Don't sit there for hours on end cutting up your apples with a knife before putting them into a press. Yes, it can be fun for a while but if you have a sizable load of apples to chop up it can become very tedious.

The answer to this problem is to use the 'Small Stainless Manual Crusher'. A good quality crusher that will see you through many seasons of apple picking. It's probably worth looking at the video called 'An Introduction To Fruit Crushers'  by our very own Richard Blackwell, to see how it looks and learn more. Whilst you're at it there are other videos on the Love Brewing video channel related to making cider which may interest you.

If you prefer to read we also have quite a few guides for you to take a look at. You can check them out here!