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Production of cider

29.05.2008

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Production of cider

Contents

- History

- Processing

- Presentation of cider

- Various things about cider

- Cider in other countries around the world

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History

• Since thousands of years the apple

was used as a symbol

– Seduction (story of Adam and Eve)

– Power, Dominance, Governance and Authority

– Various symbols in legends, myths & fairy tales

• many poems, verses and songs from different

centuries show that the apple has always been a

fruit well-widespread all over the world

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History

• Evidence for existence of apples in New Stone Age (about 5000 years B.C.), due to fossil apple seeds

• First cultivated sorts of apples appeared 4600 B.C. in Greece

• During the time of the Roman Empire, there were presumably 29 different sorts of apples

• Today there are about 20,000 different sorts of apples

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Processing• Good cider is made of about 30-40 different sorts of apples• Cider has about 5.5 to 7 percent of alcohol• 50kg of apples make about 30 to 35 liter of cider

Procedure1. Washing/cleaning

2. Grinding/crushing of apples to must

3. Must is wrapped to canvas and then piled and pressed

4. Storage in tanks fermentation starts

5. Fermentation: yeast converts sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide

6. After three months cider should be drinkable

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Processing

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Presentation of cider

• German slang for cider: „Ebbelwoi“

• Corded glass (0.25 to 0.3 liter)– „Schoppen“ (glass of cider)

• Jar (1.0 to 1.2 liter = 4 Schoppen)– „Bembel“ (jar of cider)

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Various things about cider

• „Ebbelwoi Express“– Famous tramway in Frankfurt for

drinking cider (established 1977)

• Cider is very healthy (like apples)– Large amounts of phenolics and antioxidants, maybe

helpful preventing heart diseases and cancer

• Large variety of cider products– Cider bread, cider cheese, cider cake, cider ice, cider

sausage, cider liqueur, cider vinegar, …………

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Cider in other countries

• Argentina: most favourite drink during Christmas

• Belgium: many types of flavoured ciders

• Channel Islands: strong cider-making tradition, from 16th century the ordinary drink of the people

• Denmark: little cider production, despite large apple tradition, before 2000 mostly imported(SWE) non-alcoholic

• East Asia: cider is soft-drink as Sprite or Fanta

• France: until mid-20th century 2nd most-consumed drink, mostly produced in Normandy and Brittany

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• Netherlands: cider not commonly available…

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• UK: biggest producer of cider in Europe

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Thanks for your attention!