I wonder if a ratchet strap would be a way to apply a fair bit more force on the cheese press without having to spend much money on the setup.

You can use almost anything, just watch out for spillings and droplets, as it can quickly get things smelly. When you do high volumes, you want stuff that's easy to clean, but as a casual dabbler, I just use whatever is easily available

You can still grow stuff in them with agrivoltaics. You don't have to lose the productive land below it

Did you notice any sound difference?

I have a 1 element induction cooktop with a 2000 W rating, so roughly 2 kWh at max setting, but I think it is really fast as it doesn't waste energy heating the air around it. Breakfast would take 10min to set up on propane, but now if I doze off, I might burn my food

edit: If you want, you could also build your own solar stove if it makes sense in your region

A1 model has multiple reports, I'm not sure about others yet

You can always prune them back too

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You might have had only bad coffee tbh. I'd at least give it a try with different stuff if you are ever inclined to try it again

No dick on this one. I wonder whivh one is the original