Discover traditional straw pressing of cider at Sandford Orchards with Barny Butterfield based in Devon.

Traditional Straw Pressing Notes:

• The press is made up with a combination of thatching reeds.
  • If you are familiar with a classic rack and cloth press used today in cider making, the straw press is set up using:
    • The Reed as the rack and Barely straw is the cloth
• At Sandford Orchards they can press up to 2 tons of crushed apples on one press
• As Barny says, "We do it in the Devon way." with a press that has only one center screw on the press.
• In the other region of the UK known as Somerset, they use a press with 2 screws.
• It takes 3 parts of a day to build up the crushed apple with the straw on this press.

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