Pressing wheatgrass

Video: Best Way to Juice Wheatgrass with Cold Press

Content

Ingredients
Portions
To step
Preparing the wheatgrass
Method 1 of 3: With a mortar
Method 2 of 3: With a blender
Method 3 of 3: With a juicer
Tips
Warnings
Necessities

Many people believe that wheatgrass is good for digestion, detoxifying the body, cleaning the liver, purifying the blood and boosting hemoglobin production. You can buy ready-to-eat wheatgrass juice at most health food stores, but you can also easily make it yourself - without it costing you too much. If you crush the wheatgrass with a mortar, it will retain the most nutritional value. You can also use a blender to make wheatgrass juice, but then the chlorophyll can oxidize due to the speed of the blades, making it slightly less healthy. And, if you can afford it, you can buy a juicer, but they can be quite expensive. If you want to learn how to make wheatgrass juice in different ways, skip to Step 1 or start right away with your preferred method.

Ingredients

Wheatgrass, about 115 grams, cut into pieces
500 to 750 ml of water
Lemon

Portions

About 2 servings

To step

Preparing the wheatgrass

Harvest wheatgrass by cutting it about an inch above the ground. Use a clean knife or scissors. The blades should be about 8 inches long, usually a week after you sow the wheat kernels. If you don't grow it yourself, you can buy it at the health food store or some supermarkets.
Wash the sprigs under the tap. Place the sprigs in a colander and run cold to lukewarm water over them to rinse away dirt, insects and bacteria.
Finely chop the wheatgrass with a sharp knife. Place the wheatgrass on a cutting board and roughly chop it. The smaller the pieces, the easier it is to crush them in the mortar or blender to make juice.
Take at least 115 grams of wheatgrass. You can also use less or more, but this is enough for two servings. Then you get a healthy dose of all the wonderful properties that wheatgrass has in store for you.

Method 1 of 3: With a mortar

Place enough blades of wheatgrass in the mortar to cover the bottom. Do not fill the mortar more than 1/4. If it is too full, you will not be able to grind it properly.
Grind the blades. Use the pestle to grind the sprigs thoroughly until they stick together and form a paste. Stir with the pestle and push hard enough to crush the wheatgrass. This takes a few minutes, and takes quite a bit of effort, so be prepared for that.
Add a little water. As much water as wheatgrass is sufficient for this method. Stir the water through the crushed wheatgrass, using the same vigorous movement as described above. Keep mixing until you have a fine paste. The water allows you to crush the blades of grass even better.
Empty the mortar into a clean cheesecloth. Close the top of the cloth so that no paste can come out, but do not tie it. This way you can squeeze the juice from the wheatgrass.
Squeeze the cloth to drain the juice into a clean glass. Press just above the clump of wheatgrass paste, and squeeze down. A bright green liquid comes out. Keep squeezing until nothing more comes out.
Throw the wheatgrass back into the mortar. Repeat the process until the blades are white, adding more water each time to get a paste of the same consistency.
After your first serving of wheatgrass turns white, you can add some fresh wheatgrass to the mortar and start over. Keep doing this until you have used up all of your wheatgrass (115 grams). This will take a while (at least 10-15 minutes), but it's worth it. It's much better than spending hundreds of dollars on an expensive juicer.

Method 2 of 3: With a blender

Put 115 grams of wheatgrass in a blender with 500 to 750 ml of water. If you want stronger, more concentrated juice, don't use more than 500ml. If you are not used to the taste of wheatgrass yet, or if you find it too strong, dilute the juice by using 750 ml of water. If you want, you can also replace the water with freshly squeezed orange or coconut juice. That gives your wheatgrass shot a little more flavor.
Grind the wheatgrass with water on the highest setting. About 60 seconds should be enough. You now have an emerald green juice with bits of pulp in it.
- The wheatgrass can get caught around the blender blades if the grass is too long. That's usually okay, and you can clean the blades when you're done. Make sure that the blades are not held back, or that the engine is too heavy. If you are concerned that the wheatgrass is clogging your blender, remove the blades causing it before proceeding.
Hang a colander over a glass bowl. The colander should have fine holes and should not exceed the opening of the bowl.
Place a cheesecloth in the colander. The cheesecloth should be large enough to hang over the edges of the colander.
Pour the wheatgrass from the blender into the cheesecloth. Most of the liquid will flow through it without much effort.
Push the pulp with a rubber spatula to get even more juice out. This juice should also pass through the cheesecloth. Keep pressing until no more juice comes out.
Squeeze half a lemon over the bowl of wheatgrass juice. The lemon is an option, but it enhances the flavor of the wheatgrass and makes the juice last a little longer. Mix it with the spatula or with a spoon. This can be especially nice if you use water instead of fruit juice in your mix.
Pour it from the bowl into glasses and enjoy. Serve with ice or from the refrigerator. It is best to serve wheatgrass in shot glasses.

Method 3 of 3: With a juicer

Prepare your wheatgrass. Cut up as much wheatgrass as you want. You're going to put it in the juicer.
Prepare the juicer. Each centrifuge is different, so prepare it according to the manufacturer's instructions in the instructions for use. Manual juicers look like meat grinders and usually have a lever that you have to turn and a sort of auger that pushes the wheatgrass down. There are manual juicers that are really only for wheatgrass, so if you are going to spend money on a centrifuge, get an electric one that can also squeeze other fruits and vegetables. It is easier with an electric juicer, but it is a lot of work to clean the machine afterwards.
- If you buy an electric juicer, get one kneads and not centrifuges, because the latter is not suitable for wheatgrass.
Put the wheatgrass in the juicer. With most devices you have to do that little by little, so don't stuff it too full or it won't work. The machine probably has a place where the juice is collected and a place where the pulp remains.
Pour the juice from the blender into a glass and enjoy! Now you have finished pressing your wheatgrass. While a juicer can be quite pricey, it can add a lot to your life if you plan on making wheatgrass juice often. After drinking your delicious juice, all you have to do is clean your device.

Tips

You can also strain the juice from the blender by pouring it through a clean nylon stocking. Wrap the wick around the opening of the blender, hold it securely in place and tilt the blender so that the juice flows through the stocking into the glass.
There are special machines for pressing wheatgrass. Manual and electric versions are available. If you are going to drink a lot of wheatgrass, it may be worth buying such a device. Follow the instructions in your device's user manual.