Aluminium Hand Press Lemon Squeezer

This Squeezer from Velleora Home Decor is cast aluminium with a hinged lever, turning a lemon or lime half inside out so the juice is forced through a perforated bowl in a single squeeze.

Hand-squeezing recovers perhaps half of what is in a citrus fruit. A press gets most of it, which over a season of cooking and drinks is a real difference in both flavour and how many lemons get used. The perforations hold back pips and pulp, so no separate sieve is needed.

Ten colour and size options are offered. Cast metal is the right choice here because a plastic press flexes and splits at the hinge under genuine pressure - the exact point at which you need it not to. It washes by hand or on a dishwasher. Rinse it promptly, as citrus acid left to dry will dull most coated finishes over time.

• Cast aluminium hinged lever press
• Extracts far more juice than by hand
• Perforations hold back pips and pulp
• No hinge flex under pressure
• Ten colour and size options
• Rinse promptly after use