The mandrel is mounted either within a dish to catch the juice or on a cylindrical handle.
[4] The handheld reamer, which is held in one hand while the lemon or lime is held in the other, is a relatively new adaptation of the traditional glass or plastic citrus reamer (with a juice rim) that was placed on a table and pressed downward.
To use the reamer, the user first slices a citrus fruit in half along its equatorial midsection.
[1][5][6] This process dislodges the seeds and some amount of pith, so the juice must generally be strained before use, although some tabletop reamers include an integrated strainer.
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