My spreadsheet tells me that I've washed and weighed just over 103 Kilos of apples, which DH has crushed and pressed to turn into cider. I've also got another 4 or so kilos in a pan simmering on the hob, which I will portion and freeze when cold.
The volume of juice varied according to variety. Our best result was with our russet tree, with an excellent conversion rate of about 65%. The combined fruit from the other two trees yielded 50-53% juice, which isn't bad.
Not sure of the total yield ytet, DH is still pressing the final batch.
The crushing was very fast, the pressing was a bottleneck, not surprising with this quantity of apples. I think we'll invest in a cloth and rack press for next year.
I'm just taking a break from cleaning up.
I'll update later when I have the final yield.
UPDATE: 62 litres of juice, an average of about 60% conversion.
Most has been prepped for cider, but I have 2 litres of juice which I pasteurised this morning.
UPDATE: 62 litres of juice, an average of about 60% conversion.
Most has been prepped for cider, but I have 2 litres of juice which I pasteurised this morning.
