Since every lemon is its own lemon, I knew there would be some variability in how much juice I get per case. I guess I didn't really think it would be all THAT different.
The Stats:
Case #1 cost me $33 for 100 lemons. There was one bad lemon that had to be tossed. It took about 53 lemons for a gallon (3.78L) of juice and approximately 3 hours of juicing. I ended up with somewhere around 7L of lemons juice, or $4.71/L.
Case #2 cost me $30 for 140 lemons. There were no bad ones, but I think I counted slightly less than 140, maybe 138 or something. It took about 86 lemons for a gallon but only took about 2 hours of juicing...and I only got about 6.5ishL of lemon juice, or $4.61/L.
So I guess it is still cheaper to buy more lemons. The other thing I was thinking about, as I am prone to do these days, is where the lemons came from. The first box was from Brazil, the second didn't say, only that they are "marketed" by Sunkist in California. If the lemons were from California I would feel good that they came from somewhere closer than Brazil (as much as I'd love to support the motherland), and that they took a little less energy to get here. But I don't know where they are from. Still, Brazil is pretty far away!
Today it is slightly overcast, so I'm taking my time getting to the beach. I am going to run down to Canadian Tire and pick up another small, soft-sided cooler that will fit one bag of ice, so I don't have to carry all my ice around with me. Who knows, maybe it will last longer. I'm also going to look into getting a beach umbrella to provide a little shade for the ice and lemonade. What do you think: would covering the lemonade jug and cooler with something like a sarong give the same amount of protection as a shade umbrella? For some reason, I don't think it would...but I might just be delusional.
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GET A TREEPLANTING TARP!! white on one side, silver on the other, they're DESIGNED for keeping things insulated and you can roll yourself up in it for your camping trips.
Deakin Equipment --- let me know if you want me to run down and get one, last time I bought one it cost about $20 or $25 for a 6x9 (big enough for trailer & lemonade). You might want a slightly bigger one for rolling yourself in for camping.
So do you think it takes more or less energy to ship from Brazil on a boat or truck from California? cals per tonne? either way it would make energy sense (lemonade carbon foot print) to juice the lemons at the orchard because at least a third of there mass is peal or wast. if your concentrated fresh squeeze was from California and trucked over night it would only be one day older than yours. but over all perhaps you should think about selling something from BC, you are in the lap of an agrarian paradise and your selling something from south America? so maybe clam juice or seagul Juice. they're free, fresh and so delish.
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