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French Cider, the traditional
drink with Crêpes
Cider
is an alcoholic
beverage made primarily from the juices of specially grown varieties of
apples. In most places in the world, the term refers to fermented apple
juice, but the drink is known as hard cider in the United States, where
the term "cider" almost exclusively refers to apple cider, a minimally
processed variety of apple juice. Cider generally has a stronger
alcoholic content than typical beer, usually over 5%, and appears
golden yellow and often cloudy. To produce cider, apples are washed
and mashed, pressed, then fermented in oak vats using yeasts. The drink
is very popular and traditional in Brittany and Normandy (France), in
the UK, Ireland and northern Spain.
French "cidre" is an
alcoholic drink produced predominantly in Normandy and Brittany. It
varies in strength from below 4% alcohol to considerably more. Most
French ciders are sparkling. Until the mid-20th century, cider was the
second most-consumed drink in France (after wine). In restaurants,
cider is sometimes served in traditional ceramic bowls (or wide cups)
rather than glasses.
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