BONUS EPISODE: Natural Cider with Tom and Lydia of Artistraw Cider

As promised in the last episode of A is for Apple, here is the full interview with Tom Tibbits and Lydia Crimp of Artistraw Cidery and Orchard in Herefordshire.

Lydia and Tom go to great efforts to make a natural cider and perry using fruit from their own orchards, fermented the natural way without pitching any yeast.

You can find out more about Artistraw on their website www.artistraw.co.uk, where you can also sign up to their newsletter, or follow them on Twitter, Instagram and Bluesky @artistrawcider.

Today, we talk about the basic process of natural cider making, and how it is both an art and a science, what makes a good cider apple, terroir, and the folklore associated with cidermaking.

I’ll be back in a week with Alessandra Pino and Sam Bilton with the next regular episode of A is for Apple.

See Artistraw on BBC Countryfile: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kw2w

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Sam Bilton also hosts the award winningComfortably Hungry Podcast and is the author ofFirst Catch Your Gingerbread,Fool’s Gold: A History of British SaffronThe Philosophy of Chocolate andMuch Ado About Cooking: Delicious Shakespearean Feasts for Every Occasion (written in collaboration with Shakespeare’s Globe). You can find her onInstagram andBluesky

Dr Neil Buttery also hosts theBritish Food History Podcast and is the author ofA Dark History of Sugar,Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald Britain’s Most Influential Housekeeper as well asKnead to Know: A History of Baking andThe Philosophy of Pudding with another book in progress. You can find him onInstagram andBluesky

Dr Allie Pino produces and hosts theCurious Appetite Podcast and theFear Feasts Podcast with Vanessa Baca. She is also the co-author ofA Gothic Cookbook and is currently working on a new book. You can find her onInstagram andBluesky