In the U.S. fresh-squeezed orange juice is uncommon, and in the rare cases it is available, it is expensive. So, as an American, one thing I love about visiting Europe is the cheap and plentiful freshly squeezed orange juice. Everywhere I’ve been in Europe from Hungary to Portugal has had it in their cafes and sometimes even kiosks, and it’s always a delight. I’m not sure Europeans realize how lucky they are in this regard.
I’d love to hear anything you could share about orange juice in your life and culture. Perhaps you could drink one for me.
Cheers!
Edit: just to be clear I am talking about OJ directly from the orange without any processing or pasteurisation whatsoever. In the U.S. we have decent bottled orange juice from the supermarket that it is not made from concentrate, but it is pasteurized and not as good as straight from fresh oranges.
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Very common. It’s available in almost every café.
There’s even machines in the supermarkets where you can squeeze your own juice in the empty bottles provided.
I must say the taste is way better when you go to a warmer country though. I loved the sweetness of fresh orange juice in Turkey and Greece.
Yes, every supermarket sell freshly squeezed orange juice. The most famous brand is *Brämhult*, who produce a large range of freshly squeezed fruits and berries.
A bottle of freshly pressed orange juice cost about [4:20€/litre](https://www.willys.se/produkt/Apelsin-Nypressad-Juice-101324030_ST). To compare, an ordinary carton cost [1:33€/litre](https://www.willys.se/produkt/Apelsinjuice-100972930_ST).
There is also [a machine](https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/125378479_2808080249429784_5613307140113183573_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=9e2e56&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=So3eEgiMo1cAX_fExlT&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=00_AfAmh_Ay4qvp9cyHzJrZG0GrMeKpI6czGwLyItCBgEgJuA&oe=64A984F2) in many supermarkets that squeeze-on-demand.
I rarely dring orange juice plain. But sometimes, for a breakfast smoothie, I squeeze 1–2 oranges and mix with yoghurt and [frozen berries and fruit](https://www.garantskafferiet.se/filer/garant/02-vara-produkter/fryst/bar–frukt/7340083464195_c1c1.jpg).
Most of the juices sold in supermarkets are from fruit concentrate, even the 100% ones. Also many of the juices have pretty low % of fruit, from 25-50% and some orange juices only 4%.
Ofc there are also more fresh ones(cold press), but they generally cost more, so people buy the cheaper ones(concentrate).
Anyway if you wanna 100% fresh orange juice just buy oranges and make your own.
Prices :
Cold press OJ – 2.99 € (liter)
Concentrate(100%) OJ – 1.09-2.78 € (liter) various brands
Concentrate(70%) OJ – 1.99 € (liter)
Concentrate(50%) OJ – 1.59 € (2 liters, around 0.80 € per liter)
Concentrate(4%) OJ – 1.99 € (2 liters, around 1 € per liter)
1 kg of oranges is around 1.80 €, if you are curious. All the prices are regular current prices(not a sale).
>How popular is
Very common.
>Do you drink it often?
Never :))
Common in cafés and restaurants. You can go to Mercadona or other supermarkets and squeeze yourself a liter for ~4 €. I drink it very often.
I just go outside and pick some oranges! Obviously they only last a few months but those few months are an absolute delight. Get up, collect some eggs fir brekkie, get some oranges off the trees and squeeze them, throw in some ice and it’s the ideal way to start the day.
For the rest of the year we can get OJ in most shops from the machine that makes it direct from the fruit. Sadly some bars, hotels and cafes have the most terrible OJ going – esp hotels.
I literally just finished a glass. It was poured from a 1l bottle costing about £1.50 but the prices of orange juice vary a lot. Its pretty popular tho and a pretty standard drink people say they enjoy
Larger supermarkets often have machines to make fresh orange juice. Upscale Cafés and restaurants usually have it available.
I don’t expect it to be significantly more expensive than the packaged stuff.
I drink a glass almost everyday. As others are saying you can buy it almost everywhere. Nowadays the fashionable drink is espresso with fresh orange juice!
It’s not freshly squeezed but I get mine in [Lidl](https://imgproxy-retcat.assets.schwarz/ZG1fPjDEWF6LOKaHrib8tFMs-Xspde935qa0pnk09RY/sm:1/w:1500/h:1125/cz/M6Ly9wcm9kLWNhd/GFsb2ctbWVkaWEvdmRjL3NpLzEvNkJCRTlCMkNFRjNEN0M3OTQ0MDYzNjN/CNTY4MjNGNTVBNEM0QTcyMDc2NTQxMjc5NzZGOTZFNEFENDEzQjM1MS5qcGc.jpg) for 1,69€/l. It’s very tasty.
Very common. It’s not only about oranges, fresh juices of all kind are avaiable in every café, most of the restaurants and almost every shopping mall.
I don’t really know the price, I make them at home. I think in shopping malls they are quite expensive, like 4.50€ for a big cup.
Store bought fresh juices are not bad either. They obviously taste very different but they are avaiable basically everywhere.
In my store there’s a fresh orange juice from the fridge 1.5€/1l bottle
I have a press in my kitchen and an orange tree in my garden that produces more oranges than I know what to do with. The same applies to most people with a garden/backyard, along with having a lemon tree.
You can buy fresh orange juice in most cafés, bars or restaurants, but not all.
It is widely available, even in Romania,but we don’t buy it so oftenly. We like to eat oranges, rather than just drinking their juice. A litre of orange juice costs between 2-7 euros, depending on the merchant.
Everyday. I buy oranges and squeeze at home. Oranges are available all year round and not expensive. If I order at a bar or restaurant 2 euros or so.We have these shops that sell fresh juice that are take away mostly .It costs around 1.5 euros.
Very common it seems to me, many who have a juicer also make it at home.
It’s very common. You can order it in every cafe, you can get it from lidl, and I think it’s a very common thing that parents/grandparents make their children (at least my grandma made me orange juice all the time because “it had vitamines” but I didn’t like it).
That being said, I wouldn’t say it’s the most popular drink but yeah it’s widely available
We’re not much of a juice country but yes you can find it everywhere for as much as milk.
I prefer apple juice however it is quite common and popular.
Freshly squeezed glass (350-500ml) of orange (or any other main fruits) juice costs around 40-80 Liras (approx. 2-4 Euros) or bottle a litre for 144 liras (7,2 Euros) at cafés. You can also buy 700ml versions that squeezed in the last 24 hours for 45 liras (approx. 2,25 Euros) at grocery stores.
Once a month. But I prefer apple, grape or pomegranate juice which I drink couple time a week.
It is a very common drink for breakfast. You can order it in any café.
Somewhat common in cafe and restaurants. Also I remember when I was a child we had a juice squeezing machine and my mom often made fresh orange or apple juice. However, we stopped to do this by some reason, and I can’t really remember if saw such machines in modern families. At least it’s not widespread.
yeah, orange juice is very common, however I personally don’t like the taste. I can eat oranges, however drinking gives me a bitter after taste.