Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 38 minutes ago

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Stephen outlines the need for mixing apple varieties in order to achieve a good cider. "You wouldn't make a curry with just chili" as " a lot of the art is in the blending"

Cider making is largely dependent on how much sun and water the apples get, much like a wine. From a maintained orchard of reasonable size will give you:

Vintage years, "average years and occasionally crap years".

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