The ultimate power juicing thread

[Hosehead]

Yep it's a chore . It takes on average 30 mins to make a green juice at home.
But it's so so so worth it . Your skin glows, your sugar craving dies , the excess kilos fall away and you are energized. There is a downside . It can taste rough and you can feel nauseous in the beginning and yer bowels rumble .

There's a difference using nutribullet and other centrifugal juicers explained on other threads. Serious juicers use juice presses along the lines of the Oscar for cold extraction but the investment is 7k or more
We don't use centrifugal extractors because they don't remove most of fiber ( they don't actually remove any) and they heat the enzymes which we don't want to do at all.

Anyway the less sweet the better and the more green stuff the better.
Granny Smith Apples and beetroot should be your only sweeteners -add apples or remove to taste

Here's my recipe I follow daily or every other day

Green avalanche

1 generous handful kale or spinach or Swiss chard or a mixture of two- whole leaf
I/2 English cucumber peeled
I/2 bunch of celery (cut celery packet in two)
Chunk of fresh ginger about size of two fingers peeled
1 large lemon peeled
1 med or large beetroot peeled and diced ( tip -keep cold until use to prevent stains)
1-2 Granny Smith Apples chopped
1/2 habanero or 1 Thai or 2 birds eye chilies optional
1 handful of fresh cut wheatgrass or 1 teaspoon wheatgrass powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 sprinkle of mineral salts

Feed all solids into juice extractor to yield one standard Oscar plastic jug of juice +\_ 500ml
Mix wheatgrass powder salt and turmeric into juice
Drink immediately as the longer it keeps the more nutrients lost
Profit.

 

[Ancalagon]

Thought of something completely different when I read "The Ultimate Power Juicing Thread" - was thinking of something more along the lines of Jozi Shore.

But, interesting thread anyway. I haven't bought a Nutribullet because I'm not sure whether I'd really use it.

 

[T-Man]

1 Granny Smith apple
2 carrots
1 teaspoon grated ginger (I get the stuff in a bottle at the fish shop)
1 beet
1 stick celery
3 leaves kale - from the garden
thick slice of lemon - to counteract the bitterness of the kale
100 ml kombucha - home made

Makes about 500ml

I peel all the vegetables.
Also use a Oscar, best investment I ever made. I start craving the juice if I skip a day or two.

 

[raind33r]

Also interested in getting one of them masticating juicers.
But the price!

Recommend some shops please.

 

[Hosehead]

Online stores give a better selection with spares usually available for their brands
healthmakers and faithfultonature are but two . There's an online Cape Town store which name I can't recall

 

[Hosehead]

. I start craving the juice if I skip a day or two.

Because our bodies are getting the nutrients missing from our foods. It's so common this craving
Commercial juice bars offer too sweet mixes (too much fructose) or they have stored the juice components for a few hours in plastic containers.
The one juice bar in the Cape that was any good for me was next to the muncipality offices part of thibault square complex but closed last year possibly because it was under utilized
But here's a list of commercial juice bars just watch and avoid fruit juices
http://www.capetown.travel/visitors/eat-drink/6-of-the-best-juice-bars-in-cape-town

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

There's an online Cape Town store which name I can't recall

https://www.oscarjuicers.co.za

Picked up an oscar classic juicer there. Amazing juicer but comes with a hefty price tag.

 

[MSB]

https://www.oscarjuicers.co.za

Picked up an oscar classic juicer there. Amazing juicer but comes with a hefty price tag.

Hey! I own the oscarjuicers.co.za site - saw some traffic coming from mybb and wanted to follow the thread.

OP mentioned it taking 30 mins to make a green juice - can't say I've ever spent more than 10 mins making a juice. Unless you're juicing for a large family

 

[MSB]

Thought of something completely different when I read "The Ultimate Power Juicing Thread" - was thinking of something more along the lines of Jozi Shore.

But, interesting thread anyway. I haven't bought a Nutribullet because I'm not sure whether I'd really use it.

I wouldn't really go with a Nutribullet. For 1k more you can get a much better blender. Then you need to realise the difference between a juicer and a blender. Nutribullet advertise that it can juice, but in fact it can't as it's a blender. A juicer separates the juice and the pulp. A blender doesn't.

We do sell the Nutribullet as there is a demand for them, but it's not something I recommend to our customers. They are actually distributed by the same company that owns and supplies The Crazy Store - yet you don't see them in there.

 

[MSB]

Also interested in getting one of them masticating juicers.
But the price!

Recommend some shops please.

You could look at the Greenis or Matstone (which is similar to the Oscar) - both around 3 to 4k.

 

[Hosehead]

OP mentioned it taking 30 mins to make a green juice - can't say I've ever spent more than 10 mins making a juice. Unless you're juicing for a large family

Nope it takes 30 min from start to clean up if one is making about a liter of the op recipe

Rinsing and peeling and chopping to size takes a big chunk of time in prep work
Then you juice everything but Oscar recommended run is not more than 30 min
Sometimes one runs the fiber through the juicer again to extract maximum juice
Some fruits and veg make juice quickly others much more slow like curly kale
Leafy greens require volumes because they make less juice but dry pulp and feeding
Leaf after leaf into the hopper takes time
Spinach gives the most juice of the leafy greens but the most foam which you stir back in or skim off
Sometimes fibrous matter like ginger root and celery can cause a back up when you add squishy greens
Like cucumber so you have to use the reverse function then forward then wait for the chamber to clear before
Adding more ingredients
It's the fiddly stuff that takes longer i.e. Trimming ginger root , cutting habanero, fitting parsley and wheatgrass - really fiddly -and dealing with beetroot!
Tip. Keep medium beets in fridge so they don't bleed immediately when peeled and cut then juice these chopped raw
Pieces first and you won't have any staining on counters fingers etc
Apples juice quickly - if you only juice apples then your juice is done in minutes
Last part is washing all the components immediately so no dried bits stick to the parts and discoloration is slowed - a quick rinse will suffice with
Disinfection now and then
Making a liter of juice with many juice scarce ingredients takes time!

Now and then parts can and do break. There was a redesign on the Oscars strainer from metal mesh to all polycarbonate
As the mesh did break eventually and sometimes people do silly things like boil the parts to sterilize and the plastic reshapes
Itself into something else

Another site - the original Oscar and Vita Mix blenders importers www.healthmakers.co.za
They have specials on different products and parts.

 

[MSB]

Now and then parts can and do break. There was a redesign on the Oscars strainer from metal mesh to all polycarbonate
As the mesh did break eventually and sometimes people do silly things like boil the parts to sterilize and the plastic reshapes
Itself into something else
.

Agreed that prepping and juicing a litre would take 30 mins. Adding Habanero to a green juice is something I am yet to try! I love chillies, but never thought of juicing them!

Yes - of all the Oscar parts, the juicing screen is the one that tends to break. I am not sure how/when they break, but that's the part I replace most often. I am pretty rough with my Oscar, almost trying to break a part so as to determine under what circumstances a part may go. Although I have not managed to break a screen.

Last year the Oscar manufacturers redesigned the Juicing screens. It causes a bit of confusion as there are now up to 3 different screen varieties for each model, but they are now stronger. All of the new machines are now supplied with the stronger screen.

You had turmeric in your recipe - I prefer to use fresh turmeric. Usually checkers has it in stock.

 

[Wisemansa]

Hey! I own the oscarjuicers.co.za site - saw some traffic coming from mybb and wanted to follow the thread.

OP mentioned it taking 30 mins to make a green juice - can't say I've ever spent more than 10 mins making a juice. Unless you're juicing for a large family

Just purchased one through your website ; )

 

[CruelBreeze]

I'm going to necro this thread but has anyone forgone the home juicer and just bought the prepackaged juices from one-juice or fitchef etc or switched from one to the other. How did you find it. Are they any good. Any recommendations of good brands?

 

[MSB]

I'm going to necro this thread but has anyone forgone the home juicer and just bought the prepackaged juices from one-juice or fitchef etc or switched from one to the other. How did you find it. Are they any good. Any recommendations of good brands?

I personally wouldn't.
Juices start to oxidize and lose nutritional value quickly.
those packaged juices are expensive too

 

[marine1]

So you recommend not getting a centrifugal juicer?
Is there a juicer than that is advisable that doesnt require you to sell a kidney to pay for it?
Something less than 2k?

 

[mister]

So you recommend not getting a centrifugal juicer?
Is there a juicer than that is advisable that doesnt require you to sell a kidney to pay for it?
Something less than 2k?

I used to follow the whole 'not centrifugal' train... now I advise people to get the machine they will use and can afford... It's dumb spending a fortune on a bitch of a machine that you will never use because it's a pain in the ass to clean

That said... prices have gone so crazy that I could sell my 20 year old machine for double what I paid! Great investment

 

[Herr der Verboten]

self juicing

 

[MSB]

So you recommend not getting a centrifugal juicer?
Is there a juicer than that is advisable that doesnt require you to sell a kidney to pay for it?
Something less than 2k?

I wouldn't got with a centrifugal. They a hassle to clean and don't make the best quality juice.

99% of the machines we sell are cold press. Only really the juice bars that occasionally buy a centrifugal

have quite a few specials on

Juicers South Africa - EcoHub

Premium cold-press juicers, curated by EcoHub. Since 2012, we’ve helped South African homes and wellness professionals choose reliable juicing equipment — with Sana as our leading range, alongside select models from Kuvings and Hurom. Cold-press (slow) juicers extract at low speed for smoother...

www.ecohub.co.za

And if you are interested, an article I wrote on the different types of juicers

Which is the best juicer to buy? - EcoHub

Updated by EcoHub: 9 January 2026 — South Africa’s trusted source for premium cold-press juicers and wellness appliances since 2012.

www.ecohub.co.za

 

[maumau]