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How To Easily Get More Juice From Lemons — No Tools Required By David Stringer Oct. 1, 2025 12:00 pm EST

In my kitchen, there are a couple of tools built specifically to juice lemons. One of them is a handheld citrus press where you have to clamp down on a halved lemon that sits in the half-globe-shaped basket. It gets the job done, but I've caught a stray citrus squirt in the eye more than once when the seeds clog up the holes after a firm squeeze. My other option is a manual citrus grinder that sits on top of a measuring cup, which is ideal for getting the precise amount of lemon juice to match what's called for in recipes. Both work great, but I try to avoid using them most of the time so I'll have one less thing to clean.

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