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Like Keurig, but for juice…
A keurig has to do 2 things, heat water, then move it at pressure. This thing is simpler. It just has to make two plates closer together.
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Juicero funding 2013-present: $118M https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/juicero/funding-rounds
SpaceX funding, 2006-late 2012: $115M https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/space-exploration-technologies/funding-rounds
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The irritating thing here is that, as someone who enjoys juice, the basic concept of the Juicero design is really attractive to me. I would love a countertop cold-press juicer that involves some kind of ziploc bag I could throw veggies and fruit into for no-hassle cleanup. But it just has to be two pressure plates and a bag filter thingy. It doesn’t need wifi, or bluetooth, or complex custom engineering, and it most definitely doesn’t need a subscription service for pre-pulped fruit.
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You should invest in a 3 ton hydraulic press
Any good for you?
You’ll be happy to hear that a startup’s worth of these is about to be unloaded at rock bottom prices.
Oh that? That’s my liberated Juicero. I use refillable IV-bags to hold my organic kale mix. So much better than anything currently commercially available. No, you can’t buy one, you have to make it yourself.
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I think I’ve seen that project on kickstarter. Unfortunately, this was a long time ago, so…
And if the juicing thing doesn’t work out, well, practice your accent.
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Could you explain to me why “cold-pressed” juice is a thing??
Some people think that any amount of heat will destroy some small amount of nutrients/vitamins in fruits & vegetables, so rather than grind/puree them in a traditional juicer (which produces some heat from the friction and mechanics, etc), they prefer pressed juice, which involves no heat. I just think it tastes pretty good.
Hey, I have spent $150 on a bottle of scotch, so “it tastes pretty good” is something I can’t object to.
But
sounds like woo to me.
That’s fine. I think the “juice is just sugar water” posts are their own form of woo, and quite ignorant, to boot. When it comes to juice, my ideal situation would be to make it with a minimum of mess – and regular juicers are super messy and a beast to clean up for just a glass of carrot juice. The Juicero is a dumb machine but does take care of the messiness factor of making juice (in its own goofy way). I mentioned cold-pressed juice because it seems to be the method of making juice that could potentially be done in an easy-to-clean-up way. I don’t really subscribe to the “keep heat away from it!” school of micro-managing my fruit.
Fair enough.
Somehow your statement just reminded me of the I-Opener. I used to work at the call center that handled their tech support.
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Talk about underestimating your customer base.
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