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Title: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: cuban007 on April 01, 2012, 03:01:27 PM
Does anybody know where one can buy a Sugar Cane juicer???
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on April 01, 2012, 07:10:29 PM
Does anybody know where one can buy a Sugar Cane juicer???

You can buy a small trapiche in Miami but I use my Breville juicer. it works great but it's a pain because you have to cut the cane is small pieces and clean the filter constantly or you'll burn out the motor.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: bsbullie on April 01, 2012, 11:25:59 PM
I do not know where to but it but what you should be looking for is a special press for the sugar cane.  You might want to contact Robert is Here.  They have a press, or at least did the last time I was there, that "makes" the best cup of pure cane juice you ever had.

JF - the problem with putting sugar cane through a juicer (and raw coconut pulp) is as you said it clogs the filter and could or will eventually damage or burn out the motor.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on April 01, 2012, 11:53:55 PM
I do not know where to but it but what you should be looking for is a special press for the sugar cane.  You might want to contact Robert is Here.  They have a press, or at least did the last time I was there, that "makes" the best cup of pure cane juice you ever had.

JF - the problem with putting sugar cane through a juicer (and raw coconut pulp) is as you said it clogs the filter and could or will eventually damage or burn out the motor.

Rob, I agree. To squeeze a cane it takes me more than half and hour because I have to be super careful with the motor. Another step I have to is filter the guarapo (sugar cane juice) because of bagazo(mash) with a coffee filter or gauze so you can image what trouble I go through to get a pitcher.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: fruitlovers on April 02, 2012, 06:58:23 AM
The best motorized sugar cane presses are made in Thailand. The best hand crank sugar cane presses are made in India and Indonesia. But it's very difficult to find a distributor for any of these in the USA and shipping them from place of origin is very expensive due to heavy weight.
Oscar
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: murahilin on April 02, 2012, 07:30:53 AM
eBay has a lot of sugar cane juicers.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: cuban007 on April 02, 2012, 11:52:31 AM
Guys thanx for all of the tips. However, there has to be some distributor in Miami that sells them. As much Guarapo is pressed in Miami you would think they would be more readily available. I will keep looking and taking more suggestions. Thanx again.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: bsbullie on April 02, 2012, 12:20:40 PM
Guys thanx for all of the tips. However, there has to be some distributor in Miami that sells them. As much Guarapo is pressed in Miami you would think they would be more readily available. I will keep looking and taking more suggestions. Thanx again.
Google is a wonderful thing...
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: murahilin on April 02, 2012, 03:50:20 PM
Google is a wonderful thing...

That should be the forum's official motto...
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on April 03, 2012, 07:41:04 PM
Guys thanx for all of the tips. However, there has to be some distributor in Miami that sells them. As much Guarapo is pressed in Miami you would think they would be more readily available. I will keep looking and taking more suggestions. Thanx again.

C7, I checked out craigslist Miami and found a few juicers, they are not cheap. I would love to find a manual trapiche.

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/bfs/2863741269.html (http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/bfs/2863741269.html)
Title: Has anyone tried this sugar cane juicer?
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on November 28, 2013, 11:03:55 AM
Saw this manual sugar cane extractor.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sugar-Cane-Mill-Juicer-Cast-Iron-Hand-Press-Squid-Brass-Hand-Crank-Extractor-A2-/121212662055?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c38d67127 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sugar-Cane-Mill-Juicer-Cast-Iron-Hand-Press-Squid-Brass-Hand-Crank-Extractor-A2-/121212662055?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c38d67127)

Title: Re: Has anyone tried this sugar cane juicer?
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on November 28, 2013, 11:16:15 AM
Never mind

Foud this review on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Sugarcane-Squid-Juicer-Brass-Extractor/product-reviews/B00C6SKY32/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 (http://www.amazon.com/Sugarcane-Squid-Juicer-Brass-Extractor/product-reviews/B00C6SKY32/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on November 28, 2013, 10:24:31 PM
I know that there are specialized juicers of all kinds out there. Some are so good that they extract the juice from carrots, prickly-pear-fruit... I never saw a salesperson putting sugar cane cuttings in those juicers, but I can't think of one reason why they wouldn't work for juicing sugar cane. And, if this is the case, that they can extract the juice from sugar cane, then, well, I suddenly want one.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: From the sea on November 28, 2013, 10:36:54 PM
regular juicers make the juice fibrous because they cut the fibers too much, i have tried with the wife's omega, working with a friend on building one seeing if we can do it for less than $600.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on November 29, 2013, 09:48:17 AM
How about this one?

http://youtu.be/4PW9pMyIsnM (http://youtu.be/4PW9pMyIsnM)

Anyone with any info?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on November 29, 2013, 11:39:34 PM
I checked out the juicer on their website and it appears to work really well but it costs $579 for the machine. I wonder if an electric one might be cheaper?
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on November 30, 2013, 12:18:25 AM
regular juicers make the juice fibrous because they cut the fibers too much, i have tried with the wife's omega, working with a friend on building one seeing if we can do it for less than $600.

Good luck, I believe that there is a demand for a practical and durable, sugar cane juicer, I certainly want one (at the right price).
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 12, 2013, 04:01:24 PM
After doing a lot of research on sugar cane juicers, I went ahead and purchased the manual crank sugar cane juicer from Green Planet Farm.

I have a regular fruit and veggie juicer at home and it kinda sorta works horribly and takes a lot of work and constant cleaning of the filter and you have to remove the skin and cut the cane into tiny pieces like others have mentioned. My regular fruit and veggie juicer was struggling hard and I had to stop after getting about two gulps of juice because I felt the motor on my juicer was about to burn out. I Strongly recommend against using a regular fruit and veggie juicer for sugarcane.

I first had to decide wether I wanted an electric or manual sugar cane press. I wanted a good press that would last a long time and one that would be less likely to break down. After speaking to some workers at the local Asian markets that have electric sugar cane juicers, I found out that good electric juicers can cost $1500-2000 for a good quality juicer. One shop that I spoke to said that their juicer cost approximately $1500 and the motor just burnt out last week. Luckily, they had a backup machine because apparently these electric juicers tend to burn out or just stop working every once in a while.

Due to the high cost and issues with the electric juicers, I decided to get a manual juicer. A manual juicer also works better for me because I intend to bring my juicer to my relatives house and the area where I plan to do some juicing does not have an electrical outlet. I really love the thought of being able to juice cane without having to rely on electricity.

After a quick google search, I found many manual crank sugar cane juicers on the market, mostly from Asian countries. The cheaper ones had really bad reviews and looked like they were poorly built and would not last long at all. I was comparing all of the manual crank juicers to the one from Green a Planet Farm because there is a YouTube video on that model and their machine looked solid and industrial strength. After more googling, I found several other distributors that sold units that looked nearly identical to the one sold by Green Planet Farm and many of these distributors actually listed their machines for a lower price.

I contacted several of theses manufacturers/distributors(most of them are in China) and tried to bargain with them for an even lower price than what they listed their machines for. A couple distributors lowered their price to around $380. One distributor at first said that their price included shipping but he kept changing the price and then said there was additional charge for shipping to my house, I guess the free shipping is to the US only?, and I did not trust the seller so I decided not to use him.

After more chatter with distributors, I found out that some of them would take up to a month if not longer for me to receive my unit. After all this hassle, I thought to myself, what a pain in the ass it would be if I received the unit and it was damaged. I would have to return the unit, possibly with me paying the shipping back to China, or I would possibly have to file a claim with The shipping company and it could be many more months before I would be able to juice any cane.

I finally decided to purchase the unit from Green Planet Farm in order to avoid having to deal with sellers from another country and all the possible pitfalls that may come along dealing with them. There is already a video of the unit from GPF so I know what the unit looks like and how it operates. GPF is also located in the US and they have a customer satisfaction guarantee and a 1 year warranty. They also have replacement parts and I had an excellent experience emailing GPF. They were very nice and answered my emails promptly. They are also a small family owned and operated company and I would much rather give them my business than some of those other sellers that kept giving me the run around.

I recently placed my order and I should receive my unit sometime next week. I will give a review of this unit after I put it together and run some cane through it. Anyone else have a sugarcane press? I'm interested in any tips or advice on juicing sugarcane and if there are certain spare parts that I should have on hand. Cheers,
Simon

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 12, 2013, 04:38:21 PM
Simon,

I sent your box out Monday, so you'll be enjoying chewing on some canes by today, before your press comes in. Hope you like them and let me know how you like those canes later?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nullzero on December 12, 2013, 04:57:36 PM
Does anyone have some good starter canes for trade? I would love to grow some tasty and juicy sugar cane.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 12, 2013, 06:55:30 PM
Does anyone have some good starter canes for trade? I would love to grow some tasty and juicy sugar cane.
Null,

I have the black/purple/red kind from this post http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=2233.msg105080#msg105080 (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=2233.msg105080#msg105080)
towards the middle of the page under my user name. Also have a bluish grey green kind, but i don't know why I can't upload picture at the moment. Will, later, when i can upload it. If interested, PM me and I can get you a few segments or a box to try some and grow the rest?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 12, 2013, 07:01:13 PM
Hey thao,
Thanks so much for the sugarcane. I received the sugarcane already and peeled some of them to sample and they were fantastic! It was easy to peel with a Chinese cleaver and the cane was very juicy, sweet and easy to chew. I will definitely be planting this variety. I put some in moist potting soil with bottom heat and also put some in water. I can't wait to start growing and harvesting these canes.

I kinda put the cart before the horse and purchased the juicer before I even got any sugarcane into the ground. Luckily I have some friends and family that are already growing cane that I can juice.

I pm'ed several members of this forum and they graciously offered me some cuttings for the price of postage. I'm going to try and plant several different varieties to see which one performs best and has the best taste, quantity of juice and highest concentration of sugar. The members of this forum are just awesome!
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: PltdWorld on December 12, 2013, 07:14:37 PM
I got a couple different varieties of cane from thao and also from naturalgreenthumb.  The purple cane that thao sent is very attractive (as far as cane goes) and was also very sweet.  I read some posts on planting cane - one guy did a side x side x side experiment - cut segments were placed in 1) native soil, laying down 2) in potting mix, 3) in water.  Water ended up being the best method.  I put mine in water with bottom heat last week... I'll let you know the results.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 12, 2013, 09:25:44 PM
I got a couple different varieties of cane from thao and also from naturalgreenthumb.  The purple cane that thao sent is very attractive (as far as cane goes) and was also very sweet.  I read some posts on planting cane - one guy did a side x side x side experiment - cut segments were placed in 1) native soil, laying down 2) in potting mix, 3) in water.  Water ended up being the best method.  I put mine in water with bottom heat last week... I'll let you know the results.
Hey thao,
Thanks so much for the sugarcane. I received the sugarcane already and peeled some of them to sample and they were fantastic! It was easy to peel with a Chinese cleaver and the cane was very juicy, sweet and easy to chew. I will definitely be planting this variety. I put some in moist potting soil with bottom heat and also put some in water. I can't wait to start growing and harvesting these canes.

I kinda put the cart before the horse and purchased the juicer before I even got any sugarcane into the ground. Luckily I have some friends and family that are already growing cane that I can juice.

I pm'ed several members of this forum and they graciously offered me some cuttings for the price of postage. I'm going to try and plant several different varieties to see which one performs best and has the best taste, quantity of juice and highest concentration of sugar. The members of this forum are just awesome!
Simon
Thanks Jeff and Simon, glad that both of you enjoy your canes. Good news about canes, is that they are very fast grower, almost no care is needed, except to water often during growing season and feed it once a month or so. Then they should be ready to harvest by Fall-winter time of the first season.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 12, 2013, 10:27:41 PM
I can't wait to see the sugar cane jucier simon.

We should all get together with a metal fabricator and make one thats low cost and durable.

Thanks for the sugar cane thao. They were soft and great.

Had a conversation with Richard Rtreid  and I was surprised to know that there is so much information still new and still discoverable in this area.

Being that the  true internet for everyone has only been around for 15 years.

I'm glad I'm on this forum. So much exciting cutting edge stuff happening here on tropicalf fruit.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 12, 2013, 11:45:08 PM
I can't wait to see the sugar cane jucier simon.

We should all get together with a metal fabricator and make one thats low cost and durable.

Thanks for the sugar cane thao. They were soft and great.

Had a conversation with Richard Rtreid  and I was surprised to know that there is so much information still new and still discoverable in this area.

Being that the  true internet for everyone has only been around for 15 years.

I'm glad I'm on this forum. So much exciting cutting edge stuff happening here on tropicalf fruit.
Thanks Mike and your welcome, if you would like to try more of the green ones, you said you liked. I have a lot more and can send another, just let me know.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nullzero on December 12, 2013, 11:56:19 PM
Does anyone have some good starter canes for trade? I would love to grow some tasty and juicy sugar cane.
Null,

I have the black/purple/red kind from this post http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=2233.msg105080#msg105080 (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=2233.msg105080#msg105080)
towards the middle of the page under my user name. Also have a bluish grey green kind, but i don't know why I can't upload picture at the moment. Will, later, when i can upload it. If interested, PM me and I can get you a few segments or a box to try some and grow the rest?

Thao,

I will pm you.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: msk0072 on December 13, 2013, 03:46:16 PM
The subject of this thread is about the sugar cane juicer but will but my question here.
Do they grow from cutting? Just like drgaon fruit cuttings?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 13, 2013, 04:50:57 PM
The subject of this thread is about the sugar cane juicer but will but my question here.
Do they grow from cutting? Just like drgaon fruit cuttings?
Yes, cuttings/segments/pieces, tops like pineapple and off shoot/pups.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 13, 2013, 04:53:10 PM
The subject of this thread is about the sugar cane juicer but will but my question here.
Do they grow from cutting? Just like drgaon fruit cuttings?
Yes, cuttings/segments/pieces, tops like pineapple and off shoot/pups.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/)
Picture didn't show up, so i'll just link you directly to my Flickr photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/#)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 13, 2013, 04:57:26 PM
The subject of this thread is about the sugar cane juicer but will but my question here.
Do they grow from cutting? Just like drgaon fruit cuttings?
Yes, cuttings/segments/pieces, tops like pineapple and off shoot/pups.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/)
Picture didn't show up, so i'll just link you directly to my Flickr photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/111436229@N03/11358219135/#)
Null,
That's the blue,grey and green one, I was talking about. You're getting both that kind and the purple one from that other post.

Anyone else having trouble posting pictures with the add image and from their personal album.....no, just me? I've always posted from add image before and it was fine.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nullzero on December 13, 2013, 05:13:45 PM
Nice pictures, they look beautiful especially the purple one.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 14, 2013, 05:53:21 AM
Found another video of what looks like the simular sugar cane machine from green planet

Simon I hope you got 3 other people helping you hold the machine while you juice...lol...or some thing really heavy to bolt the machine down to.

Looks like there's going to be a whole lot of shaking going on while you use some pressure to push the sugarcane in the hole.

http://youtu.be/MpijvrOWa9o (http://youtu.be/MpijvrOWa9o)


Here's one that uses the motor.

Sounds loud and noisy

http://youtu.be/zeId2hoiJOo (http://youtu.be/zeId2hoiJOo)



Remember to count your fingers after every juice!!


I want one!!!
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: mangaba on December 14, 2013, 07:09:46 AM
Here are some sites in Brazil which sell hand cranked, and motorized sugar cane juicers: One USD = Aprox 2.40 Reais
The hand cranked ones last  almost a lifetime You drink the juice to replenish the energy you loose in cranking !!!
 
http://96precos.com.br/Engenho%20Cana?p=gcb&gclid=CLui35PSr7sCFUgS7AodanYAig (http://96precos.com.br/Engenho%20Cana?p=gcb&gclid=CLui35PSr7sCFUgS7AodanYAig)
http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/ENGENHO-PARA-CANA (http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/ENGENHO-PARA-CANA)
http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.buscape.com.br/moenda-de-cana.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dengenho%2Bpara%2B (http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.buscape.com.br/moenda-de-cana.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dengenho%2Bpara%2B)

This company sells models which you can adapt a motor also:
Moenda de cana e caldo de cana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5e8bvLkLcs#)

www.uniutilidades.com.br (http://www.uniutilidades.com.br)
                                                           Good Luck
                                                                                           mangaba
                                           
                                                                                             
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: jcaldeira on December 14, 2013, 12:58:24 PM
Here are some sites in Brazil which sell hand cranked, and motorized sugar cane juicers: One USD = Aprox 2.40 Reais
The hand cranked ones last  almost a lifetime You drink the juice to replenish the energy you loose in cranking !!!
 
http://96precos.com.br/Engenho%20Cana?p=gcb&gclid=CLui35PSr7sCFUgS7AodanYAig (http://96precos.com.br/Engenho%20Cana?p=gcb&gclid=CLui35PSr7sCFUgS7AodanYAig)
http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/ENGENHO-PARA-CANA (http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/ENGENHO-PARA-CANA)
http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.buscape.com.br/moenda-de-cana.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dengenho%2Bpara%2B (http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.buscape.com.br/moenda-de-cana.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dengenho%2Bpara%2B). . . .
I've been looking at the manual juicers in your first two links for some time.  They are also being sold on Amazon.com but no reviews even after being sold for several months.  http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00DQBCU8K/ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00DQBCU8K/)

The company's website offers more detail (& free shipping):
http://www.sugarcanemarket.com/Sugar_Cane_Mill_p/b-60.htm (http://www.sugarcanemarket.com/Sugar_Cane_Mill_p/b-60.htm)

Other than finding absolutely zero reviews on the web, my main concern with this unit is whether it is made from a rust-resistant metal.  I'm waiting for some feedback but I'm ready to buy.

 (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31fiG6cT5uL._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: mangaba on December 14, 2013, 08:50:38 PM
Here in Recife, northeast Brazil  there are many  hardware stores selling all sorts of sugar cane juicers!  The hand cranking ones are all made of cast iron  and are more popular for small scale juice production. Among the motorized ones you can get some models with stainless steel rollers. If you have any questions feel free to write. Although I am not in this business, will be glad to find it for you.
 Most of these juicers are manufactured in the state of São Paulo, some 2000 Km south.
                                                     warm regards
                                                                                    mangaba
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 14, 2013, 09:18:11 PM
LOoks like the currency conversion is $1= 2.33BRL


The machine cost is about 108,90 BRL is about $50


Any one from brazil have any information as to shipping to u.s.a and or has used one of these or has seen one of these out in the market in person?

http://96precos.com.br/Engenho%20Cana?p=gcb&gclid=CLui35PSr7sCFUgS7AodanYAig (http://96precos.com.br/Engenho%20Cana?p=gcb&gclid=CLui35PSr7sCFUgS7AodanYAig)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Pasca on December 15, 2013, 12:55:03 AM
Besides the concerns members of the forum have mentioned (cost, durability, ease of use, rust), I would like to know how easy it is to keep the presses (manual or motorized) clean.  It is one thing for the juice vendors to do since the presses are used multiple times before they are cleaned for the day to be reused the next business day.  However, for me as a backyard sugarcane enthusiast with less use of these presses, is it worth it to make a delicious cup of fresh sugarcane juice only to spend a lot of time cleaning the press?  Just a thought.  For the record, I would love to get one of the presses to get fresh sugarcane juice.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: msk0072 on December 15, 2013, 04:11:23 AM
Besides the concerns members of the forum have mentioned (cost, durability, ease of use, rust), I would like to know how easy it is to keep the presses (manual or motorized) clean.  It is one thing for the juice vendors to do since the presses are used multiple times before they are cleaned for the day to be reused the next business day.  However, for me as a backyard sugarcane enthusiast with less use of these presses, is it worth it to make a delicious cup of fresh sugarcane juice only to spend a lot of time cleaning the press?  Just a thought.  For the record, I would love to get one of the presses to get fresh sugarcane juice.
Yes you hit the point!
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: mangaba on December 15, 2013, 08:13:04 AM
I live in northeast of Brazil where sugar cane is planted and processed in sugar mills. The sugarcane variety for making sugar is different that for making  fresh juice . Fresh sugar cane juice is sold in stalls /shops along the roads and markets. Most of these juicers are powered by  small  diesel or eletric motors. The hand cranking juicer is more for small domestic use. No big maintenance needed except a good wash after use. As most of the hand cranking units are of cast iron, without daily use they pick up rust due to the wet tropical weather.
           Person interested in purchasing is advised to send an email  (can be in english) to supplier,  enquiring cost of equipment, packing and shipping charges.  Companies ship by Express Post (called SEDEX in Brazil), DHL  and Federal Express . Another option is to enquire with the supplier if they have a representative in the States and contact the representative.
           Remember that the cost of shipping  from Brazil , will be more than the cost of the  hand cranked juicer which is quite heavy as it is of cast iron.                               
                                                                       mangaba
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 15, 2013, 03:28:43 PM
This one http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Stainless-steel-manual-Sugarcane-Juicer-Extractor-Sugar-Cane-juice-Machine/1058079386.html (http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Stainless-steel-manual-Sugarcane-Juicer-Extractor-Sugar-Cane-juice-Machine/1058079386.html)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 15, 2013, 05:38:51 PM
That's cheaper than the one NaturalGreenThumb found! The other one looked similar and was $180 and the cheapest shipping was about $200 so came out to a total of $380.00. The sites do mention that there may be additional taxes. If anyone purchased one of the cheaper ones, please keep us updated. I'd still rather deal with a seller from the US even though the international sellers have good return policies from what I've seen. I should get my juicer this Wednesday and I should put it together by Thursday. I already bought some grease for the gears but I won't be able to build a stand for my juicer until next week.

The juicers should be cleaned immediately after each use and gears have to be greased if you want it to last. The unit I purchased from Green Planet Farm weighs about 65 pounds and really looks industrial strength, you can add a motor to it but that voids the warranty.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on December 15, 2013, 11:28:29 PM
How about this one?

http://youtu.be/4PW9pMyIsnM (http://youtu.be/4PW9pMyIsnM)

Anyone with any info?

That was insanely delicious looking. I like all the thought out parts to this machine. Although, it still looks somewhat primitive. It's hard to believe that there isn't a more modern looking, easy to clean and operate machine. Nevertheless, I've got to get me a sugar cane juicer.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 16, 2013, 11:16:24 PM
Simon if I may I would like to examine your sugar cane machine when you get a chance to play with it. 
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 17, 2013, 12:18:29 PM
Hey Mike,

Please come by and check out the juicer.  I'll post here or text you when I get it in. I plan on giving it a test run this Thursday around noon, will you be able to make it?

If anyone else on this forum wants to come check out the juicer please feel free to pm me and I can give you the details. Please bring some cane if you have any!
Simon


Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Doglips on December 17, 2013, 06:36:02 PM
I would think food grade metal would almost be a must (high nickel content).  If you do get one made from iron, I'd recommend seasoning the parts, coat with oil and bake in the oven.  The parts will black and not pretty, but it should give you some rust resistance.  You still need to clean and dry thoroughly.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 17, 2013, 07:01:36 PM
I would think food grade metal would almost be a must (high nickel content).  If you do get one made from iron, I'd recommend seasoning the parts, coat with oil and bake in the oven.  The parts will black and not pretty, but it should give you some rust resistance.  You still need to clean and dry thoroughly.
So like for seasoning cast iron pans :D
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Doglips on December 17, 2013, 07:18:24 PM
I would think food grade metal would almost be a must (high nickel content).  If you do get one made from iron, I'd recommend seasoning the parts, coat with oil and bake in the oven.  The parts will black and not pretty, but it should give you some rust resistance.  You still need to clean and dry thoroughly.
So like for seasoning cast iron pans :D

Exactly.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 17, 2013, 07:56:40 PM
What's this about seasoning the parts? What the hell is that?

My mind was focusing more on how lead will be in the metal and the parts.

Drinking sugar cane juice to be healthy  but die of lead poisoning.

But then again isn't there lead in everything.


Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on December 17, 2013, 08:19:12 PM
What's this about seasoning the parts? What the hell is that?

My mind was focusing more on how lead will be in the metal and the parts.

Drinking sugar cane juice to be healthy  but die of lead poisoning.

But then again isn't there lead in everything.



Cast iron pans/pots, cookware, or other items made of iron, should be season, so they don't rust. Seasoning the iron metal, will also cause a non stick surface. So, if the iron parts of a sugar cane juicer was season, it will last longer and not corrode over time. Cast iron pans/cookware, that is well season, can last forever and is pretty much indestructible. Rusty iron metal or any kind of metal, that is rusted, is going to break more easily over time. Doglips, might know more about this though?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 17, 2013, 08:25:29 PM
I also read somewhere that many men in the USA are getting too much Iron in their diets and that we should be decreasing our intake. I wonder if long term use of these Iron type Sugar cane extractors will cause a build up of iron in our bodies?
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: shaneatwell on December 17, 2013, 08:50:36 PM
No
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 17, 2013, 11:29:44 PM
No

Hey Shane, can you elaborate? From my horrible memory, the article mentioned that most men are already getting more than enough iron from our diets due to high consumption of red meat. I just did a quick google search and one site mentioned that too much iron can cause damage to your liver, heart and other organs. Too much iron is also mentioned as a possible cause of arthritis.

I know too much of almost anything can be bad for you but I do keep hearing that men need to cut back on our consumption of Iron.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Doglips on December 18, 2013, 04:30:07 AM
What's this about seasoning the parts? What the hell is that?

My mind was focusing more on how lead will be in the metal and the parts.

Drinking sugar cane juice to be healthy  but die of lead poisoning.

But then again isn't there lead in everything.



Cast iron pans/pots, cookware, or other items made of iron, should be season, so they don't rust. Seasoning the iron metal, will also cause a non stick surface. So, if the iron parts of a sugar cane juicer was season, it will last longer and not corrode over time. Cast iron pans/cookware, that is well season, can last forever and is pretty much indestructible. Rusty iron metal or any kind of metal, that is rusted, is going to break more easily over time. Doglips, might know more about this though?

I don't know about breaking quicker other than corrosion.  But ya, carbon is hard hard stuff, like diamond hard.  I will say that normal cooking in cast iron tends to leave behind oil that continually seasons the metal, in a juicer like this that wouldn't be the case so it would be a more continual process of re-seasoning it in the oven.  If you don't season, you may well have to oil it after every use.  If you do season, you can probably skip this steps for several uses, depending on how well seasoned the metal is.  Cane grows in humid environments, so that will get unprotected metal over time.
I garauntee that if you have any rust, you'll know it, the juice will taste terrible.
I know nothing about these devices but if given the option, I would seriously consider the model made entirely with the food grade metal first.  I find it hard to believe that they would make them any other way but who knows.
Cleaning them looks like a PITA.  Almost seems like a fire hose would be the best way.


Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on December 18, 2013, 10:47:02 PM
I can't help but think of the juicer machine(s) in some of the infomercials of the late Jack LaLane, the fitness guru.

The machine he was peddling appeared to have 'industrial' power, yet was intended for home use.

He would put in it all kinds of fruits, vegetables ... and out one end would come out pure juice. And, at the other end would com the fiber mass of the fruits, vegetables ...

I know that sugar cane has quite a bit of fiber, but on such machines with 'industrial' like power, I find it hard to believe that there is no such machine out there, that can efficiently and effortlessly process small sugar cane cuttings, as easily as a warm knife through butter.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 19, 2013, 01:37:02 AM
I got my juicer in the mail tonight and it is very heavy! I just opened up the box and have not read the instructions yet nor have I opened up the panels of the machine. I was initially afraid the flywheel would be damaged because it was right up against the side of the box but when I pulled the flywheel out, it was extremely solid and heavy and it would be difficult to damage.

There are only a few small parts to assemble and I need to wash the unit a few times and grease the gears before use. I'll keep everyone updated once I test this unit out.
Simon
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Dangermouse01 on December 19, 2013, 05:25:20 AM
Nice looking machine.

Wondering......In the ethnic markets here they sell sugar cane stalks, about 4-5 foot long and maybe about 1.5 inches diameter at the thick end. How much juice would be expected from 1 of those stalks run thru a machine?

DM
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 19, 2013, 07:34:58 PM
Me likely
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 19, 2013, 08:08:31 PM
Nice looking machine.

Wondering......In the ethnic markets here they sell sugar cane stalks, about 4-5 foot long and maybe about 1.5 inches diameter at the thick end. How much juice would be expected from 1 of those stalks run thru a machine?

DM
One stalk that size can probably yield 1-2 small cups of juice from what I've seen on YouTube.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 19, 2013, 09:02:59 PM
I can guarantee you that you are the only kid on the block with a shinny new  manual sugar cane juicer.

Lol.


You now have VIP status and have bragging rights.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 19, 2013, 09:16:18 PM
I opened up the panels this morning and the machine is solid and built to last. The machine was very dirty and I had to clean off the rollers along with all the other parts and pieces very well. Some parts of the machine had some rust on it. This juicer is exactly like the one on YouTube, no bait and switch.

One thing that you have to be very careful about is all the sharp edges on the sheets of metal covering the unit. I spent some time using a Dremel to grind down the razor sharp edges. Another complaint is that the panels are very roughly cut so many of the edges are not completely flush but they are very close.

Overall, this unit is extremely solid and will likely last a long long time. I recommend getting a cart or dolly to move this unit as it is very heavy and it will require cleaning after every use. I scrubbed the entire unit top to bottom three times and all I need to do is completely dry the unit and then grease the gears before I give the unit it's first run. Here are some pictures of the gears and shafts.

Having issues adding pics, I'll try later.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 20, 2013, 12:17:30 PM
One other thing I do not like about this juicer is that the handle on the flywheel is not really freely moving. The handle simply screws into the flywheel and there is no bolt to lock it in place so as you turn the flywheel, it tightens the screw that attaches the handle to the flywheel which eventually tightens the screw so much that it restricts free rotation of the wooden handle.

I will go to a Home Depot and look for a handle replacement that allows free rotation although this handle does work. I'm going to clean this unit another couple times before use because there is still some dirty spots on it. So far, I'm very happy with this unit!
Simon
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 20, 2013, 12:20:51 PM
Here are some pictures of the gears.
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Doglips on December 20, 2013, 12:34:38 PM
Thats quite the beast.  The handle sounds like an easy mod so it free spins.   So it looks like where the cane touches it is food grade, and else is raw steel.  I'd season anything I could thats not food grade.
I get the feeling that the joy of cleaning will fade quickly.  Hope the plantation is ready.  Save me glass.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nullzero on December 20, 2013, 05:39:38 PM
Looks really nice, I would consider getting one myself. Simon thanks for the detailed information and pictures.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Pasca on December 20, 2013, 06:39:51 PM
Simon,

I look forward to  your formal review of the sugarcane press.  If I can secure a regular source of good sugarcane, I'd bite the bullet and get a press myself.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 20, 2013, 09:28:02 PM
The GPF juicer rocks! The initial cleaning is a major pain in the ass but this juicer is really awesome! I only had old sugarcane to test it out on but I got a lot of extremely sweet and delicious juice. A single person can clean and juice by oneself if you are pretty strong. The juicing can be done by anyone but you have to lift up the juicer for cleaning. Baby's crying I'll give details later!
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: palmtreeluke on December 21, 2013, 06:42:21 AM
Hi Simon and fellow tropical fruit form members,

This is Luke from Green Planet Farm.  Thanks for the review Simon! Glad it made it from FL to Cali with no problems.

We have limited availability on the juicers but are working on a new model for 2014. I can give a $20 discount to all Tropical Fruit Forum members on our GPF-1 juicer if you mention this forum when purchasing.

if anyone has questions about our juicers feel free to email me.

Happy holidays and Happy Juicing!

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 21, 2013, 06:52:18 PM
Hello everyone,

I only had old stalks of sugarcane to test out my new juicer but I was pleasantly surprised by how much juice I got out of the canes.  I juiced two varieties, a green type and a black type.  I juiced approx 3.5 feet of green cane which yielded a little over 2.5 cups of juice.  I juiced approx 2 feet of the black cane which yielded a little over 1 2/3 cups of juice.  The Green cane is about 3 weeks old and was left in my garage sitting there just drying, both ends were completely dried up so I cut them off before washing the canes and juicing.  I stored the black canes in my refrigerator in a plastic bag and these canes did not dry up nearly as much.  The two varieties of canes tasted very different.  I'm not sure if it was because the Green canes had dried up so much and concentrated the sugars or not but the Green canes were super super sweet.  The Black canes were also very sweet but the sugars were not as concentrated.  The color of the juice was also very different.  Some of the color from the black canes came off while juicing and gave the juice a dark colored tint.  I see some people shaving off the black skin in order to have a better color juice. 

The juicer is absolutely amazing and does what it is supposed to.  Its a pain in the ass performing the initial cleanings because there is so much dirt and rust on the machine but post juicing cleaning is much easier.  After juicing it took me a total of 15 minutes to clean the entire juicer by myself.  I split each stalk of cane in half like Luke recommended in his video and the juicing was extremely easy, so easy that a single person can easily do it by themselves. I ran each piece of cane through the juicer 3 times and I could have run it through another time to get more juice out of it but I was lazy.  With each pass of the cane through the machine, I folded the cane in half which made the turning of the flywheel more difficult.  The small tray that comes with the juicer can actually hold quite a lot of juice, approx 4 cups of juice. 

I still can't believe how much juice I got out of the old canes I used.  The juice was extremely delicious, I added some ginger and lime to the juice and also added some ice to dilute down the sweetness, I love sweet things but its almost too sweet without the ice.  Overall rating for this juicer is 8/10.  It works extremely well for its intended purpose and from what I can tell, it will last a long long time.  The only real issue I have with this unit is the finish on some of the stainless steal covers and the handle on the flywheel.  This unit is extremely easy to use.  There was one video with about 5 people holding this unit while juicing and I believe they had such a difficult time because they did not split their cane before putting it through the machine.  With the canes split, the flywheel is easy to turn.  It does get more difficult to turn as the thickness of what you are juicing increases but its still fairly easy. 

Luke, do you have any info on the new juicer?  What improvements is the new unit going to have?  I'll post some more pics in a bit.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 21, 2013, 06:57:02 PM

(http://s24.postimg.cc/pp92y1yb5/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/pp92y1yb5/)

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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 21, 2013, 07:00:22 PM
I recommend a cart of some sort for transporting the unit. It will make rinsing off the machine much easier.
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on December 21, 2013, 07:40:00 PM
I'm so jealous.

I'm so getting th machine.

Thanks for sharing simon.

I have a few questions

1. Are there 2 rollers or 3 rollers?

2. Did you try tightening down the 2 top knobs? If so does it feel like the plastic knobs will fall of if you tighten it to much?


I also found some difference in machines. Not sure if it just a picture or a Different model.

Look At the knobs on the picture below. They look like it made of metal.

Look at the handle on the wheel it's metal vs wood.


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This one only has 2 sections vs your has 3 section.



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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 22, 2013, 01:23:23 AM
Hey Mike,

My unit has three rollers. The black nobs that tighten down the spring are pretty solid but your concerns are valid. Me and black plastic nobs don't get along very well, I tend to over tighten things and I've broken more than my fair share of these types of nobs. The handle is an easy fix and replacing the black nobs with steal ones should also be very simple.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Pasca on December 22, 2013, 01:47:03 AM
Simon,

Thank you for the detailed review and feedback.  I like the fact that the pressor can be rinsed after use.  I definitely will grow some sugarcane and buy the machine to press for juice.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 28, 2013, 09:19:54 PM
One other minor thing I don't like about the juicer is the spigot on my machine is very stiff when turning it off and on. Even when it is in the on position, the flow of juice is slow so I don't even use the spigot anymore. I simply poor my juice into my cups directly from the collection tray. I'm loving this juicer and cleanup is very simple, at least much easier than I expected.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on December 29, 2013, 01:41:31 PM
Simon, thanks for the review.


That is one good looking trapiche! I like to try it out on my next visit to San Diego in March. I stop juicing canes in my Belleville it nearly burned out the motor.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 29, 2013, 05:26:20 PM
You are welcome JF,

Please come on down and try out the juicer for yourself. Bring your sugarcane and some containers for the juice. I can't believe how much juice I'm getting out of each cane. The juice is so delicious with some ice and lime juice or ginger. I was very surprised to find out that sugarcane juice is low glycemic index. The juice is also Basic in pH and has natural enzymes and vitamins, it's pretty much a very very sweet wheat grass with less chlorophyll taste. If anyone else wants to check out the juicer, just pm me or reply here. Bring your own cane because I just planted mine so I don't have any ready for juicing.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nch on December 29, 2013, 05:43:56 PM
Simon, I have never had sugar cane juice with ginger. Very interesting. I have had sugar cane juice with orange and mandarin juices. very good.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on December 29, 2013, 07:28:21 PM
You are welcome JF,

Please come on down and try out the juicer for yourself. Bring your sugarcane and some containers for the juice. I can't believe how much juice I'm getting out of each cane. The juice is so delicious with some ice and lime juice or ginger. I was very surprised to find out that sugarcane juice is low glycemic index. The juice is also Basic in pH and has natural enzymes and vitamins, it's pretty much a very very sweet wheat grass with less chlorophyll taste. If anyone else wants to check out the juicer, just pm me or reply here. Bring your own cane because I just planted mine so I don't have any ready for juicing.
Simon

Hey thanks Simon

I'll bring a few canes I love guarapo I drink it at Chinatown and Westminster....I'll give you heads up when  down there
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on January 02, 2014, 09:57:16 PM
Unless someone beats me to it, I'll be ordering a manual sugar cane juicer.

I met up with simon today and brought along some old sugarcane at least 1 month old if not older.

Simon was kind enough  to let me work out my Muscles on his machine.

The machine does what's it supposed to do.

Although the old sugarcane was old it still has some juice left in it and Simons machine squeezed it out of them. The pulp came out really dry.


Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: xshen on January 02, 2014, 10:08:08 PM
Are you going to order from your Chinese sources? With the canes we got from thao, I don't think a juicer is necessary anymore lol. They were so soft, I got a second box

Unless someone beats me to it, I'll be ordering a manual sugar cane juicer.

I met up with simon today and brought along some old sugarcane at least 1 month old if not older.

Simon was kind enough  to let me work out my Muscles on his machine.

The machine does what's it supposed to do.

Although the old sugarcane was old it still has some juice left in it and Simons machine squeezed it out of them. The pulp came out really dry.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on January 02, 2014, 10:36:38 PM
Are you going to order from your Chinese sources? With the canes we got from thao, I don't think a juicer is necessary anymore lol. They were so soft, I got a second box

Unless someone beats me to it, I'll be ordering a manual sugar cane juicer.

I met up with simon today and brought along some old sugarcane at least 1 month old if not older.

Simon was kind enough  to let me work out my Muscles on his machine.

The machine does what's it supposed to do.

Although the old sugarcane was old it still has some juice left in it and Simons machine squeezed it out of them. The pulp came out really dry.
Glad you liked that second box too :)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on January 02, 2014, 11:38:55 PM
Thao the manual juicer is quite useful  you should get it.


But the one with the motor might be better for you and your acres of cane.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on January 03, 2014, 12:26:37 AM
Still thinking of getting one, but just don't know when. If and when I do get one, will let you guys know.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: xshen on January 03, 2014, 12:49:48 AM
Where can I get a nice cane peeler in the states?

The one to the left:
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: thao on January 03, 2014, 02:01:59 AM
Have you checked the many local Asian stores around there? I think, I've seen the big blade one before at my local Asian store before. We have a lot of SE Asian here in this part of the central valley, which mean a lot of Asian stores as well. I think I saw it at the Vietnamese or Thai store.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on February 17, 2014, 09:28:22 PM
Please let me know if anyone finds a good sugarcane knife/stripper. I'm afraid the lower quality knives can have lead in the blades. Thanks,
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on February 19, 2014, 12:27:16 AM
I like all the useful info on this Thread. I'm also looking for an easy to clean/use Sugar Cane Juicer that is low maintenance.
There's nothing quite as refreshing/nutruitious as a freshly squeezed, sugar cane juice drink, with ice and a dash of fresh lime juice.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: palmtreeluke on March 16, 2014, 02:19:45 PM
Wanted to show you guys what i've been up to!

We are working on a new order and hope to have the tropical fruit peelers(great for sugarcane, mangos, avocado, and papaya (basically any large fruit.) they can be serviced and sharpened by removing the guard and sharpening the blade with the screws(cheaper Chinese models have rivets!)

We also hooked up  an electric motor to the manual crank GPF-1 juicer to make more juice faster, check it out: http://youtu.be/CtaNT_My7b8 (http://youtu.be/CtaNT_My7b8)

our pre-order for the 2014 models will begin next month and be discounted price.

HAPPY JUICING! 8)


Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NaturalGreenthumb on March 16, 2014, 02:31:17 PM
Wanted to show you guys what i've been up to!

We are working on a new order and hope to have the tropical fruit peelers(great for sugarcane, mangos, avocado, and papaya (basically any large fruit.) they can be serviced and sharpened by removing the guard and sharpening the blade with the screws(cheaper Chinese models have rivets!)

We also hooked up  an electric motor to the manual crank GPF-1 juicer to make more juice faster, check it out: http://youtu.be/CtaNT_My7b8 (http://youtu.be/CtaNT_My7b8)

our pre-order for the 2014 models will begin next month and be discounted price.

HAPPY JUICING! 8)

I'd remove that handle.looks mighty dangerous if you accidentally bump into it. Lois like it can cause some some serious injury to someone.

Whats the specs on the belt and where did you get it?

And can you provide some info on how you set up the motor with the pully
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: palmtreeluke on March 16, 2014, 02:43:10 PM
Yes, its can be a dangerous machine, the handle can easily be unbolted for safety and a housing cover can be made if you are industrious. I operate it from the opposite side.

The motors and belts come from a wholesale supplier but they are standard electric continuous duty motors with cradle mounts. this model is 1/3HP. We can supply you with belts, motors and pulleys if you have a GPF 1 juicer and want to motorize it. The pulleys we use take A style belts. length is dependent on mounting distance.

We are manufacturing new carts/stands that will have caster and mounts for our juicers. they will include a spot to mount an electric motor. Or you can keep it manual crank. It takes about 3 seconds to revert back to manual crank by removing the rubber belt.

The benefit is having the two options to manually crank in off grid applications or if power is out, or motorize it and get to making some serious juice.

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: palmtreeluke on May 09, 2014, 11:57:56 PM
just an update!

we started our preorder on the manual crank sugar cane juicers, we also are offering the carts and motor kits so you can add an electric motor to your juicer. check it out. www.greenplanetfarm.com (http://www.greenplanetfarm.com)

tropicalfruitforum members can take $20 off entire order just send me an email. thanks!

Luke
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: bangkok on May 10, 2014, 03:55:13 PM
Yes that spinning handle looks very dangerous but also the uncovered spinning wheel. I guess this machine is not allowed in Europe where safety goes first. It just needs a cover so all spinning parts are hidden inside the machine.



Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: palmtreeluke on May 19, 2014, 10:48:28 PM
Thanks for the feedback. We are always developing ways to improve it. yes the handle should have been removed and we will look into fabricating a stainless guard to cover the belt.

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Doglips on May 29, 2014, 03:04:02 PM
Really needs a kill switch, or at least foot pedal control.

Motorized absolutely could kill someone.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on May 29, 2014, 07:33:50 PM
I purchased the manual crank sugarcane juicer from GPF a while back and I love that I can use it around my children without having to worry about their safety. The manual crank is easy enough to use that my 3 year old daughter was able to squeeze some juice when I cut the canes in half. I really think a crank juicer is a must for anyone growing sugarcane.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: palmtreeluke on June 23, 2014, 12:06:22 PM
I purchased the manual crank sugarcane juicer from GPF a while back and I love that I can use it around my children without having to worry about their safety. The manual crank is easy enough to use that my 3 year old daughter was able to squeeze some juice when I cut the canes in half. I really think a crank juicer is a must for anyone growing sugarcane.
Simon

Hey Simon,

Glad you are really enjoying your juicer. I agree, it is a must have for anyone growing cane.  You can enjoy your fruits of the labor much easier. I am real excited for the new models coming in stock next Month, the GPF-2.

A kill switch would be a good idea for the motorized version. The idea with these machines is to make and develop a high quality sugar cane juicer at a good price. 

Happy growing!
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on June 24, 2014, 12:04:03 AM
I'm still juicing sugarcane. At first, I thought I would only use my juicer occasionally but I find I use it quite often because I love showing this machine to my friends. Many of my friends have never tried fresh pressed sugarcane juice before and they can't believe how great and sweet it tastes. I've learned to put lots of ice in my sugarcane juice in order to avoid it being overly sweet and this in effect will double the volume of juice I have.

It's really incredible how much juice I get out of a few pieces of sugarcane. The best part is that fresh pressed juice is supposed to be Alkaline and has many health benefits. It is also low glycemic index even though it is so sweet. It's pretty much a super sweet wheat grass.

I've been juicing so much even though my sugarcane was recently planted. I can't wait for the day when my backyard sugarcane is ready to be harvested for juice. I'm currently ordering sugarcane from my friends store and also collecting and growing different types of cane from the various ethnic markets .
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: jcaldeira on June 24, 2014, 03:28:38 AM
Is the clean-up quick and easy with this juicer?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on June 25, 2014, 04:10:48 PM
I have the older model and initial cleaning is a pain but normal post use cleaning only takes me about 5 minutes. The older unit is heavy so having a cart for it will make cleaning much easier. I just use a stiff bristle brush and a hose to spray it down. If you already have a patch of sugar cane growing, I would highly recommend purchasing this type of sugarcane juicer over a regular fruit juicer. You will quickily burn out a regular fruit juicer even if you cut the cane into small pieces. I expect the older model I purchased to last a lifetime. I have not tested out the new model yet but it appears to be a much better design.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: ben mango on August 31, 2014, 11:38:34 AM
does anyone know what brand of machine this is? I saw it being used in Davao, Philippines... I was impressed with how silent it is...

nearly silent electric sugar cane press - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeTWzuddwI#)





Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on September 02, 2014, 12:04:03 AM
does anyone know what brand of machine this is? I saw it being used in Davao, Philippines... I was impressed with how silent it is...


That sugar cane juicer looks similar to the ones in the Cuban food/juice markets in Miami, FL, USA. What I like about them is that they are encased and thus the dust is kept at bay. I suppose that to find who sells them and at what price, it's best to do some kind of search for supermarket supplies and equipment. I've always been perplexed at how sugar cane juicers have not gotten perfected and improved to a more compact and manageable size.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: RiceRice on October 09, 2014, 02:53:53 PM
Hello All,

Does anyone knows any suppliers for Bulk amount of Sugar Cane Stick for juice in California?
How much is cost per pound of Sugar Cane Stick?

Thanks All for any information.

Regard,

Rice
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 09, 2014, 06:24:24 PM
does anyone know what brand of machine this is? I saw it being used in Davao, Philippines... I was impressed with how silent it is...

nearly silent electric sugar cane press - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeTWzuddwI#)

Ben, check out this company for electric sugarcane juicers. There machines are stainless steel and well designed. I still much prefer the hand crank ones. Very safe, quiet and will last a lifetime. I use mine very often and I even let my friend that sells fresh squeezed sugarcane juice borrow my hand crank model to use in his shop because the customers like to see a show.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 09, 2014, 06:28:04 PM
Hello All,

Does anyone knows any suppliers for Bulk amount of Sugar Cane Stick for juice in California?
How much is cost per pound of Sugar Cane Stick?

Thanks All for any information.

Regard,

Rice

Hello rice, CA grown sugarcane can be expensive because it takes longer to grow here and land is expensive. You may want to contact thao from this forum because his family has a plot of land that grows sugarcane. I'm not sure if he sells bulk or at all but he was nice enough to share some of his black sugarcane with me last year.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: ben mango on October 09, 2014, 07:21:49 PM
does anyone know what brand of machine this is? I saw it being used in Davao, Philippines... I was impressed with how silent it is...

nearly silent electric sugar cane press - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeTWzuddwI#)

Ben, check out this company for electric sugarcane juicers. There machines are stainless steel and well designed. I still much prefer the hand crank ones. Very safe, quiet and will last a lifetime. I use mine very often and I even let my friend that sells fresh squeezed sugarcane juice borrow my hand crank model to use in his shop because the customers like to see a show.
Simon

Which company,?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 09, 2014, 07:40:44 PM
Whoops, forgot to paste the link. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbFDCag0L0 (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbFDCag0L0)
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 09, 2014, 08:01:46 PM
The company is called Tubo biz and they have multiple videos on YouTube. They have a small tabletop model that may work for you. I believe the Tubobiz model juicer is quieter than the video you posted. If you are looking for a juicer for personal use, consider a manual crank, it is so quiet, you can juice in your home at night without waking the family. All the electric juicers I've personally seen makes some very audible sounds that may be enough to wake people.
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: ben mango on October 09, 2014, 08:09:49 PM
thanks
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Recher on October 09, 2014, 08:48:28 PM
I regularly see them for sale in Malaysia.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on December 08, 2014, 09:31:28 PM
After getting the Breville BJE820XL Juice Fountain Duo Juicer and juicing some good priced organic carrots like there's no tomorrow, I hesitantly decided to do what had been on my mind for months, to find out whether this powerful juicer can handle juicing sugar cane.

Although I was very worried that I would end up breaking this brand new user, I was curious and had to find out.

I cut two long stalks of sugar cane into small pieces so that the juicer could handle them easier, then I proceeded to feed the pieces into the juicer.

Somewhat immediately, as the juicer was spitting out the sugar cane fiber out one end and the juice flowing out the other, this process was producing uncomfortably loud popping sounds as the fiber was being spit out. The sound was disagreeably loud.

After a few seconds, the normal sound of the motor changed, as if something was holding it back and at such time, I immediately turned it off and unplugged it from the electrical power outlet. And, sure enough, after looking inside, the fine dry powder had compacted and was obstructing the rotation of the spinning blade.

After close inspection, the machine extracted all of the juice out of the sugar cane, because all of the fibrous part of the sugar cane was turned into a fine, dry, powder.

Finally, I drank the produced sugar cane juice. The final verdict with me is that sugar cane juice produced by the conventional pressing method tastes much better than the juice produced by this juicer using the spinning blade, centripetal force method.

So, back to the old drawing board, the search continues for the best designed and functioning sugar cane juicer.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: bsbullie on December 08, 2014, 09:38:22 PM
Oscar and others posted this very "dilemma", you need a sugar cane press to juice cane.  Oh, dont try fresh hard coconut  either, will cause a similar problem as the sugar cane.

I guess some have to learn the hard way...
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: From the sea on December 09, 2014, 06:10:15 AM
I have a omega 8006 cold press juicer, works for coconut but the cane juice ends up full of fiber. 
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 09, 2014, 08:20:14 AM
I highly recommend the manual crank sugar cane juicer. It was specifically designed to juice sugar cane and works perfectly for this. You can also juice ginger with it. I still use mine quite often. There is also a newer model than the one I got that is better design. If you grow sugarcane, it's a must have piece of equipment.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Luisport on December 09, 2014, 08:22:00 AM
I highly recommend the manual crank sugar cane juicer. It was specifically designed to juice sugar cane and works perfectly for this. You can also juice ginger with it. I still use mine quite often. There is also a newer model than the one I got that is better design. If you grow sugarcane, it's a must have piece of equipment.

Simon
Do you have a link or image of this to see? Thank's!
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 09, 2014, 07:03:18 PM
Here is the machine I got. I also purchased it from GPF. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4PW9pMyIsnM

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on December 10, 2014, 08:07:33 PM
In the video, it looks easy to operate and has a compact design, I can't wait to get one, 'thanx.'

I think that this is the best, non-electric, domestic sugar-cane juicing machine that I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: zands on December 10, 2014, 10:28:00 PM
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 18, 2014, 11:06:01 AM
LEOOEL, the video is the GPF1, that is the older model that I have. There is a little rust I had to clean off but it's definitely industrial strength and will last a long time. If you had the extra cash, I would get the GPF2 which is slightly better designed. Also, if you read the earlier posts, you can get these juicers for cheaper from overseas but you risk getting damaged equipment and false representations with pictures of wrong machines. I'm pretty sure the machines from GPF are ordered from overseas but at least their machines are already in the states and they have a one year guarantee. I am definitely very happy with my purchase.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on December 19, 2014, 06:44:01 PM
I'm planning to check out that GPF2 machine, thanks. I love this Thread and I love doing the research on these juicing machines, it's 'kinda' part of the fun of the whole process.

BTW, growing our own sugar-cane and press-juicing the fruit, is probably more healthy than buying freshly squeezed juice at a commercial store. The sugar cane that's used for juicing at the commercial store, may have pesticide residue on it. Which, over the long term, could be detrimental to the overall health.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: waterlock on December 19, 2014, 10:37:59 PM
Dear All,

you have motorised sugar cane juicer in india which shall cost you around 550 USD

regards

kirubagaran
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: EvilFruit on February 23, 2015, 08:28:25 AM
does anyone know what brand of machine this is? I saw it being used in Davao, Philippines... I was impressed with how silent it is...

nearly silent electric sugar cane press - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeTWzuddwI#)

QJH-L100A – Sugar Cane Juice Extractor

I found it here in Dubai.

http://www.sawasuae.com/index.php/qjh-l100a-sugar-cane-juice-extractor/ (http://www.sawasuae.com/index.php/qjh-l100a-sugar-cane-juice-extractor/)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: EvilFruit on February 23, 2015, 10:34:33 AM
sugar cane extractor QJH QJH-L100A

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Mjk3WDI2NA==/z/k~wAAOSwuMFUkz83/$_12.JPG)

US $1,350.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/sugar-cane-extractor-QJH-QJH-L100A-/251761889195?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9e2d8fab (http://www.ebay.com/itm/sugar-cane-extractor-QJH-QJH-L100A-/251761889195?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9e2d8fab)

 :o It's very expensive in the USA. Here in Dubai i found it for about $650.


Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 24, 2015, 11:29:14 PM
I've been using my manual crank sugarcane juicer waaaay more than I expected. I used it about 8-10 times in the last three weeks. I just love fresh squeezed sugarcane juice! Here's a picture of some juice I just squeezed. This variety of cane is great because the juice stays yellow till the next day if you squeeze a little lime into it as an antioxidant.

Anyways, I've been juicing a lot and I'm growing many different varieties of sugarcane so I thought about attaching the flywheel of my manual crank sugarcane juicer to a bike so that I can juice my cane easier and get some cardio at the same time. I did a YouTube search and it appears others have already put this contraption together.

I can easily buy an electric motor to attract to my unit but I like the idea of a bike powered juicer. I especially like it being more environmentally friendly as well as it most likely being more quiet and able to run without electricity.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b71AGXNOQRI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b71AGXNOQRI)
Simon
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on April 28, 2015, 09:17:46 PM
In the video, it looks easy to operate and has a compact design, I can't wait to get one, 'thanx.'

I think that this is the best, non-electric, domestic sugar-cane juicing machine that I've ever seen.
There's really only one best way to drink sugar cane juice, and that's freshly squeezed sugar cane juice.

I feel like I'm being cornered and thus getting closer to the point of buying some type/kind of Sugar Cane Juicer.

What I mean is, during the last two times I was trying to get a freshly squeezed sugar cane juice fix, I realized I couldn't get my sugar cane juice how I really wanted it.

At one popular store, I ordered some squeezed on the spot, sugar cane juice. The friendly young lady, who's been working there for years, had just been handling dollar bills and currency from customers just before handling the sugar cane to be squeezed, and that I was just about to drink. She even patted the back of the owner of the establishment when he passed by her. And, no, she did not wash her hands before handling the sugar canes with her bare hands. Now, I'm not against injesting some germs to prod the immune system, but this is at a whole different level.

Another day on a different sugar cane juice selling store, I noticed that the person handling the squeezing of the sugar cane juice that I was about to have, had gloves on! Nice touch! Nevertheless, I'm quite sure that the sugar cane in question came with pesticides on it, and some of it would go into the juice that I was about to drink. I suppose the same could be said for juice from other fruit sources.

In conclusion, I can't help but think that the only way to drink a truly healthy sugar cane juice is for me to grow my own sugar cane, which I am, and personally juice sugar cane with a sugar cane juicer, which I'm getting closer to buying.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on April 28, 2015, 09:24:11 PM
I've been using my manual crank sugarcane juicer waaaay more than I expected. I used it about 8-10 times in the last three weeks. I just love fresh squeezed sugarcane juice! Here's a picture of some juice I just squeezed. This variety of cane is great because the juice stays yellow till the next day if you squeeze a little lime into it as an antioxidant.

Anyways, I've been juicing a lot and I'm growing many different varieties of sugarcane so I thought about attaching the flywheel of my manual crank sugarcane juicer to a bike so that I can juice my cane easier and get some cardio at the same time. I did a YouTube search and it appears others have already put this contraption together.

I can easily buy an electric motor to attract to my unit but I like the idea of a bike powered juicer. I especially like it being more environmentally friendly as well as it most likely being more quiet and able to run without electricity.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b71AGXNOQRI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b71AGXNOQRI)
Simon
(http://s30.postimg.cc/mufjadtkd/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/mufjadtkd/)

(http://s30.postimg.cc/y5i6yr0fh/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/y5i6yr0fh/)

Jesus Simon, you are torturing us ;D Lucky for us we have Westminster and Chinatown right around the corner. I go on Sunday to drink guarapo and eat fritters.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 28, 2015, 11:35:42 PM
LEOOEL, if you only knew the life of a dollar bill! Think making it rain and you'll catch my drift, lol! I really do recommend getting a juicer if you're a sugarcane juice fanatic like I am. If you aren't growing any cane right now, you should start now so that you'll have an endless supply of organic sugarcane that you cane squeeze at your leisure. I get strange sweet tooth cravings and I've had late night cravings for sugarcane juice and all I had to do was go into my backyard and cut down some cane and run it through my juicer.

JF, your guarapo craving will be satisfied soon enough. Every time someone mentions sugarcane juice, I get the craving. Heading to the backyard now!

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JF on April 29, 2015, 12:55:30 PM
LEOOEL, if you only knew the life of a dollar bill! Think making it rain and you'll catch my drift, lol! I really do recommend getting a juicer if you're a sugarcane juice fanatic like I am. If you aren't growing any cane right now, you should start now so that you'll have an endless supply of organic sugarcane that you cane squeeze at your leisure. I get strange sweet tooth cravings and I've had late night cravings for sugarcane juice and all I had to do was go into my backyard and cut down some cane and run it through my juicer.

JF, your guarapo craving will be satisfied soon enough. Every time someone mentions sugarcane juice, I get the craving. Heading to the backyard now!

Simon
Simon
What has been the best tasting cane for you? I expect to have cinta and Cristalina
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 29, 2015, 06:55:01 PM
For me personally, it's a three way tie. If I had to pick only one, the best tasting sugarcane is probably a  local no name variety which I am calling San Diego Yellow. It is a small thin cane usually around 1 inch in diameter with a yellowish skin color. It is extremely sweet and does not oxidize as fast as many of the other varieties I've sampled. Also, the thin canes make it much easier for juicing. I'm growing this cane but they are too young to harvest. I will work with my friend that originally supplied them to me so that I can bring a bundle to the Mango tasting for everyone to sample. The taste of the San Diego Yellow is pure and clean yet it has just a touch of mineral taste to give it some character.

A very very close second is the Asian Black cane. This cane is very uniform in its size and is very soft and very sweet. It's taste is ultra pure as if it's been triple filtered through charcoal and it has very very little to no mineral taste. Some people may prefer this clean tasting juice. The flavor might be influenced by my growing condition, not exactly sure. The downside to the Asian Black cane is that the juice comes out very dark if you don't peel the cane and I don't peel my cane. The peel is supposed to have healthy stuff in it so I leave it on. I always wash my canes very carefully to remove dirt.

My third choice is the Green and Red Striped cane which is thick and bulges out in the middle of the sections. It is very sweet and has a very high mineral taste which some people may prefer. My canes are in various stages of growth and my top picks may change as I get to taste each variety when they are fully ripe.

I have removed several varieties from my collection because I did not like the taste including an Indian variety and also the common green variety. I am waiting to taste a fully ripe Yelliw Gal and a purple variety which is possibly the same as the Asian Black. I got the Purple from Exotica.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on April 30, 2015, 09:36:00 AM
LEOOEL, if you only knew the life of a dollar bill! Think making it rain and you'll catch my drift, lol! I really do recommend getting a juicer if you're a sugarcane juice fanatic like I am. If you aren't growing any cane right now, you should start now so that you'll have an endless supply of organic sugarcane that you cane squeeze at your leisure. I get strange sweet tooth cravings and I've had late night cravings for sugarcane juice and all I had to do was go into my backyard and cut down some cane and run it through my juicer.

JF, your guarapo craving will be satisfied soon enough. Every time someone mentions sugarcane juice, I get the craving. Heading to the backyard now!

Simon
Yeah, I get your drift.

A sugar cane juicer is similar to a coffee maker in the sense that it involves social and cultural affairs. Therefore, deciding on the appropriate Sugar Cane Juicer and the location where it'll be used is an important consideration, along with budget consideration. This process may sound tedious, but if done right, I expect it to pay off in the enjoyment of the ultimate setup/outcome.

One thing is for certain, at least in my case, to keep purchasing sugar cane juice as mentioned above, would seem to fall somewhere between 'living la vida loca' and 'playing Russian roulette.'
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NewGen on April 30, 2015, 07:28:58 PM
Simon (or anyone else),

How much, or little, water does sugarcane like. Mine has been growing OK, but not as prolific as I'd like.
Thanks,
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on May 03, 2015, 12:27:47 AM
For fastest growth, I water three times per week according to our drought watering schedule. They are a grass and they like water. Because of their fast growth rate in warm weather, they also like fertilizer.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 12, 2015, 12:48:45 AM
Here's a quick update of some of the sugarcane I've been growing. My kids wanted some sugarcane juice so I chopped a couple pieces down and was surprised at how tall they got. The tallest canes are 14-16 feet with about 5-6 feet of sweet usable cane. Usually the sugarcane is sweetest in the Winter but these two varieties are already much too sweet to drink un diluted. I fill a glass half full of ice or else it's just too much sweetness. These varieties are Asian Black and San Diego Yellow.
Simon
(http://s7.postimg.cc/sfwv5pu87/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/sfwv5pu87/)

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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on November 05, 2015, 10:54:23 PM
After getting the Breville BJE820XL Juice Fountain Duo Juicer and juicing some good priced organic carrots like there's no tomorrow, I hesitantly decided to do what had been on my mind for months, to find out whether this powerful juicer can handle juicing sugar cane.

Although I was very worried that I would end up breaking this brand new user, I was curious and had to find out.

I cut two long stalks of sugar cane into small pieces so that the juicer could handle them easier, then I proceeded to feed the pieces into the juicer.

Somewhat immediately, as the juicer was spitting out the sugar cane fiber out one end and the juice flowing out the other, this process was producing uncomfortably loud popping sounds as the fiber was being spit out. The sound was disagreeably loud.

After a few seconds, the normal sound of the motor changed, as if something was holding it back and at such time, I immediately turned it off and unplugged it from the electrical power outlet. And, sure enough, after looking inside, the fine dry powder had compacted and was obstructing the rotation of the spinning blade.

After close inspection, the machine extracted all of the juice out of the sugar cane, because all of the fibrous part of the sugar cane was turned into a fine, dry, powder.

Finally, I drank the produced sugar cane juice. The final verdict with me is that sugar cane juice produced by the conventional pressing method tastes much better than the juice produced by this juicer using the spinning blade, centripetal force method.

So, back to the old drawing board, the search continues for the best designed and functioning sugar cane juicer.

Update on my experiment to use the 'Breville BJE820XL Juice Fountain Duo Juicer' as a sugar cane juicer:

It's been almost a full year of not using my 'Breville...' juicer. In all honestly, I was afraid to find out if I had ruined it in the above sugar-cane experiment.

Well, I finally decided to find out. And, I'm very pleased to report that my 'Breville...' juicer is still in top shape. I've been juicing carrots, apples, veggies... for the past 2 weeks like there is no tomorrow. This machine is absolutely amazing IMO. I love to use it, it's easy to clean, and it's just an aesthetically beautiful machine to look at. Before I purchased it, I worried about the noise level in the kitchen to be somewhat that of a jet engine. But, fortunately, I do not find it at all bothersome. On the contrary, I find the noise to be somewhat technologically soothing.

I do wish a sugar-cane juicer machine existed that had similar characteristics to my 'Breville...' juicer, or at least came somewhat close to it.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: raimeiken on November 06, 2015, 03:43:33 PM
Here's a quick update of some of the sugarcane I've been growing. My kids wanted some sugarcane juice so I chopped a couple pieces down and was surprised at how tall they got. The tallest canes are 14-16 feet with about 5-6 feet of sweet usable cane. Usually the sugarcane is sweetest in the Winter but these two varieties are already much too sweet to drink un diluted. I fill a glass half full of ice or else it's just too much sweetness. These varieties are Asian Black and San Diego Yellow.
Simon
(http://s7.postimg.cc/sfwv5pu87/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/sfwv5pu87/)

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Those are tall sugarcanes! I planted some Asian black this spring and they're only around 5-6ft tall. What do you feed yours with?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on November 07, 2015, 03:13:22 PM
I feed my sugarcane with Azomite Rock dust and whatever old fertilizer I have laying around. I amended their planting bed with lots of organic amendments, compost, cottonseed meal, kelp meal, blood meal before I planted the cane. The cane also grows very fast if you water it like a grass.

I also have sugarcane in large pots and they don't grow nearly as fast. Their is a lot of surface area to each stalk of cane and growing sugarcane in a pot challenges the grower with keeping up with water demands. We have a drought in California so I can only water my potted plants twice a week and I guesstimate they pretty much need daily watering so to thrive.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: jcaldeira on November 07, 2015, 09:54:30 PM
What has been the best tasting cane for you? I expect to have cinta and Cristalina

The same cane cultivar will taste different depending on its state of maturity, part of the cane plant, and environmental factors.   Here in Fiji, one reason cane is grown on the the dry side of the largest islands is because the stress from lack of rain gets the brix (sugar) of the juice up to 25% or so. 

If the cane is harvested before at least some flower tassels are in bloom, the brix won't be as high.  Also, cane sections nearest the ground level have the higher sugar content.

I realize there are other taste differences between cultivars, but a high brix is always nice!
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: RypRyp on December 31, 2016, 02:26:02 AM
Does anybody know where one can buy a Sugar Cane juicer???


http://www.ebay.com/itm/10T-Hand-Type-Hydraulic-Fruit-Sugar-Cane-Juicer-/171769017668 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/10T-Hand-Type-Hydraulic-Fruit-Sugar-Cane-Juicer-/171769017668)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: pineislander on December 31, 2016, 01:15:06 PM
I ran across this very simple and primitive tool for juicing cane, and may make one some day. It should cost exactly nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVy7EigDjU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVy7EigDjU)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 11, 2018, 11:38:52 AM
I’ve been using my GPF-1 juicer for many years now and I haven’t had any issues with it but my sugarcane plants have grown enormous and I have so much juicing to do that I decided to motorize my juicer. I checked out Luke’s website and knew he had a motor kit that would fit my GPF-1 so I emailed him and ordered the kit.

https://greenplanetfarm.com/collections/all

I just placed my order today so it will be a bit before I receive and assemble the unit but it should make juicing larger volumes of sugarcane a much easier task.

Normally when I’m hand cranking, I can juice 1 gallon pretty easily but when I juice 2 gallons for parties, I break a heavy sweat and don’t have to go to the gym that night.

The motorized unit is extremely dangerous and you have to be very very careful when moving around the belt and pulley. Absolutely no kids, pets or alcohol when it’s motorized.

Simon

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 11, 2018, 12:09:36 PM
My Asian Black Sugarcane is absolutely delicious and soft, great for chewing because there are less fibers but for this same reason, it is not the best for juicing because the lack of fibers causes the spent canes to fall apart after the first press.

My favorite juicing sugarcane is what I call San Diego Yellow. I tested out about 10 different varieties of sugarcane and this variety along with Asian Black were my favorites.

I received my San Diego Yellow sugarcane cuttings from my friend and owner of The Fruit Shop here in San Diego. He tried out many different varieties and this was the best variety he found and I agreed.

When I first received my cuttings of SDY from my friend, his only complaint was that the canes were really small diameter which is actually not a bad thing when juicing because you don’t have to cut the canes in half.

He said the lady that was growing the canes were growing it in her front yard and didn’t water it much. I believe I posted pictures of the bundles of canes earlier on in this thread. Anyways, the canes were very small diameter the first year but after I increased watering and threw on some excess fertilizer, the canes started growing like crazy.

Some of my SDY Yellow canes have more than 10 feet of trimmed usable cane and the larger diameter canes have a diameter of about 2.5 inches and a rough circumference of 6.5 inches. At first, I hated these larger canes because I had to cut them into 1/4-1/2 in order to juice them so I had to hand crank 2-4 times as much but now I’m thinking that with a motorized unit, it will no longer be an issue and can even have benefits.

After juicing for so many years, I realize that cleaning the sugarcanes is the hardest part of the job. Growing cane is easy, juicing is easy, cleaning the juicer is easy but cleaning is a pain in the ass. You have to strip all the leaves and I hand scrub every single cane top to bottom.

I recently realized that the thicker canes aren’t so bad because there is fewer number of canes to clean per volume of juice. For me, it’s much easier to clean two big canes than 6 smaller ones. It also appears that I get so much more juice from one big cane compared to 2-3 smaller canes. I think it has to do with the equation that relates the volume of a cylinder increasing significantly with an increase in diameter or radius of the cylinder but that’s more than I want to get into at this time.

Here are some pictures of my Asian Black and San Diego Yellow canes. I’ll be sure to update when I get my motor kit assembled.

Asian Black
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Asian Black baby plants

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Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 11, 2018, 12:29:28 PM
Here’s a big San Diego Yellow
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Here’s a sidegrowth I pulled off an older cane. It’s almost as big as the underwatered canes I originally received from my friend.
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Notice the roots coming off the sideshoots. Brad and I will be planting these babies at our orchard.

Here’s what a patch of San Diego Yellow looks like. I neglect my patch so excuse the mess.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 11, 2018, 12:32:38 PM
Pic
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Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 19, 2018, 08:57:40 PM
I received the electric motor for my sugarcane juicer today. I just have to set up a stand, cut some wood, wire the motor and find the appropriate belt. It’ll probably take me a week or two to get it assembled as I don’t have much free time but I’ll update when it’s all done.
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Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: WGphil on October 20, 2018, 11:15:45 AM
Fruitscapes sells fresh cane juice

I had the cane and ginger and it was great and juiced as we watched.

Thinking about a cane juicer also
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: LEOOEL on October 20, 2018, 04:51:33 PM
After careful consideration, Motorized Sugar Cane Juicer is the best way to go, IMO.

The best location for a Sugar Cane Juicer at Home is in an Outdoors Kitchen in a residential House. I’ve personally never cared much about an Outdoors Kitchen because it would occupy valuable fruit tree space. But, an Outdoors Kitchen that includes a Sugar Cane Juicer, I must concede, is a great reason to have one.

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 23, 2018, 10:04:49 PM
Fresh Sugarcane juice is absolutely amazing! I can’t get enough of the juice. I mix the sugarcane juice with so many other fruit and vegetable juices from my yard. Besides some of the juice mixes I already mentioned, I like to mix sugarcane juice with Watermelon juice.

Sometimes I’ll buy a watermelon that isn’t as sweet as I want so I end up juicing it but the juice is not very sweet. After mixing the watermelon juice with my sugarcane juice, it comes out perfect.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 24, 2018, 11:34:26 PM
I assembled the sugarcane stand and received my motor kit. All I need to do is find the right size fan belt and then bolt everything down.
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Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 25, 2018, 12:17:37 AM
After careful consideration, Motorized Sugar Cane Juicer is the best way to go, IMO.

The best location for a Sugar Cane Juicer at Home is in an Outdoors Kitchen in a residential House. I’ve personally never cared much about an Outdoors Kitchen because it would occupy valuable fruit tree space. But, an Outdoors Kitchen that includes a Sugar Cane Juicer, I must concede, is a great reason to have one.

Leoel, an electric sugarcane juicer is great to have if you don’t care about exercise, noise or the need to have electricity. Electric juicers will save you a lot of sweat and if you get a strong and expensive unit, you can juice massive amounts of cane in a short period of time.

For me personally, even though I am motorizing my unit, I would recommend a sugarcane juicer that has the ability to juice sugarcane manually. A manual juicer hardly makes any noise so you can even juice in the dead of night when everyone else is in deep sleep.

The manual crank juicers also give you a great workout which will help you to burn some of the sugars, it definitely gets my heart pumping when I manually juice 1 gallon or more. For someone not so fit, juicing 1/2 gallon can get you tired and sweating.

One of the best reasons to get a manual crank juicer is because you don’t need electricity. I know there are some preppers out there and if there were a natural disaster, prolonged power outage or the water supply got contaminated, you can still get nutrition and fluid from sugarcane juice.

Once a patch of sugarcane gets established, they can survive for long periods of time without irrigation. In the highly unlikely event that our water supply were cut off due to some unforeseen disaster, an electric only sugarcane juicer will be of little help although I’m sure there are those skillful enough to convert and electric model into a manual model.

With the setup I have, I can manually juice if I want just a small amount of juice. With the electric motor kit, I can dramatically speed things up and crank out a lot more juice if I wanted more juice for a party or other large gathering.

In a YouTube video I saw, someone mentioned that someone they knew threw a party and bought a brand new electric sugarcane juicer and a ton of fresh sugarcane and when they plugged in the machine, it was already broken. They weren’t able to fix the machine and the sugarcane pretty much was wasted.

If they had a dual purpose unit, at least they would be able to crank out some juice.

I’ve brought my manual sugarcane juicer to many parties and the partygoers always want to try juicing their own cane juice. One sip of the fresh sugarcane juice and the people are hooked!

I’ve had people asking me if I added sugar to the juice even though I clearly juiced the cane right in front of their eyes. The next question is usually “where can I get a juicer like that”, then comes “ how much does something like that cost” followed by “is it easy to grow sugarcane”?

On a side note, several people asked me how much juice I get from one stalk of Sugarcane? Well, it depends on the variety and the size of the cane. Here in SoCal, it takes about 1.5 years to get large sized canes. If you water and fertilize frequently, it will grow much faster. I neglect my canes, and most my other plants so it takes me 1.5 years to get the 2+ inch thick canes.

The large 2 inch plus canes are only this large towards the bottom and it gets narrower at the tip of the plant. An approximately 10 foot section of my larger San Diego Yellow sugarcane will yield roughly 1/2-3/4 gallon of juice.

This is a lot of juice if you take into consideration that hardly anyone I know will drink the juice straight. People may try a sip or two straight but soon realize that it’s much better if diluted by 1/3-1/2 with ice, water, citrus juice or a combination of these.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on October 30, 2018, 03:07:06 PM
I finally got the motor and belt put together. Here’s the contraption:

(https://i.postimg.cc/mPwrPXsf/BFE65-AD1-5-F46-4-DB7-8-E4-C-7-F5-AE232287-F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mPwrPXsf)

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I turned the unit on last night and everything ran fine. I have not run any cane through yet but I will soon.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on May 24, 2019, 03:38:50 PM
I haven’t made Sugarcane juice for several months now and I forgot to report back how the motorized unit works. Well, it works great. It makes juicing so much easier although I am getting a lot less exercise now. It is still a difficult task cleaning the sugarcane stalks and I get plenty of exercise doing this but at least I can relax during the juicing portion.

I can now juice a full gallon of juice relatively easily and doing several gallons is much easier now compared to doing it manually.

My main issue with the motorized unit is that it doesn’t have enough torque to power through large pieces of cane. My Sugarcane is typically thick to I have to cut the medium sized canes in half and my larger pieces need to be quartered. If you run thick pieces through the unit, it will just stall and I have to power it down and reverse the wheel manually.

The second issue with the motorized unit is that for some reason, my juice seems to have more bits of fiber in it. To circumvent this issue, I simply filter the juice through a single layer of cheese cloth.

I tried to run the juice through a coffee filter but it clogged instantly.

Here’s the final product

The San Diego Yellow juice, still yellow after 24 hours. I added lemon juice as an antioxidant
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The Asian Black juice. The juice color is dark because I juice with the skin on so the color from the peel comes off with the juice. The juice from the Asian Black is exceptionally good this year.

These two Sugarcane varieties are must haves for anyone who loves Sugarcane juice. I don’t give my kids soda so this is a real treat for my two daughters. The Sugarcane plant is like a giant sweet Wheatgrass that can uptake all the good nutrients in the soil so if you feed your plants with good nutrients, you can expect the plant to suck up some of those nutrients which goes back into the juice you drink.
Juice from the Asian Black Sugarcane
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Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: ben mango on May 24, 2019, 06:26:08 PM
thats very cool and looks tasty
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Mugenia on May 24, 2019, 06:33:46 PM
Cool. I bought your SD yellow and Asian black sugarcane from you via Spaugh. They are lemongrass-size now. Can't wait to juice them next year.

Juiced some California yellow and Florida red heirloom sugarcanes on Monday. It's good. You're right about those motorized juicers. Those red Florida heirloom sugarcanes are massive cane. I had to cut them into quarters in order to feed them through the juicer.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: carcarlo on May 25, 2019, 10:43:41 AM
Simon that juice  looks awesome!!! with some Rum it would be even better lol
I seen a grinder attached to a bench with a heavy wire brush, and revolution down toward the bench and u can push or pull the cane under it lifting & lowering it as needed all of the peel dirty stuff  comes off, but is messy.
Carlos
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 13, 2020, 03:45:05 AM
Hopefully peoples sugarcane plants grew well for them from all the cuttings Simon supplied last year.  I juiced my first few canes this week and made margaritas with them.  These are by far the best margs you will ever have.  The don julio 70th tequila is amazing if anyone wants to try it, they have it at costco and bevmo.  Glass of ice, fresh sugarcane juice, fresh squeezed lime juice, and a shot of tequila. 

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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Kaelix87 on April 13, 2020, 03:51:25 AM
How much was your juicer brad
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 13, 2020, 03:59:36 AM
194$ total with CA sales tax and free shipping off ebay.  The place selling them was in Bakersfield or somewhere near there.  Theres a bunch of people selling the same chinese units on ebay.  Mine was missing some screws but whatever I had some metric hardware laying around that fit   

I didnt ask Simon about cleaning the canes, what do you use?  I used a scotchbright pad on them, it made pretty quick work out of it.  Some canes have a little dirt or mold on them that need scrubbed, otherwise, not a lot of work involved.  4ft piece of cane makes a nice size jar of juice.  I juice 5 limes into the jar immediately to keep the juice from oxidizing based on simons recommendation and then make drinks with that.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Mugenia on April 13, 2020, 07:45:17 AM
My Asian black sugarcane is tiny, the stalks are tiny. Don't know why.

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: FruitFool on April 13, 2020, 04:37:19 PM
Brad,

Unfortunately the cane nodes I last bought from you, I couldn't root.
Let me know if you have some rooted to sell, will come and pick up.

Thanks,
FruitFool
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 13, 2020, 05:02:37 PM
Ok, I can root some yellow ones.  The black are growing but they seem to take a lot more heat to get going and are slower to establish. 

The key to rooting them is use a heat mat or greenhouse or do it in summer. 

Ill toss a couple sticks in some pots in the GH to get rooted.  Contact me in June. 
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: FruitFool on April 13, 2020, 06:50:24 PM
Thanks Brad. Will check back in June.


-FruitFool
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 13, 2020, 11:39:44 PM
194$ total with CA sales tax and free shipping off ebay.  The place selling them was in Bakersfield or somewhere near there.  Theres a bunch of people selling the same chinese units on ebay.  Mine was missing some screws but whatever I had some metric hardware laying around that fit   

I didnt ask Simon about cleaning the canes, what do you use?  I used a scotchbright pad on them, it made pretty quick work out of it.  Some canes have a little dirt or mold on them that need scrubbed, otherwise, not a lot of work involved.  4ft piece of cane makes a nice size jar of juice.  I juice 5 limes into the jar immediately to keep the juice from oxidizing based on simons recommendation and then make drinks with that.

For small quantities, I do the same as you and just use a scrubber and wash it twice to get all the dirt off.

I recently purchased a small electric power washer and the last batch of juice I brought you was power washed while the canes were still in the ground. I then chopped them down and then gave it a second hand wash.

Juicing the canes is very quick and easy, cleaning the canes is the hardest part in my opinion.

I did see the V shaped scraper that clean the outer peel but I read somewhere that the skin of the Sugarcane has done good health benefits.

My whole family loves fresh pressed Sugarcane juice. I personally still like it best with Calamansi juice as the antioxidant. The calamansi is very Tart so it prevents the color of the juice from darkening and the flavor is incredible because the tartness helps cut the sweetness. The Calamansi also has a wonderful tangerine like flavor.

Sugarcane is a great prepper crop. It contains lots of water, minerals, sugars and it doesn’t need refrigeration if you leave it in the ground.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 14, 2020, 01:52:46 AM
Speaking of juicers, this lemon/lime juicer is the best.  They have them online, highly recommend.

(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/367f637e-98ea-4014-9ca9-e6631bf2df4a_1.5d69c1daebd88958827b3c4461de0e5e.jpeg?odnWidth=450&odnHeight=450&odnBg=ffffff)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: johnb51 on April 14, 2020, 10:26:46 AM
I have that juicer for citrus, Brad.  It's great.  I have a question concerning the natural sugar which is evaporated cane juice. (They sell it at Costco.)  Would you say it's healthier than pure white refined sugar?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 14, 2020, 11:43:07 AM
Pulled from the web, seems too good to be true, but whatever.  Its better than drinking soda.

If you search for sugarcane juice benefits, you'll find that it has been attributed as a natural remedy to a score of problems. It's rich in antioxidants so it helps fights infections and boost the immunity. It's rich in iron, magnesium, calcium and other electrolytes so it's great for dehydration. It helps cure the common cold and other infections and also fight fever as it boosts the body's protein levels. Besides these, there are a few more great health benefits of sugarcane juice that you must learn about:

1. One of the most important health benefits of sugarcane juiceis that it is a diuretic which means that it helps treat urinary tract infections, kidney stones and ensure proper functioning of the kidneys.
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2. According to Ayurveda, sugarcane juice helps strengthen your liver and is thus suggested as a remedy for jaundice. Jaundice is a condition where you find yellow pigmentation of the skin and membrane due to elevated levels of a substance known as bilirubin in the bodily fluids and is triggered by poor functioning liver. What sugarcane juice does is replenish your body with proteins lost and nutrients that it needs to recover quickly.

(Also Read: How to Make Sugarcane Juice at Home?)
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3. Another important health benefit of sugarcane juice is due to it being rich in the good kind of carbohydrates, protein, iron, potassium and other essential nutrients that make it the ideal energy drinks. Especially in the summer months, a glass of cold sugarcane juice and really life both your health and your depleting levels of energy. It builds up plasma and body fluids and helps counter dryness and fatigue.

4. Ayurveda also suggests that 'sugarcane juice exhibits laxative properties thereby improving bowel movement and relieving constipation' (Source: ayurhelp.com). Sugarcane juice also has alkaline properties which means it's good for treating acidity and stomach burns.

5. It has a low glycemic index (GI) so it comes highly recommended for diabetics. A study showed that drinking sugarcane juice did not alter the blood glucose levels of diabetics drastically but you should check with your doctor before you start to drink some of this yourself.
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6. Sugarcane juice is extremely rich in minerals which helps prevent tooth decay and bad breath.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: zephian on April 14, 2020, 08:06:04 PM
Speaking of juicers, this lemon/lime juicer is the best.  They have them online, highly recommend.

(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/367f637e-98ea-4014-9ca9-e6631bf2df4a_1.5d69c1daebd88958827b3c4461de0e5e.jpeg?odnWidth=450&odnHeight=450&odnBg=ffffff)
(https://i.postimg.cc/WD82gGNW/IMG-20200223-103927-01.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WD82gGNW)
These ones work pretty well. I have an electric one I use as my Meyer lemons are to big for the manual style
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NewGen on January 19, 2022, 02:07:58 PM
Reviving an old thread.
Green Planet Farm doesn't have the juicing machine anymore in eBay.
Has anyone had luck finding an alternative source that's not overseas?

Thanks,
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: elouicious on January 19, 2022, 04:27:23 PM
Would also love to get some yellow and black stalks
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on January 19, 2022, 04:56:14 PM
I know of a couple people that ordered from overseas from Alibaba.com or similar and they received their machines in great condition for only a couple hundred bucks. I believe it was between 2-300 shipped but that was pre pandemic. Sorry I don’t know any local sources

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on January 19, 2022, 06:42:20 PM
ebay has them that ship from in the US.  Theres tons of people selling them there.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Lovetoplant on January 20, 2022, 12:40:52 AM
How fast do these canes grow?  Do they send rhizomes everywhere just like running bamboos?

I love sugar cane juice.  I always bought it fresh squeeze from street vendor when I was in Thailand.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nullzero on January 20, 2022, 01:40:46 AM
Check amazon type in sugar cane juicer machine. The hand crank durable ones are going for about $260s.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: NewGen on January 20, 2022, 03:37:32 PM
Thanks guys,

I see there are some electric machines for $500-$600. I'd pay that instead and not have to hand crank, Lol.
Also of interest are the orange juice machine for about $750+.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Galatians522 on January 20, 2022, 06:36:00 PM
How fast do these canes grow?  Do they send rhizomes everywhere just like running bamboos?

I love sugar cane juice.  I always bought it fresh squeeze from street vendor when I was in Thailand.

They are clumping. However, in abandoned patches the stalks can fall over and root--spreading the patch much faster than would happen otherwise. I have seen some abandoned patches that grew fairly large, but I would not consider them invasive.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on April 20, 2022, 10:41:00 PM
I just read this entire topic.  What a lot of great information. 

Simon, what type of sugar cane is that, that is pictured in post number 123?  It is beautiful.

Bill
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 22, 2022, 12:21:28 AM
Hey Bill,

That is San Diego Yellow. Out of about 10 varieties I’ve tried, it is my overall favorite because of its flavor, sweetness, color ease of growth and ease of juicing. This is a juicing type cane and I don’t recommend it for chewing because of its thicker skin.

The Asian Black was my favorite for chewing but it’s horrible for juicing because it falls apart.

Brad is growing a striped Sugarcane that he really likes, I haven’t compared the San Diego Yellow to the Striped cane but I will next time I visit Brad.

On a side note, I still have my sugarcane juicer and it still works like a champ. I’m considering upgrading to one of the Tubobiz juicers ( now David’s Cane Machines).

I did add an electric motor to my unit and it makes juicing much easier and if there’s ever a power failure or no outlet, I could always hand crank.

Simon

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on April 22, 2022, 03:10:14 AM
It is really pretty when it gets that red on it. Some of the pictures of the San Diego Yellow don’t have the red on it and some do. Do you know why?  Do they get red on them when they mature?  Or maybe when they get a lot of sun exposure?

Thank,
Bill
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 22, 2022, 09:21:15 AM
The San Diego Yellow is usually mostly yellow and green in color but it will get a bit of red in it every once in a while. I have not paid attention to the areas that get more red but it could possibly be from mechanical rubbing or from mealybugs. By mechanical rubbing, I mean when the stalks touch and rub on each other when the wind blows. I’ll have to go check my patch and see if I can find any patterns.

If you think that red is pretty, the striped sugarcane is absolutely gorgeous!

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 22, 2022, 10:32:05 AM
I just checked my plants and it does appear that the red tinges on the San Diego Yellow sugarcane is on the sun exposed sides although many of the canes exposed to sun do not have the red.

This one has some red pigmentation that you can hardly see

(https://i.postimg.cc/34zrzBJb/B74-BBA57-8943-4008-ADAF-2-AA4-BEC0-FF0-E.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/34zrzBJb)

This one is more obvious and the sun exposed side has the red color and the interior side has no red

(https://i.postimg.cc/tsfXskFR/1-F2-C97-E8-F187-4-B60-ABE8-4055983-D23-E2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/tsfXskFR)

(https://i.postimg.cc/HrjYWRcP/D2333-D46-595-F-4-AE7-8-B68-285-E611-EA6-AE.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HrjYWRcP)
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on April 22, 2022, 12:28:26 PM
Mystery solved!  Thanks for the info. 

How much do those David's Cane Machine's cost?  I emailed him but he wouldn't tell me the cost.  He wanted me to download Whatapp to communicate with him. 

Thanks,
Bill
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 22, 2022, 10:24:46 PM
It depends on which model. I got the quote maybe 5 years ago and can’t find it anymore but i believe it ranged from 2-5K or more depending on model.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on April 22, 2022, 11:10:46 PM
I've been thinking about growing sugar cane for the last half a year.  This thread has some great info on the presser and varieties. I think this will be the year I will grow some.

Where can one buy San Diego Yellow sugar canes?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 22, 2022, 11:51:45 PM
Hello Eggo,

Brad (Spaugh) usually has cuttings for sale.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 23, 2022, 02:34:00 AM
I dont have any extras now but they sell it on ebay and etsy.  Theres a lot of sellers.  The jamaica stripe is my choice cane.  Thry have it for sale on etsy now. 
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: toucan_joe on June 06, 2022, 06:06:37 AM
Does anybody know where one can buy a Sugar Cane juicer???
A usual cold press juicer is suitable for that. But you should cut it into small pieces previously.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Julie on June 06, 2022, 09:09:26 AM
Do not use a standard juicer for sugarcane!  It will ruin your juicer!

The farmer I know who has sugarcane uses a hand crank juicer from amazon.  I've seen an automatic one in a John Kohler video on youtube. 
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: wellemetal on September 21, 2022, 06:10:38 AM
spammer
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on November 21, 2022, 07:25:10 PM
Did anyone on here ended up with a David's Cane Machine?  I got a wall of sugar can now lol. Excited to start juicing some next year.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on November 21, 2022, 10:43:57 PM
Not yet, but I got a price. $1600!!!  That’s a lot of money just to drink some fresh juice. But his u it’s do appear to be very high quality.

Bill
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on November 21, 2022, 10:55:59 PM
I got a quote several years ago and the price varied based on the model. I can’t find the quote anymore. If you’re just juicing for family and friends, you can just do a little at a time with the model I posted about. I got a small electric motor attached to mine now so I can juice a lot more than compared to when I was hand cranking.

If you’re thinking about opening up a shop or selling your juice, then David’s cane machines are a good investment.

There’s a relatively new juice bar in the Clairemont/Convoy area of San Diego called Cane Concoctions that sells a variety of drinks made with fresh pressed sugarcane. They use a David’s Cane machine there so it would be worth checking them out and talking with the workers.

Are you the same Eggo from back in the GardenWeb days?

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on November 22, 2022, 12:27:24 AM
Thanks Bill and Simon.  I won't be opening a juice shop but have a bad habit of going all out. I will be ordering one and will let you know how it goes.  Communication with David has been pleasant and easy.  I wanted to see if anyone had experience with the machine long term but i guess if a juice bar is using it, it should last awhile ahah.

Simon, yes that's me. Those felt like the early internet days now, lol.  And some fruits have came a long way.

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on November 22, 2022, 12:50:38 AM
Haha, yes, it has been a long time. My wife and kids call me “the ancient one” and keep making fun of my age. What was dad’s first pet, my wife asks? A Dinosaur, lol!

Send me a pm if you’re in the San Diego area and I can juice some cane for you to sample. If you do get the David’s Cane machine, I would be interested in which model you select and the price. I believe the shipping charge was a couple hundred dollars.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on November 22, 2022, 01:07:31 AM
The $1600 price he gave me was for the mighty mini and included shipping.  The mighty mini is now the cheapest model he sells.

Bill
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on November 22, 2022, 01:38:46 AM
Bill, that's also the model I'm looking into. They are pricey but my wife spends quite a bit weekly on a half gallon of fresh squeeze cane juice.  I also need something that she could operate safely.  By the way I was going to show you this nice large beautiful dwarf brazilian that look like it will fruit early next year.  My chickens got into my fence off dwarf brazilian, they ate the trunk, pups and all in a day. It hasn't grown back yet but the weather has been cold, hopefully it sends some pups in spring. May have to PM you for another purchase next year if it doesn't, lol.

Simon, 🤣 lol yes ancient one.  Yes, I will definitely pm you if ever in the area, thanks for the kind gesture. It'll be awesome to sample some canes, my wife is more of the cane connoisseur. I currently got one variety right now growing but have space to maybe double my plantings.

I'll keep everyone posted on the juice machine.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: nullzero on November 22, 2022, 03:06:51 AM
If anyone has san Diego yellow cuttings/divisions for trade. I have Asian Black and Morgan Red.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Galatians522 on November 22, 2022, 09:58:55 PM
I have to confess that this is one of my favorite threads on the forum. Thank you Simon and Brad for all the hard work and research that you have put in. Because of this thread I bought a juicer and started growing heirloom cane. Asian Black is my favorite so far. Here is my small contribution.

One of the big problems with the Asian Black cane is that it oxidizes so fast. To prevent this, I scrub the canes very well and put 1 to 1.5 teaspoons of citric acid powder in the juicer tray before I start juicing. This keeps the juice from oxidizing and preserves the beautiful rose color for several days in the fridge.

(https://i.postimg.cc/zL0bsT7b/Asian-Black-Cane-Juice.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/zL0bsT7b)

If you put this concoction in an icecream freezer it becomes a healthy version of a gas station slushy. And when you put what is left over in the freezer its like Italian ice. I can't figure out why more people aren't into this!

(https://i.postimg.cc/mtv59HQH/1113211343.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mtv59HQH)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on November 23, 2022, 12:04:32 AM
Galatians522,

I pretty much do the same thing to prevent oxidation of the juice but I use Calamansi or Kumquat as the antioxidant. They add a wonderful citrusy taste to the juice.

I’ve also been adding fresh squeezed pomegranate juice, coconut water and fresh watermelon juice to dilute down the sweetness of the sugarcane juice. I need to try putting the juice in the ice cream maker, thanks for the suggestion!

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on November 23, 2022, 12:27:41 AM
That pink juice looks amazing.  Does your black can make pinkmjuice Simon?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on November 23, 2022, 09:23:11 PM
Hey Brad, I got rid of my black Sugarcane but when I was growing and juicing the Black canes, it was a dirtier looking juice and it did not look nearly as beautiful as Galatians522’s juice.

There is a red can that may make juice like that. My yellow cane juice combined with pomegranate juice looks like that depending on how much pomegranate juice I add.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Galatians522 on November 23, 2022, 09:54:16 PM
This is what I have been pressing to get that color juice. I only run it through once, so it doesn't fall appart on me.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Pp2QwLYs/1125211013e.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Pp2QwLYs)

I do scrub the canes with a wire dish scribble which might remove some of the peel, but I think the color difference is from adding the citric acid to the juice tray. If I wait until I have the whole tray juiced, it has already started to darken some. At that point, I can actually see the citric acid reverse the oxidation slightly as I stir it in (ie from brownish pink back to pink). I think once its all brown there is no revesing it, though.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on November 23, 2022, 09:57:08 PM
It looks like the same asian black Simon has.  Did you source it from one of us?  I want to grow the pink juice but I already tried the asian black Simon was growing and it doesn't grow vigorously for me.

Maybe you can try using lemon or lime juice in the tray instead of the straight citric acid and see if it keeps the same color. 

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Galatians522 on November 23, 2022, 10:12:29 PM
It looks like the same asian black Simon has.  Did you source it from one of us?  I want to grow the pink juice but I already tried the asian black Simon was growing and it doesn't grow vigorously for me.

Maybe you can try using lemon or lime juice in the tray instead of the straight citric acid and see if it keeps the same color.

I am pretty sure it is the same as what Simon was growing. I got it from Echo in Ft. Meyers (labeled as "black sugarcane") because it matched the description Simon gave of Asian Black. Palmtreeluke also sells it here in Florida and I have gotten other canes from him. Maybe Echo got it from him? You are correct, it is not a vigorous grower compared to the other kinds. However, my wife just loves the color if that juice! As a result, I have a "variety row" with 5 kinds, and a whole row dedicated just to the black.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Galatians522 on November 23, 2022, 10:18:33 PM
I'm pretty sure that I have used lemon or lime at one point. I will have to try it again and see how it turns out. I have noticed that really thick canes make a lighter pink juice than the thin ones.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on November 23, 2022, 11:43:57 PM
I have to confess that this is one of my favorite threads on the forum. Thank you Simon and Brad for all the hard work and research that you have put in. Because of this thread I bought a juicer and started growing heirloom cane. Asian Black is my favorite so far. Here is my small contribution.

One of the big problems with the Asian Black cane is that it oxidizes so fast. To prevent this, I scrub the canes very well and put 1 to 1.5 teaspoons of citric acid powder in the juicer tray before I start juicing. This keeps the juice from oxidizing and preserves the beautiful rose color for several days in the fridge.

(https://i.postimg.cc/zL0bsT7b/Asian-Black-Cane-Juice.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/zL0bsT7b)

If you put this concoction in an icecream freezer it becomes a healthy version of a gas station slushy. And when you put what is left over in the freezer its like Italian ice. I can't figure out why more people aren't into this!

(https://i.postimg.cc/mtv59HQH/1113211343.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mtv59HQH)

Wow, gorgeous color. Looks like pink lemonade.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on December 03, 2022, 07:54:12 PM
Simon and all, I pulled the trigger on David's Cane Machine, the Mighty Mini. $1700 including shipping and several spare parts.  I've used it a few times already and it's a solid machine. I'm very happy with the machine.  I like the quality, all the safety features, and ease of cleaning.  It feels like a very safe machine that i would not mind anyone in my family to operate.  My father was surprise by how much juice we got out of just a few canes.  The spent canes came out very dry. There's no need to run it through the machine more than once.  I tried to limit the length of the cane to 1 to 1.5 foot.  The reason was that the canes get squeezed so tightly juice literally squirts out the other end of of the cane.  The smaller cuts seems to limit this.  Not sure if that's normal or due to the cane variety.  Also the diameter of the slot for the cane is 2 inches.  Make sure that both ends fit through.  I had one large cane where one end fit and the other end was quite larger.  The cane jam in the slot.  This did not effect the rollers at all! But I had to use some pruners to slice up the cane to get it unjam from the slot, only took less than 5 minutes.  If you have large cane varieties you will probably have to split it in half.  I think the circular slot is a safety feature, looks like you could unscrew it and feed in larger canes if needed but I have not tried this so take this part as a maybe. Solid, compact machine compared to others but weighs maybe 70 or 80 lbs.  It feels like this machine will last for many many years.  The only major con is that the pricing is not for everyone so you better be juicing quite a bit.  My wife goes through a lot of juice so for us I think in a little more than 2 years it will pay for itself, ahaha.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on December 08, 2022, 10:02:43 PM
Hey Eggo,

Thanks for the info! Sounds like you and your family will make great use of the juicer. That’s awesome that it comes with spare parts. I would definitely like to order some spare bearings if I get one of these units. I’m really considering getting one of the larger units since I usually juice for large crowds at fruit tastings/parties.

Everyone growing sugarcane should get a purpose made Sugarcane juicer. The juice is so refreshing, especially after working on the yard on a hot Summer day. Don’t even try to juice sugarcane with a machine that wasn’t built for sugarcane.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: eggo2 on January 15, 2023, 10:59:20 PM
There's alot of videos out there of this intensely yellow sugarcane variety.  Anyone growing it?  I also noticed that the bottom leaves are stripped?  What do you think, does this help with coloring? I grew a green/yellow variety this year but only the parts covered by the leaf sections/ blocked by the sun was yellow. The juice comes out more green than yellow. I juice with the skin on for the extra health benefits the skin has and also add citrus.  But also interested in finding natural ways to get a color that leans towards yellow vs green whether it's variety or planting practices.  I'm also getting the San Diego Yellow from Brad, really excited to grow that this year.

https://youtube.com/shorts/5f6s2x-YFbk?feature=share
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Galatians522 on January 16, 2023, 09:08:26 AM
All of the yellow varieties that I grow start off green. As they get fully mature the color changes to yellow. That video is showing fully mature stalks that have made this transition. Some varieties do turn yellow faster than others, though. I would guess that you just meed to let your cane mature a little more to get it to turn yellow.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: plant/it on January 31, 2023, 01:24:53 AM
Hello to all. I'm green new to sugar cane. I have been looking at the juicer at Amazon, Can someone tell me what they think of them.   
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: plant/it on February 05, 2023, 10:15:19 PM
I found a company on Craig list ,no name . But they sale sugar cane juice
machine . I brought Model 134024 it's the handy crank one , cost was $222.00 U.S. doller.  I don't know what the shipping would have been sent i went there to pick it up You have to clean the rollers very good. Try it work realy good. They even open the crate so i could see it.OK hear the information.
Address
11241 jersey Blvd unit 102
Rancho Cucamong .CA 91730
Phone
(626)-415-6138 or (626-802-4791
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 08, 2023, 01:50:12 PM
Simon and all, I pulled the trigger on David's Cane Machine, the Mighty Mini. $1700 including shipping and several spare parts.  I've used it a few times already and it's a solid machine. I'm very happy with the machine.  I like the quality, all the safety features, and ease of cleaning.  It feels like a very safe machine that i would not mind anyone in my family to operate.  My father was surprise by how much juice we got out of just a few canes.  The spent canes came out very dry. There's no need to run it through the machine more than once.  I tried to limit the length of the cane to 1 to 1.5 foot.  The reason was that the canes get squeezed so tightly juice literally squirts out the other end of of the cane.  The smaller cuts seems to limit this.  Not sure if that's normal or due to the cane variety.  Also the diameter of the slot for the cane is 2 inches.  Make sure that both ends fit through.  I had one large cane where one end fit and the other end was quite larger.  The cane jam in the slot.  This did not effect the rollers at all! But I had to use some pruners to slice up the cane to get it unjam from the slot, only took less than 5 minutes.  If you have large cane varieties you will probably have to split it in half.  I think the circular slot is a safety feature, looks like you could unscrew it and feed in larger canes if needed but I have not tried this so take this part as a maybe. Solid, compact machine compared to others but weighs maybe 70 or 80 lbs.  It feels like this machine will last for many many years.  The only major con is that the pricing is not for everyone so you better be juicing quite a bit.  My wife goes through a lot of juice so for us I think in a little more than 2 years it will pay for itself, ahaha.

I tried to contact David for a quote on a juicer.  He wanted me to use whatsapp to contact him.  I dont have whatsapp and dont want it.  Whats up with these people who cant just use email to make a deal? 
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Eggo on April 09, 2023, 01:40:07 AM
lol, yeah he's pretty adamant about using whatsap for communication. His juicers are pretty pricey. I think he gets quite a bit of inquiry with lots of people backing out due to the price.  Therefore it's easier for him to do his sales spiel with the ap ahah.  I done quite a bit of research already when I contacted him about the juicer and I already knew I was getting the juicer but still got the whole sales routine anyways.  Overall though he was great on communication, before, during, and after I got the juicer.  There's some minor flaws about the juicer but overall it's a solid safe equipment that I have no regrets about.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on April 09, 2023, 06:33:16 PM
Brad, if you get a juicer, you may want to get the heavier duty one with the double ball herrings. I was considering getting one of the bigger units myself but my current motor still works fine on my manual juicer.

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 09, 2023, 06:54:24 PM
I think the davids juicer is out of my price range.  They have 500$ motorized ones on ebay that look pretty legit.  Its tempting to get one of those.  I did use the manual juicer today and cut the canes into half the long way and they were not that hard to juice by hand but yeah its a chore.  What to do? 

What domyou guys think?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282282718226?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D69566ac5dd7643e8b093892d16b23da6%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D282282718226%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DZX&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A3055e5c0-d729-11ed-ba64-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A6838713f1870a4e851c2e223fffda4e4%7Ciid%3A1 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/282282718226?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D69566ac5dd7643e8b093892d16b23da6%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D282282718226%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DZX&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A3055e5c0-d729-11ed-ba64-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A6838713f1870a4e851c2e223fffda4e4%7Ciid%3A1)

Does that link work?

We juiced the jamaica stripes today.   It seems to stay bright yellow and not oxidize as much as the yellow canes.  Brix was off the chart too.
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on April 09, 2023, 06:57:33 PM
This one is 800 watts and has a stainless tray.  Maybe worth the extra 100$

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266183400782?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D69566ac5dd7643e8b093892d16b23da6%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D266183400782%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DINTBUYING&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A3055e5c0-d729-11ed-ba64-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A6838713f1870a4e851c2e223fffda4e4%7Ciid%3A1 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/266183400782?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D69566ac5dd7643e8b093892d16b23da6%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D266183400782%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DINTBUYING&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A3055e5c0-d729-11ed-ba64-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A6838713f1870a4e851c2e223fffda4e4%7Ciid%3A1)
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: pagnr on April 10, 2023, 03:35:32 AM
https://www.facebook.com/street.food.videos/videos/583659437120939

Sugar cane vendor in India
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JCorte on April 10, 2023, 12:55:35 PM
I think the davids juicer is out of my price range.  They have 500$ motorized ones on ebay that look pretty legit.  Its tempting to get one of those.  I did use the manual juicer today and cut the canes into half the long way and they were not that hard to juice by hand but yeah its a chore.  What to do? 

What domyou guys think?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282282718226?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D69566ac5dd7643e8b093892d16b23da6%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D282282718226%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DZX&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A3055e5c0-d729-11ed-ba64-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A6838713f1870a4e851c2e223fffda4e4%7Ciid%3A1 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/282282718226?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D69566ac5dd7643e8b093892d16b23da6%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D282282718226%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DZX&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A3055e5c0-d729-11ed-ba64-ea470d2dcad3%7Cparentrq%3A6838713f1870a4e851c2e223fffda4e4%7Ciid%3A1)

Does that link work?

We juiced the jamaica stripes today.   It seems to stay bright yellow and not oxidize as much as the yellow canes.  Brix was off the chart too.

Brad, the past couple times we've juiced the Jamaican red stripe, we noticed it had a light creamy vanilla taste to it compared to the others, it's so good.  I had the same observation about the color, but it may be because my San Diego yellow canes did not stay yellow. They all got shades of a beautiful light magenta blush to them and the juice oxidized to a greenish yellow.

The supposed stainless steel rollers on the manual juicer I bought from Ebay a few years ago have started to grind off into our juice.  We noticed little tiny flecks of silver last time we used it.  It was easy to strain through tea towels, but I don't really feel good about using it anymore.   

I was looking at the commercial sugar cane press sold by Home Depot.
https://www.homedepot.com/pep/VEVOR-Sugarcane-Press-Electric-3-Rollers-304-Stainless-Steel-Juicers-660-lb-h-Output-Sugar-Cane-Press-for-Commercial-Use-GZZZJDD3GTM750W01V1/321408448?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-HDH-GGL-D59H-029_028_SMALL_ELECTR-NA-MULTI-NA-SMART-HDH-HDH-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-%7C029_028_003_BLENDERS%7C&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-HDH-GGL-D59H-029_028_SMALL_ELECTR-NA-MULTI-NA-SMART-HDH-HDH-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-%7C029_028_003_BLENDERS%7C-71700000088426412-58700007491668729-92700067628231131&gclid=CjwKCAjw586hBhBrEiwAQYEnHSRk5JzuX_y-Vjnxkzb05gRLby6c2ffKGz6lxgcAcLSSeD5LGxQ_URoCiVwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I don't have the space for it yet, but the next one I buy I want to get it from a larger company with a good return policy.  Looks like they offer 90 day returns and if you purchase with a Home Depot credit card they extend the return period to a year.  Think it makes sense for me to apply for their card for the extended return time.

I wish there was a place we could go check out these cane juicers in person.

Janet
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: Lovetoplant on April 12, 2023, 01:49:22 AM
Janet what brand of the juicer did you buy?
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: JCorte on April 12, 2023, 03:01:27 PM
Lovetoplant, my cane juicer doesn't have a brand name.  I tried to find one that was made in the USA, but couldn't find a source anywhere.  Luke at Green Planet Farm stopped manufacturing/ selling his because he couldn't compete with the imports from China. 

I looked into David's Cane Machines but didn't want to spend that much for a machine that I had to import and didn't really have many detailed product reviews from customers.  This may have changed, I haven't really researched them since I bought mine.

The machine I got looks the same as most of the ones being sold on ebay and amazon.  It served the purpose of allowing me to grow and juice our canes without making a huge investment.  Now that we have, I definitely want to invest in a better and larger machine.  I'm still not sure how to confirm the quality of most machines being sold.  When I read reviews, I like to read all the negative and critical reviews first. 

Anyways, that's why I like the idea of ordering from a company that has a longer than 30 day return policy so I can actually take the time to assess the quality.

Janet
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on April 12, 2023, 04:43:55 PM
For the money the one at Home Depot looks pretty nice. If you get a Home Depot credit card they will send you coupons. They frequently send me 10% off coupons that you can use for any purchases upto $2000. With that coupon the HD juicer would be $710 with a one year return window.

Bill
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on May 09, 2023, 09:28:22 PM
I got the ebay 800watts cane press.  It seems really stout and all parts are stainless.  Works good so far.

(https://i.postimg.cc/JDbRBT8P/20230509-181024.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JDbRBT8P)

(https://i.postimg.cc/VJpSqVy8/20230509-181027.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/VJpSqVy8)

(https://i.postimg.cc/WFPhKqbY/20230509-181032.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WFPhKqbY)

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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: pari.sehgal on September 25, 2023, 12:03:05 PM
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Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on March 15, 2024, 12:27:03 PM
I just received my new sugarcane juicer. After a lot of web searching, I decided to go with this Vevor 4 roller machine because I have thick canes and the 800 watt motor will be more powerful than the 400 watt models. I’ll still have to split my largest canes in half but at least the motor is less likely to stall.

https://m.vevor.com/electric-sugarcane-press-c_10699/vevor-electric-sugar-cane-juicer-800w-sugarcane-juicer-machine-with-661lbs-h-high-output-4-stainless-steel-roller-auto-roller-pressure-adjustment-sugarcane-juice-press-extractor-for-home-commercial-p_010805021199?adp=gmc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=16872267312&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACq8bLVARpLO1P7BS69EFgKIsrsJX&gclid=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVOaNNOlh6_n-HbW5I1boR9lpXamYXyg3nEJQ1xhnBu7T1Itjjwlg2xoCcl4QAvD_BwE

What I like about this juicer:
800 watts of power, 4 rollers for single pass juicing, acrylic window for viewing which easily slides up for cleaning and to empty strainer, the entire sugarcane juice extraction area is 304 stainless steel, the motor, gears and electronics are extremely robust, one of the four rollers have actual teeth for pulling in sugarcane that has not been peeled.

What I don’t like about this juicer:
It is very heavy, probably around 100 lbs, the strainer is relatively small and just tucks under the rollers, expensive at around 800-850 for the backyard gardener.

They also have a 3 roller model that is lighter in weight and cheaper.

Picture of the great quality rollers

(https://i.postimg.cc/FfL0SJ4B/IMG-2653.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FfL0SJ4B)

(https://i.postimg.cc/47RVQN4N/IMG-2656.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/47RVQN4N)

The gears, chain and electronics. This model has better wiring connections than other models I checked out.
(https://i.postimg.cc/0rcKbCSN/IMG-2654.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0rcKbCSN)
Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: spaugh on March 15, 2024, 05:28:30 PM
Its smart to get the 800w one Simon.  The unit I got is heavy too but it has wheels to move it around.  Can't tell if yours has wheels. 

I swapped out the phillips screws with stainless thumb screws that don't require a tool to remove.  So you can remove the cover and clean it out without a screw driver. 

Ill hook you up with some of those if yours can also use them.

Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: simon_grow on March 16, 2024, 01:31:40 PM
Hey Brad, I’m glad I spoke with you before getting my new juicer. I think if I got the 400 watt model, I would have buyers remorse by now. I tested out my new juicer yesterday and I ran my thickest cane through it without cutting it in half and it easily pressed without stalling. My unit does not come with wheels so I might add some giant wheels from Harbor freight.

This unit was extremely easy to clean since the juicing chamber is completely sealed off. I just spray the top opening with a hose and lift the viewing window and spray everything out. This machine is a beast!

Simon
Title: Re: Sugar Cane Juicer
Post by: BestDay on March 18, 2024, 01:51:43 PM
Simon, that does look like a very high quality machine for the price.  It is $200-$300 cheaper than their old four roller, 800 watt model.  I might need to get one. 

Let me know how easy the wheels are to put on it.  I was thinking I could build or buy a cart to put it on.  That way I could roll it out from the garage when I need it.

Thanks,
Bill