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Dreamfarm Tools and What Each One Actually Fixes

By Jodie Smith, Product & Hamper Manager at The Gourmet Pantry.

Dreamfarm names each tool after the job rather than the object, so the name tells you nothing until somebody explains it. A Garject is a garlic press that takes unpeeled cloves and scrapes itself clean. Clongs are tongs that open or lock closed at the click of a button. Here are the twelve we range, and the ordinary annoyance each one was built for.

Dreamfarm Garject Lite garlic press in black, the tool that presses unpeeled cloves and scrapes itself clean

Why the names are like that

Most kitchen tools are named for what they are. A peeler peels, a grater grates, and you can buy one without asking anybody. Dreamfarm names things for the fix instead, usually by welding two words together: garlic and eject, click and tongs, scoop and strain. It reads as a gimmick until you have used one, at which point the name turns out to be a literal description of the one thing the tool does differently. Every description below is the tool's own, in plain English, with the annoyance it answers put first.

The twelve, and the annoyance each one was built for

Prices run from $12.95 to $79.95, and every one is a single-job tool that does its job in a way an ordinary version of the same thing does not.

The tool, and what it is for
Garject LitePeeling every clove first, then digging the skins back out. Presses unpeeled garlic and scrapes itself clean.
ClongsTongs that spring open in a packed drawer. These open or lock closed at the click of a button.
Ortwo LiteGrinding pepper two-handed while the other hand holds a pan. A spice mill that grinds one-handed or two.
WinopenWrestling the cork off the corkscrew afterwards. Removes and ejects the cork in one action, and it is pocket sized.
ChampopA champagne cork with a mind of its own. Pops and catches the cork, or lets it fly.
SharpleA peeler that went blunt months ago without telling you. Sharpens itself every time the cover opens or closes.
FluicerA citrus juicer that takes up half a drawer. Squeezes, then folds completely flat.
FlappleCoring an apple and then cutting it into pieces that match. Slices eight equal pieces, folds flat to store.
EgglerPeeling hard boiled eggs and losing half the white. Peels them, with an egg slicer built in.
LestrainA wet strainer dripping across the bench. Catches its own drips and sits up off the counter.
OgrateOne grater used for everything, badly. Two sides: circular on one, up and down on the other.
Mini SupoonThe last of the jam a teaspoon cannot reach. A silicone teaspoon that scrapes jars out.

The four worth explaining properly

The Garject Lite is the one people ask about, and it answers two separate irritations at once. It presses unpeeled garlic, so the skin stays in the chamber and the clove goes through, and it scrapes itself clean, so the sieve is not left full of paste to pick out with a skewer. If you cook with garlic more than twice a week that is a couple of minutes back every time. At $39.95 it is the one most likely to get used the day it arrives. More on alliums in our guide to caramelising onions properly.

Clongs are 9 inch tongs that open or lock closed at the click of a button, which sounds small and is not. A locked pair goes into a drawer flat instead of springing open against everything else in there, and the click is done with the hand already holding them.

The Ortwo Lite is a spice mill you can grind with one hand or two. That is the whole pitch, and it is a good one, because the moment you want pepper is usually the moment your other hand is on a pan handle. It is $49.95.

The Fluicer is an easy squeeze citrus juicer that folds completely flat, which is a storage answer rather than a juicing one. Most juicers claim a whole drawer for something used twice a week. This one lies down, and so does the Flapple, which slices an apple into eight even pieces.

Which one to give

Three ways to choose. For a cook you know well, pick the tool that matches their habit: the Garject Lite for anyone who cooks with garlic, the Ortwo Lite for someone who grinds their own spices, the Winopen at $79.95 for a wine drinker who owns everything else. For a kitchen you have never stood in, go small and useful: the Mini Supoon at $12.95 and the Sharple at $19.95 are the two nobody already has. For a hamper or a stocking, the $12.95 to $24.95 end is where to look. The full range sits on the Dreamfarm brand page and in kitchen gadgets.

Common questions

What is a Garject and how is it different from a normal garlic press?

A Garject is Dreamfarm's garlic press, and the name is garlic and eject run together. Two things separate it from an ordinary one. It takes unpeeled cloves, so the skin stays behind in the chamber. And it scrapes itself clean as it opens, so the garlic is pushed off the sieve rather than left welded into the holes. Those are the two moments an ordinary press costs you time. Ours is the Garject Lite in black, $39.95.

What do Dreamfarm Clongs do that ordinary tongs do not?

They lock. A button on the handle opens them or locks them closed, so a pair can be shut and put away flat rather than splaying open in the drawer, then unlocked one handed when you pick them up. Ours are the 9 inch pair in black. Everything else about them is a normal pair of tongs, which is the point: the change is in the part that annoys people.

Which Dreamfarm tool is the best one to give as a gift?

The Garject Lite is the safest answer for a cook, since garlic is close to universal and the press is the tool most people own a bad version of. The Mini Supoon is the one that fits a stocking and still gets used daily. The Champop at $16.95 suits a household that opens sparkling wine more than twice a year. The tools that get used are the ones matching something the person already does every week. More ideas in Christmas gifts.

Are Dreamfarm tools dishwasher safe?

The care instructions come on each tool's own packaging, and our listings do not carry a dishwasher statement for these, so we would rather send you to the pack than guess. Keep the card from the box, or call us on 1300 936 406 and we will read the pack and tell you what it says.

The whole range is on the Dreamfarm brand page, alongside the rest of our homewares and kitchen essentials. For another object that only makes sense once somebody explains it, read what is a gluggle jug. Orders placed before 12pm on a weekday are dispatched the same day from our Corio, VIC warehouse, tracked with Australia Post.

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Dreamfarm Garject Lite - Black

$39.95

Hand-packed and dispatched from our Corio, Victoria warehouse, with free delivery Australia-wide on orders over $100.

Dreamfarm Champop - Black

$16.95

Dreamfarm Clongs 9" - Black

$39.95

Dreamfarm Flapple - Red

$24.95

Dreamfarm Lestrain - Black

$19.95

Dreamfarm Mini Supoon - Black

$12.95

Dreamfarm Ortwo Lite - Black

$49.95

Dreamfarm Sharple - Black

$19.95