On 7/5/2018 1:22 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>
> Since we live in AZ, there are a variety of oranges available
> throughout the valley with some ripening all through the year. I
> used to buy them on a regular basis and sqeeze or ream them. For the
> past several years neither David nor I have the strength to do this
> effectively. We've tried both old fashioned manual and electric
> reamers as well as a couple of squeezers, but lacking sufficient
> strength we don't get all the juice out. I did find one electric
> squeezer that would have required no more effort than slice the
> oranges in half, but it was prohibitively expensive. Having said
> that, we do like Florida's Natural and Simply Orange, both in a high
> pulp variety.
>

We have an old Oster reamer type. Just hold the cut half over the
reamer. It was an wedding shower gift 53 years ago and still works like
new. 1 1/2 to 2 oranges makes a decent amount.

We also buy the same brands with pulp too. While good, they use a
process that probably gives better yield but you also get some of the
more bitter oils.