Most people eat grapes by plucking them from their stems or vine one by one. Even though we nurse a secret desire to have all our grapes out of their stems at the same time, we aren’t just ready to spend all that time and effort.
Luckily, we’ve found a simple and fast way to pluck all your grapes in one fell swoop.

Normally, it would be easier to sell grapes without the stems. Stem-less grapes are easier to package and carry around. But life begins to move fast for these red, green, or purple bags of juice once they separate from their natural supports.
Their skin begins to weaken pretty fast as soon as they leave their stems. They also begin to decay at a faster rate.

Want to know the best grapes to buy? Here’s some advice from some staff of the University of California, San Diego Center for Community Health. In their report, they disclosed that the grapes most firmly fastened to the stems are the best ones to buy. They will last longer too. Plus, you should give preference to grapes with dry and brittle stems. That’s another indicator of a grape’s well-being.

Fruit salads remain one of the most exciting desserts ever. Grapes add a whole new dimension to its taste. For many people, salads aren’t complete without these balls of juice.
Getting all those grapes out of their stems is where the biggest challenge lies. For this reason, many salads have ended up without grapes. But not anymore. We’ve got the answer.

Across the popular social media site, Tiktok, an easy technique for removing grapes from their stems has spread. Just grab a lint-free kitchen towel and you are all set.
Place the bunch of grapes right in the middle of the towel then fold the towel over it to cover all the grapes. There’s just one more step remaining at this point.

While you hold the ends of the towel to keep the grapes from rolling out, gently apply some pressure on the towel with your hands. Move and roll them around with your palms as you keep the pressure consistent.
In time, in fact, in just a matter of seconds, you can open the towel to reveal the grapes that have neatly detached from their stems.

Aside from salads, another reason you might want to have your grapes all removed from their stem is to have quite a handful in your mouth at the same time. Now, you can sit before the TV while you fulfill the fantasy of popping juice from a mouthful of grapes.
Whatever your reason is, this incredible grape destemming technique will make sure your grapes are ready to eat in record time.

Another exciting part of this technique is that it doesn’t need any special or fancy equipment to carry out. No money was spent either.
Viewers on Tiktok were full of praise for the video even as they testified to how much easier it’s made their lives. “I’m a lunch lady and regularly have to pluck cases of grapes from their vines. Thank you. you just saved me HOURS,” one comment read.

On an industrial scale, having a machine for removing grapes from their stem is even more crucial. The destemming machine was introduced and manufactured for this purpose.
This machine operates with two major components which are a beater shaft and a rotating drum. The shaft is fitted with pins to beat the berries from the stem. On the other hand, the rotating drum which has some holes in it, serves as a sieve.

The destemming machine doesn’t come without its share of challenges. The machine doesn’t have 100% efficiency in plucking grapes. So for some grapes, you would have incomplete removal from their stems.
The destemmer also has a challenge of broken stems ending up with berries. This distorts the flavor of the wine that is produced from the process.

Compared to the destemmer machine, the towel technique works with much higher effectiveness. Even though there isn’t a small-scale machine for domestic grape-plucking, there’s a pretty good chance that the towel method, with its almost 100% (if not 100%) efficiency, will remain the better option.
Just make sure not to apply too much pressure and you can be sure of 100% undamaged grapes.

The hack is extremely beneficial even to people living with motor disabilities. For example, someone with Parkinson’s disease recorded himself as he tried the hack.
The video which he later posted on Instagram showed that even with the shaking, stiffness, and the challenge of balance and combination, he could easily pluck out many grapes from their stem at once.