The Couple Bringing English Cider To Kazakhstan's 'Home Of Apples'
- By Chris Rickleton and
- Ray Furlong
The wild apple forests of the Tien-Shan mountains close to Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, are not just picturesque. They are widely regarded as the region where apples genetically originated. What better place, then, to brew cider, a centuries-old alcoholic drink based on apple-pressing that is particularly popular in the west country of England?