SUMMER’S FRESHEST FRUIT DRINKS

 With the NBA Championship securely ours, and Father’s Day behind us, time to look forward to Friday June 21^st!  Summer’s official start!  Whether you enjoy the healthy lifestyle or that summer soiree, summer’s freshest fruit drinks are just plain tasty!  Nature provides us the best tasting products.  The plethora of summer fruits that one can use to concoct a healthy beverage for the hike, or for that special summer cocktail, can all be effortlessly created by the quality home chef gadgets and tools here at Williams Food Equipment.

From apples to watermelon, there are thousands of renditions of tasty mixed drinks with and without the hard stuff.  You'll want to arm yourself with a good juicer or mixer that you can find at the Williams Food Equipment website.  We look at the delicious summer fruits Canada has to offer, and how to prepare the freshest fruit drinks with all our incredible products for summer fun!

One of the latest and greatest techniques in juice extracting is mastication.  The Omega Nutrition Center Mastication Juicer is a serious multi-tasking unit!  It’s slow speed at 90 revolutions per minute creates nominal heat.  And heat is what hurts the vital enzymes in your drink.  This kitchen juicer makes nut butter, grinds coffee and herbs, extrudes pasta, homogenizes, whips soy mile, makes baby food, and can juice wheatgrass and leafy greens!  What more do we need to say!?  This quality nutrition center comes with a 10-year warranty.  At less than $330, the Omega Nutrition Center will be a huge addition to all your health needs.

Mastication is an advanced method of making summer’s freshest fruit drinks.  Keep it old-fashioned and wholesome for the kids by simply using the OXO Good Grips Citrus Squeezer to make up your special lemonade.  Making it “special” is up to you and your family.  For sure, lemons are involved.  Lemons, limes and other great summer fruit are on sale right now at Sobeys and Loblaws.  Let your kids choose their favorite fruits.  Adding berries of any type always makes this summer favorite Special!  Here’s a great recipe to make a great fruity simple syrup to start that special lemonade:

TROPICAL BERRY LEMONADE

INGREDIENTS

(Fruity simple syrup)

1/3 cup each: Strawberries, blueberries, and peaches (sliced and pitted)

1 cup sugar

2 cups water

DIRECTIONS

In a Le Creuset 2.25 QT Saucier Pan, heat all ingredients on medium high heat until it boils.  Reduce the heat to a simmer for 2-5 minutes (Until berries and peach are soft).  Mash with a Zwilling J.A. Henckels Twin Pure Potato Masher.  Let the mixture sit and steep for 15 minutes. Place a Browne 8” Fine Mesh China Cap/Chinois Strainer over a large glass bowl and press mix through strainer to remove seeds, skin and pulp.  Place juice in a TableCraft 1L Mason Jar Glass Cocktail Shaker.  Then, place in fridge to cool and allow the flavors to continue to marry.

FOR THE LEMONADE

¾ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice

¼ cup fresh squeezed lime juice

3 cups water

Lots of ice

Garnish of your choice: Berries, fruit slices, mint, etc

COMPLETION

In a Kilner Vintage 8Lt Clip Top Drink Dispenser, add all the ingredients and a cup of ice.  Adjust to taste regarding sugar, tartness, and fruit quality. Add ice to a chilled Libbey Glass Inverness Cooler 16.7oz.   Serve with garnish.

Lemonade has always been one of summer’s freshest fruit drinks.  And using that simple hand juicer makes you feel child-like again during the summertime.  So, in between the technologically advanced mastication juicer, and the citrus squeezer are your vast array of juicers.  We are proud to provide many options of juicers ranging from less than $50, up to only $369.99 for our most advanced unit.

A faster alternative to your juicing needs is the KitchenAid Contour Silver Easy Clean Fast Juicer.  This gorgeous unit brings home summer’s freshest fruit drinks fast!  Easy to clean.  A 3-1 adjustable pulp screen.  An extra wide shoot allows for a whole apple to be dropped into the machine!  And, it’s so simple to use.  Low for soft fruits and veggies.  High for hard ones.  Easy as it gets!  And the drip stop spout ensures no leakage all over your counters.  On sale now at less than $360 makes this a great buy to keep you, your friends, family, and guests happy, healthy, and hydrated during the summer months.

So, these options are obviously all an awesome choice for concocting summer’s freshest fruit drinks.  But, let’s do some blending in our massive selection of marvelous blenders.  Williams Food Equipment is so pleased to present the top three manufacturers:  Vitamix, KitchenAid, and Wolf Gourmet.  These masterful blenders do way more than blend.  All three blenders make the greatest, healthiest soups you could ever imagine.

The Vitamix Ascent Series A3500 Copper Blender with 5 Presets and Timer is beyond unbelievable!  This unit can make the freshest fruit drinks in seconds.  Dips, spreads, soups, to breads can be run through this mechanical marvel.  And for summertime, smoothies in the Vitamix are the best!

Smoothies are a great treat for anyone.  And they can be so healthy and nutritious.  But, sometimes a little rum, bourbon, tequila, or vodka can make that summer party really pop!  Taking tips from Vitamix themselves, they suggest berries, pineapples, mangoes, and melons go great with rum.  Strawberries, yogurt, grapes, and cranberries pair impeccably with vodka. Bourbon is fun inside a cinnamon cappuccino smoothie for a non-fruity, yet totally awesome summer dessert drink next to the campfire!

We had to mention the Wolf Gourmet.  A newer manufacturer in the blender world, this US company is pure quality.  A 2.4 horsepower motor is perfectly precise upon the turn of the dial.  And KitchenAid is another home chef helper that brings quality and value.  The KitchenAid Blender can hold its own when compared to some of the other brands.

Have a great summer!  Play hard at the cabin!  Just remember to hydrate (With or without alcohol) imbibing on summer’s freshest fruit drinks.  Williams Food Equipment is here for all your summer fun, inside or out!  Be sure to check out our summer sales throughout the season at: https://www.williamsfoodequipment.com/