Procedure has gone as follows:
Step 1: Preparing the Cactus using this method Cactus Preparation
Step 2: Blending the cactus so it fits into a 2l bottle.
Step 3: Freeze and thaw for about a week. (was done 3 times)
Step 4: Add pulp to pressure cooker and add a few drops of lemon and enough water to saturate pulp properly. PC pulp at 15psi for 15mins. Filter liquid through t-shirt and coffee filter and collect liquid into ceramic pot. Sqeeze as much juice out, then put your pulp back into PC add half the amount of lemon and water and recook for 15mins.
Step 5: PC 3 times and collect filtered liquid into ceramic pot. Pulp is discarded after the third pull.
Step 6: Evaporation. Take a large pot throw some rope down on the bottom and add a certain amount of water to cover the rope. Take your ceramic pot and put this into the larger pot filled with water and the rope( which is used to keep the ceramic pot from touching the bottom) and bring the bottom pot to boil. This will keep your ceramic pot at a simmer.
This is as far as my mate has got. Just wondering if there are anythings we should keep in mind as we have yet to prepare cacti succesfully.. We think it was heat that was the issue last time which is why we have decided to try the double pot method.
Step 1: Preparing the Cactus using this method Cactus Preparation
Step 2: Blending the cactus so it fits into a 2l bottle.
Step 3: Freeze and thaw for about a week. (was done 3 times)
Step 4: Add pulp to pressure cooker and add a few drops of lemon and enough water to saturate pulp properly. PC pulp at 15psi for 15mins. Filter liquid through t-shirt and coffee filter and collect liquid into ceramic pot. Sqeeze as much juice out, then put your pulp back into PC add half the amount of lemon and water and recook for 15mins.
Step 5: PC 3 times and collect filtered liquid into ceramic pot. Pulp is discarded after the third pull.
Step 6: Evaporation. Take a large pot throw some rope down on the bottom and add a certain amount of water to cover the rope. Take your ceramic pot and put this into the larger pot filled with water and the rope( which is used to keep the ceramic pot from touching the bottom) and bring the bottom pot to boil. This will keep your ceramic pot at a simmer.
This is as far as my mate has got. Just wondering if there are anythings we should keep in mind as we have yet to prepare cacti succesfully.. We think it was heat that was the issue last time which is why we have decided to try the double pot method.
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from 10 hours to 1 hour is a nice decrease in time.