Provenance
This is where each batch of juice from the 2022 harvest came from (the bottles will have a 2024 Best Before End date):
Batch Z: Discovery apples from Longney. Milled and pressed on 24th August, 2022.
Batch Y: Discovery and Worcester Pearmain apples, from Lechlade, Tredington and Winchcombe. Milled and pressed on 10th September, 2022.
Batch X: A blend of early season apples, from Meysey Hampton and a small settlement near Coberley. Milled and pressed on 15th September, 2022.
Batches T and U: a variety of apples from Bristol and environs, gathered under the scheme we operate with the Riverside Garden Centre. These batches of juice are not used to make Humblebee or Trust Juice.
Batch R: A blend of mid-season apples, including Spartan, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Laxton’s Fortune, all from an orchard near Chipping Campden. Milled and pressed on 27th October, 2022.
Batch Q: A blend of varieties (see Batch R) from Chipping Campden, plus a selection from Badminton. Milled and pressed on 31st October, 2022.
Batch P: A blend of varieties from the National Trust’s orchards at Ebworth, including Lodgemore Nonpareil, Puckrupp Pippin, Gloucester Royal, plus a few apples from Lower Hampen. Milled and pressed on 25th November.
Batch N: A blend of varieties, including Ashmead’s Kernel, from the orchard near Chipping Campden, also apples from Hazleton and Ebworth. Milled and pressed on 1st December, 2022.
Yes, we do know our alphabet and some letters are missing; these relate to batches where we’ve milled and pressed the fruit on behalf of particular customers. If you’d like us to mill and press your apples and bottle the resulting juice for you then please get in touch. The minimum quantity of fruit we need is about 100 kgs, enough for one pressing.