Transcript Production of cider - Czech Technical University in Prague

Production of cider
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29.05.2008
Lutz Gramatzki
(CTU Prag, summer term 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
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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
Procedure
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Washing/cleaning
Grinding/crushing of apples to must
Must is wrapped to canvas and then piled and pressed
Storage in tanks  fermentation starts
Fermentation: yeast converts sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide
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
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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!
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(CTU Prag, summer term 2008)
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