We were invited to join our friends the Wares for their family’s annual cider making day.  In a contraption older than any of us, we expressed gallon about gallon of cider.

 

Marie, Tabitha, and Nigel had to work, so it was just Johanna and Katriel that joined us.

There are multiple jobs within the process.  Someone puts the apples in.  Another helps to line them up with the blades.  Another turns the gear.  Someone has to watch the output bucket where the liquid goes while also keeping their eye on the scrap bucket.   Both of these need regular emptying.  Then we have to pour it into containers.

Johanna took a turn at each station, and repeated a few of them.

 

 

It was such a cool experience.