What is cider?
Q: What is cider?
A: Cider is a drink made from fruit juice, most often from apples.
Q: How is cider made in Europe and Oceania?
A: Cider in Europe and Oceania is an alcoholic drink that is made from apple juice through a process called fermentation.
Q: What is the difference between cider in the United States and Canada and cider in Europe?
A: In the United States and Canada, cider containing alcohol is called hard cider or alcoholic cider. Cider or apple cider means less-sweet, usually unfiltered, apple juice. Whereas in Europe, cider is usually an alcoholic drink made from apple juice through a process called fermentation.
Q: When do people drink a special kind of cider in the United States and Canada?
A: People in the United States and Canada drink a special kind of cider around Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Q: What are the characteristics of the special kind of cider in the United States and Canada?
A: The special kind of cider in the United States and Canada is usually unfiltered, rather thick, and it is often heated and spiced with cinnamon before drinking it.
Q: Is the special kind of cider drunk in Europe the same as in the United States and Canada?
A: No, the special kind of cider drunk in Europe is usually not heated.
Q: What is the name of cider containing alcohol in the United States and Canada?
A: Cider containing alcohol in the United States and Canada is called hard cider or alcoholic cider.
