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Somerset Apple & Pear Juice. 

This auction is for 12 x 75cl bottles of Cox & Bramley apple juice

A blend of two of the best known English apple varieties. Enticing with rich, aromatic flavour. Spicy, honeyed and pear-like. with prolonged tart after taste. A subtle blend of great complexity, suitable for all palettes.

(This juice is catagorised as 6 making it a medium juice in our acidity range.)

All the fruit is grown, pressed and bottled on our farm at North Perrott (Somerset).  The ingredients are pressed fruit with a little additional vitamin C as an antioxidant (stops the juice from going brown).  There are no other additives and our juices contain only natural sugar (We have plenty of diabetic customers but please confirm suitability with your Doctor before ordering).

We identify the acidity of our juices by measuring the levels of Tartaric acid.  A score of 9 or more is quite dry (acidic) and a score of 4 or less is quite sweet.

The juice will arrive with a long "Use Before Date" (typically more than 10 months) but once opened, it should be stored in a fridge and used within 4 days.

All our juices are cloudy and it is natural for a small sediment to build up at the bottom of the bottle.  The juice should be shaken before serving. (There are no 'bits of fruit' in our juices).

Collection: Collection is available from the North Perrott Farm Shop & Garden Centre.

Delivery: Delivery is by courier, a signature on collection will be necessary (so you may need to give a work delivery address or kindly friend or neighbour).  The price quoted is for mainland England only and surcharges may apply to Scotland, Ireland and other remote regions/islands.  Please enquire before bidding. Overseas bidders do so at their own risk! I will quote for a delivery cost if requested to but there will be a policy of no returns - insurance will have to surfice.

Returns and damaged goods:

The full purchase price will be refunded for goods returned to us at the buyers expense, providing that they are in identical condition to when they were originally despatched by us.  Please note that despite copious packaging, glass is very fragile and we do occasionally have bottles broken in transit.  You will be required to sign for your delivery.  Please inspect your parcel carefully for leakages before signing for it.  If leakage is evident do NOT accept the parcel, otherwise you will have to pay for return postage.  The courier will return the damaged parcel to us and we will resend it at no extra charge. 

The apples that are used to make Parrett Brand apple juice are all tree picked which means that they will make a cleaner and healthier juice. Once picked, they are kept in cold store until needed for pressing, usually between October and December. In the first stage of the production process the apples are tipped into water and any bad apples are removed as they pass up an elevator to the mill.

The mill is directly above the press. It's purpose is to shred the apples into a coarse pomace from which the juice can be more easily extracted. Directly below the mill is a counterbalanced container that allows the operators to release exactly enough pomace to fill one layer of the 'cheese' at a time. The photo shows the pomace at the point of release onto a new layer of the 'cheese'.

The 'cheese' is built up using layers of pumice held together in nylon cloths and separated by slatted pressboards. This construction ensures that there is an even pressure throughout the 'cheese'. The photo shows the pumice being leveled within the mould to ensure the 'cheese is stable and well constructed. The corners of the cloth will be folded into the centre and the mould is removed. Another pressboard is placed on the 'cheese' and the next layer is built on top.

We use and old cider press made in the 1930's by Thos.Beare & Sons. It has two trolley beds which enables us to press one 'cheese' while building another. This makes pressing an almost continuous process. This photo shows a 'cheese' as it starts to come under pressure. Juice has started to flow from the edge of the pressboards and is collected in the trolley where it empties into a stainless steel vat. To prevent the juice from oxidising we add a minute amount of Vitamin C at this stage.

From the collecting vat, the juice is pumped into a holding container where it is allowed to settle. This allows any larger particles of apple that may have been pressed through the cloths to settle out and leaves a naturally cloudy juice ready for bottling. As a safety measure, the juice passes through a coarse strainer before being filled into freshly rinsed bottles. All our bottles are made from recycled glass and we have a bottle washer that enables us to re-use bottles if they are returned to us. Finally, the filled bottles are gently pasteurised to ensure a long life.

Before dispatch the bottles are given a final quality check. This is when the shrink caps and labels are applied and ensures that there is a long use by date on all deliveries. We supply to wholesalers, who usually collect from the farm, and we can arrange delivery to larger retailers where there is a cost advantage to them. We operate retail sales through the North Perrott Garden Centre and Farmers Markets where we hold regular tastings and now we can also now deliver cases of apple juice directly by mail order through eBay.

Thank you for taking the time to read through my auction, happy bidding.