Juice making requires glass or plastic bowls, stainless steel or enamel cookware, wooden spoons, knives, measures, jelly bag and appropriate storage containers (preserving jars if canning, rigid containers if freezing). Tightly woven muslin, cheesecloth, new coffee filters or clean worn pillowcases are required for straining the juice.

• Sort and wash the fruit or berries, removing foreign material and damaged portions.
• Softer juicy fruits are cut and crushed then strained.  Some require heating to start the juice flowing and others require a simmering period to extract the juice. Experts cannot agree on technique. Some suggest a better flavor is achieved when fruits are cooked, while others maintain that juices retain their fresh flavor if heated as little as possible.  Use common sense and select the process most likely to extract the most juice from the fruit you are using and the time frame you have to complete the task.
• Sweetening is a matter of taste preference. Adding sugar or honey before storing juices like rhubarb, crab-apple or raspberry improves their flavor profile.  However, it is not necessary for preserving the juice.