Hmm. I'll have to mull this one over.
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Buy a juicer, put a whole-ass bag of apples through that fucker, plus a knob of ginger. Simmer that shit in a pot with a few cinnamon sticks and whole cloves.
You can thank me later.
Also if you do actually do this and its your first experience juicing: clean your juicer immediately! Im serious, clean that shit while the cider is simmering. If you let it sit out 'til the next day you WILL regret it.
I'm not putting my knob any near a juicer. Fool me once...
Where's the fermentation step?
After simmering, put it in big jug and let cool down a bit. Pitch some yeasty bois in there and put an airlock on it, then wait.
So pumpkin spice then.
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Apple cider is seasonal because it relies on apple harvesting, but there is no reason to not have pumpkin spice any time of year except for artificial scarcity. The same with eggnog except people don't like eggnog much to begin with.
Eggnog is delicious, but if I drank it year round I'd put on a hundred pounds
Can confirm, I gain about 10 pounds each December, probably from the eggnog.
But apples are available year round and cider is a great storage method. It is available year round. Preferences and market drivers cause seasonal supply increases.
Actual eggnog is an affront in the fact of god, but the carton of custard flavored milkshake that Southern Comfort sells every year is pretty excellent. I'm led to believe you can even put booze in it.
Those, sir, are fighting words. Eggnog is one of the best parts of the season, and I am willing to die on this hill!
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Take the nutmeg out of it, that's what no one likes about it. That's basically what custard is, and it's fucking good.
It's like a drinkable pudding.
What, boo. Nutmeg is great. My experience with people not liking eggnog is that they don't like the stuff labeled eggnog you get at the supermarket.
The real stuff, made with egg yolks, with lots of booze, left to age a month or two, excellent.
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Apple cider can keep for a long time as well. In fact in the 18th century Americans drank it all year round and favoured it over beer.
Asterisk: The beverage you're talking about (cider) is effectively apple wine and can be stored and maintained in pretty much the exact way any other wine can.
When you hear most modern Americans say "apple cider" they mean unfiltered, unclarified fresh apple juice, which is sold fresh in the mid-fall, kept refrigerated because it isn't shelf stable, and often served hot and spiced.
You can thank the temperance movement for the confusion.
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Fun fact. American folk legend Johnny Appleseed was actually a very successful businessman. Rather than planting apple trees randomly, he founded tree nurseries for cider production. He wore pauper's clothes because he wanted to, not because he was some vagabond.
Another fun fact. Apple seeds are not true to seed. Which means if you plant apple seeds, you will get crab apples.
My local grocery store unfortunately has pumpkin spice apple cider this year...
I picked a half gallon of it up recently. It's decent and not overpowering but I don't anticipate picking it up again if regular cider is still available.
Meanwhile, the rest of the planet still has no clue as to what pumpkin spice is.
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Pear cider is better than apple cider
I'm not from the US and I gotta ask, wtf is pumpkin spice? Dehydrated pumpkin powder or what?
It's the spices often used in pumpkin pie and other pumpkin dishes. According to the internet, it's a combination of "cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves".
Wait, so it doesn't include pumpkin itself?
Generally speaking, no
They should call it pumpkin pie spice latte.
That's what it was originally called. I assume the pie was dropped from the name because it sounds healthier that way.
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Sounds very much like traditional Christmas cookie spices from my part of the world.
Garam Masala latte
Yes! 💯
Terrible/wonderful compromise...Apumpkin Spider blend.
Why compare a drink to a spice? That's like saying a chair is much better then a rose.
Probably because the most popular use of "pumpkin spice" is in a PSL.
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Both are good in different ways.
I prefer pumpkin pie over apple pie but apple cider over pumpkin spice
Remember, friends don't let friends ruin unpasteurized cider by sticking it on a stove and spicing the hell out of it. Only do that with pasteurized cider; it was already ruined when you bought it.
Why, what happens with unpasteurized cider?
You drink it as is. It's delicious.
Or are you asking about sanitation? I'm using the word "pasteurization" colloquially to mean "heat pasteurization". UV-treated ciders typically still retain the flavor that heat pasteurization destroys, unless the brand just happens to suck regardless.
Apple cider all the way. I've got four gallons of the stuff unfiltered in my fridge right now.
Pumpkin spice works better across a wider range of products. Which is why it is marketed heavier.
Washington State and Illinois in a showdown
Chicagoan here; I'll take cider over pumpkin spice. Besides, you can't make spices directly into alcohol.
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