What's the difference between Apple Juice and Apple Cider.?!
What's the difference between Apple Juice and Apple Cider.?
Answers:
The apple industry hems and haws on this issue but here is how I differentiate.
Juice is clear. Usually it is pastuerized and therefore does not ferment but you can still get it to turn alcoholic by adding champagne yeast . If you add honey, you will technically be making a mellomel, a type of mead.
Cider, either cold pressed or boiled (which is basically pasteurized and kills all the germs along with the vitamin C), is not clear and still has some pulp in it. Cold pressed cider will ferment a bit as the yeast in the air that has settled into the liquid will eat the natural sugars and create gases carbonizing the cider (if it is kept in an air tight container like a jug) creating fizzy cider that is not very sweet since some of the sugars have been converted. If there is enough of the right type of yeast available and there is enough sugar in the liquid, you will get hard cider which is alcoholic.
Some say that cider uses tarter less ripe apples and has a higher acid to sugar ratio while juice is sweeter.
To me, this has nothing to do with the difference between cider and juice as I have had sweet cider, sour cider, sour juice and sweet juice depending on the type of apple. The difference was all in the clarity.
It's like the difference between jelly (clear) and jam (pulpy).
The first is non alcoholic whilst the second (Cider) is alcoholic and derived from fermented apple juice
juice is juice and cider is carbonated a little. both taste good!
Apple juice is just plain juice.
Apple cider is apple juice with fizz and doesn't contain alcohol.