Nowadays we can find all kinds of cider in large supermarkets. THE CIDER.- Cider is not only natural and apple. That is what a large majority of Asturians think that they consider this type of cider as their own. The variety of this drink is very wide, and chains of supermarkets that
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The group Espichados organizes their rock-based XV Creative Convivial Meal. LA SIDRA.- It is time for “espichas” (convivial meals where people drink cider), time to taste the first cider of the year. This way, all kind of events related to our quintessential drink start to be organized. The group Espichados arranges different
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Mayador Cider attended both Dubai and Japan fairs. LA SIDRA.- On 9th March, Foodex, the largest food and drink fair in Asia held in Japan, closed its doors, and Mayador was present with several products: cider El Mayu and La Xana (also in its non-alcoholic version), cider vinegar and sangria cocktail
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A research highlights the beneficial role of birds on cider apple trees. LA SIDRA.- A recent study from the University of Oviedo and Serida published in the Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment magazine concludes with the important service that birds provide in the orchads plague control in the central area of Asturias. The
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For many New Englanders — and for people across the country who grew up near apple orchards — it's just not autumn without cider and donuts. LA SIDRA.- Apple cider doughnuts are a harvest tradition in autumn in the northeastern United States and are sometimes sold at cider mills. They are often
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Don Bruno, the Italian priest who takes Youtube by storm, also has his Asturian version. LA SIDRA.- Guys, it’s Friday… So let’s start the weekend with a smile!! And nothing better than doing it with cider-related fun. Every day, there are more websites and social network profiles dedicated to humour focused on
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The aim is to stabilize production and make the sector professional. LA SIDRA.- The “Apple Round Table”, formed by producers, DOP (Certificate of Origin) managers, SERIDA (Regional Research and Development Service) experts and the Rural Environment Council, gathered yesterday to plan strategies for next decade. After the apple excess registered last year,
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Brothers Jose and Carlos Argüelles are the fourth generation of master coopers and the last ones in Spain. LA SIDRA.- In Breceña, Villaviciosa, we find the workshop and family house of the only master coopers remaining in Spain and the last four in Europe. Hermanos Argüelles, their business name, make all type
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The new book by researcher Luis Benito García has been released with the support of local cidermakers. LA SIDRA.- After litigating with Siero Council for not having paid the assignment, the book by Luis Benito Garcia, who considers Siero both a great maker and cider consumer, has just been published. This historian
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Its key date of birth is 1880, whose shape is the current one. LA SIDRA.- We have been drinking cider for over 2,000 years, but when was the bottle of cider born the way we know it? Ethnographer Inaciu Hevia Llavona (1965), author of reference about cider and traditional cidermills and awarded
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