This nylon press bag is the durable, reusable alternative to cheesecloth for cider press operations and similar fruit-pressing work. The polyester weave is significantly stronger than cheesecloth — meaning a single bag survives many pressing seasons rather than tearing apart after one heavy load of crushed apples. Sized 23 inches wide by 20-1/2 inches deep with a 14-inch diameter, the bag fits most home-scale cider presses including the standard Jaffrey and Pleasant Hill press designs.
Reusable is the key word. Cheesecloth pressing bags are essentially single-use — they tear, the weave separates, and pulp residue gets impossibly trapped in the fibers. The polyester weave on this bag rinses clean between batches, machine-washes in a regular laundry cycle (no fabric softener — it can leave residue), and air-dries quickly between uses. One bag handles a full pressing day plus rotational use across multiple seasons.
For households with apple trees and a cider press, market growers running pressing services, homestead operations producing cider for fresh use or fermentation, and anyone running similar fruit-pressing equipment, this is the right accessory. Lehman’s catalog selection for serious cider-press households.
