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Cheese Press

Green Living Australia's Own Cheese Press

This simple cheese press is made to suit cheese baskets up to 180mm wide, and 175mm high.

With this press you have a choice of doing it by "feel", and keeping it simple ... or using our "22 kilogram spring" system.

"By feel", you will know when enough pressure is applied because you'll see the whey start to drain. You can apply more or less pressure the second time around depending on your preference of cheese firmness.

With the "22 kilogram spring", you will know when you are applying the required 22 kilograms simply because the spiral of the spring closes up fully.

The base is HDPE, which is a food grade plastic, and is the industry choice. Threaded rod, nuts, and washers, etc. Zinc Plated. Green Living Australia Cheese Press (Zinc) #1118 $59.95 Australia Only.

See our Cheese Press in action in this great Blog post from Gavin.

The base is HDPE, which is a food grade plastic, and is the industry choice. Threaded rod, nuts, and washers, etc. 316 Stainless Steel. Green Living Australia Cheese Press (Stainless) #1254 $79.95 Australia Only.

22 Kilogram Pressure Spring

15 or 22 kilogrmas are frequently requested pressures for overnight application to hard cheeses. If you don't have weights that are convenient enough to sit on top of your cheese hoop, or basket and follower, this is a very easy way to get the job done.

You will know when the pressure is 22kg, simply because this specially manufactured spring will be fully compressed, and 15kg, or close enough is when the spring is approximately 3/4 compressed ... The main thing here is not to overpress your cheese

Green Living Australia Cheese Press (Zinc) With 22 Kilogram Spring #1119 $73.95 Australia Only.

Green Living Australia Cheese Press (Stainless) With 22 Kilogram Spring #1255 $93.95 Australia Only.

Retrofit Your Cheese Press with the 22 Kilogram Spring

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Zinc Plated Metal Work

	Cheese Press, 145 mm Basket & Follower #1121	$77.95 value for just $73.95.	$73.95 Australia Only.
Cheese Press, 145 mm Basket, Follower AND 22 Kilogram Spring #1122		$91.95 value for just $86.95	$86.95 Australia Only.
	Cheese Press, 165 mm Basket & Follower #1262	$80.45 value for just $76.45.	$76.45 Australia Only.
Cheese Press, 165 mm Basket, Follower AND 22 Kilogram Spring #1263		$93.45 value for just $89.45	$89.45 Australia Only.

Stainless Steel Metal Work

	Cheese Press, 145 mm Basket & Follower #1256	$97.95 value for just $93.95.	$93.95 Australia Only.
Cheese Press, 145 mm Basket, Follower AND 22 Kilogram Spring #1257		$111.95 value for just $106.95	$106.95 Australia Only.
	Cheese Press, 165 mm Basket & Follower #1258	$100.45 value for just $96.45.	$96.45 Australia Only.
Cheese Press, 165 mm Basket, Follower AND 22 Kilogram Spring #1259		$114.45 value for just $109.45	$109.45 Australia Only.

Pressing Cheese Pressing the cheese is one of the important steps in making hard cheese, and acts to expel the whey, and to form the curds into a sold mass. The cheese basket, or hoop you use acts as a mold and creates the shape of the cheese you are making. In order to press the cheese you need to apply evenly distributed pressure, or weight, to the cheese in the mold. To do this you need a follower that will fit correctly on top of the cheese, inside the basket or hoop. You then need to apply the correct amount of weight to the cheese. The weight you apply will depend on the cheese you are making and in most cases you will start off with a smaller weight and increase over time. While cheese making is a process with a certain science to it, it is also an art, and your judgment and personal taste will play a roll in your cheese making, and this includes pressing the cheese. When you are first pressing cheese you are usually using just a kilogram or two of weight. This is easy to do as you can simply save an empty milk bottle and then put one or two litres of water in it and use it as a one or two kilogram weight, (like this). The problem becomes obvious when you have to have a much greater weight, as you cannot then use such a simple method. A cheese press can be used to create much greater weights. Many of the hard cheeses you can make with our "Hard Cheese Kit" require a final pressing weight of up to 22 kilograms. It is not practical to use water bottles, books or other such items that are around your home. You will need a press that can create this pressure mechanically. The mechanical advantage of a "threaded" cheese press, means that while the handle still turns relatively easily, you may exceeed the required pressure. So to help prevent you "overpressing" your cheese we have had a 22 kilogram spring specially manufactured for Green Living Australia ... To fully compress this spring requires 22 kilograms of pressure ... if using Ricki Carrol's book this is the equivalent of 50 pound that is requested in her directions When the spring is fully compressed the pressure applied is 22 kilograms. Do not worry though, if your press does not have this, as many presses do not have a way to tell what weight you are pressing at. This is OK, as with experience, you can judge the pressure as you are tightening the press down, by a combination of feel, and observing the whey start to flow. There is an art to this, and you will get the hang of it, the more you make cheese.

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