopping board out again.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDressings and marinades\u003c\/strong\u003e — you can squeeze straight into the bowl or the jar. No strainer, no picking seeds out afterwards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrinks\u003c\/strong\u003e — limes for margaritas and gin and tonics, done in a fraction of the time and without lime juice in every paper cut you have.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBatch juicing\u003c\/strong\u003e — a bag of lemons into a jug for lemonade or for freezing in an ice cube tray, without your forearm giving out halfway.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Stainless Lemon Squeezer perforated bowl and hinge detail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/4_602a1147-c136-4c07-aad3-bb7314a9d6f9.jpg?v=4503764760%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You're Getting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne stainless steel lemon squeezer\u003c\/strong\u003e, single piece per arm with a steel hinge pin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforated pressing bowl that holds back seeds and pith while the juice goes through\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncoated stainless throughout — nothing to chip, flake or discolour under citrus acid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong handles for leverage, so it's the tool doing the work rather than your grip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSized for lemons and limes; small oranges and mandarins work, grapefruit will not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDishwasher safe, or rinse under the tap in a few seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat enough to live in a drawer, good-looking enough to leave on the bench\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRinse before the pulp dries — that's the entire care routine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree tracked shipping to your door. Easy 30-day returns.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upperhouseliving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53893241798950,"sku":"DHOD4-FF836001","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1038\/8573\/4182\/files\/1_132a6d42-b2f6-4925-83fd-5960dcff264a.jpg?v=1789687276","url":"https:\/\/www.loftandstone.com.au\/products\/stainless-lemon-juicer","provider":"Loft and Stone AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}