Fruit Juice

[Evrald]

So at the moment I haven't really been able to find a good Fruit Juice recipe that's balanced for being used as a source of making Fruit Juice itself. The ones that we have use 2 Fruit or Exotic Fruit to make 1 Bowl of Fruit Juice. Which is 5 sips.

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Name : (48) Fruit Juice
Known recipe
Skill: Brewing
Ranks required: 0
Steps taken   : 2
Energy spent  : 7 (14 total)
Consumed:
  2x of any fruit.
   OR  2x of any exotic_fruit.
Produced:
  1x a lump of pomace.
  1x a bowl of fruit juice.
Other required components:
  1x a basket press. 
  
  Name : (1853) Bulk Fruit Juice
Known recipe
Skill: Brewing
Ranks required: 10
Steps taken   : 2
Energy spent  : 20 (40 total)
Consumed:
  10x of any exotic_fruit.
   OR  10x of any fruit.
Produced:
  5x a bowl of fruit juice.
  5x a lump of pomace.
Other required components:
  1x a basket press.

Or the Bulk Craft which uses 10 for 5 bowls instead. And currently the only craft which 'uses' fruit juice is Fermented Milk. If we could have something to turn Fruit Juice into a Bottle to be served that would be nice. Or increase the amount of juice you get for the 2 fruit to a 1 to 1 ratio. Keep the Pomace at 1 to keep the rest of the Drink Balance in tact but if it's a 2 Fruit Juice mixture to combine with Bottles to make a Bottle of Fruit Juice.

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Name : (????) Bottle of Fruit Juice
Known recipe
Skill: Brewing
Ranks required: 0
Steps taken   : 1
Energy spent  : 10 (10 total)
Consumed:
  2x a bowl of fruit juice.
Produced:
  1x a bottle of fruit juice.
Other required components:
  1x a set of ceramic bottles.

That turns 2 fruit into 1 bottle allowing to consider dilution by water. In comparison, Mead takes 1 crock of honey and 1 handful of yeast, to create a Cask that has 45 drinks / 3 bottles. This is because you only use a bit of yeast, a good amount of honey and a lot of water. Fruit Juice can still restore the same amount, it's not there to destroy the game or anything more just a case of we have non-alcohol drinking characters whose options currently are,

- NPC Shops that have Lemonade, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, and whatever you want under the sun.
- Coffee & Tea that are player made.
- Milk

[PositronicJune]

And currently the only craft which 'uses' fruit juice is Fermented Milk

That's not quite right. Cider, perry, young white wine, young red wine, and grog all use fruit juice, however they use the generic fruit_juice instead of specifically 'a bowl of fruit juice'
They should probably all be changed to use sips of fruit juice, on a side note. It might be possible to empty the bowl of fruit juice and still use it in the recipes.

Anyway, I suppose the fruit juice recipes could be tweaked to yield more juice, while the recipes that use it are tweaked to consume more juice.
It would not be the first time crafting recipes break the laws of thermodynamics and make a lot from a little of something. Most preserved meat recipes yield more meat than what's consumed in the recipe.

[Starstarfish]

Noted at the meeting, but something that perhaps could serve similar purpose now is Brewing 1693 - Flavored Tea which combines fruit with a tea and produces in a kettle that should be able to be served in cups etc.