by the side of the huron river
a stop by the dexter cider mill
is always, always a treat
feels like fall is in the air
very friendly and delicious
even an apple cider slushie
sooooooo good
Michigan is known for having one of the densest networks of traditional, family-owned sweet cider mills (over 125 licensed mills) alongside a massive hard cider industry, producing roughly one billion pounds of apples annually. Established in 1886, Dexter Cider Mill is Michigan’s oldest continuously operating cider mill. It sits right on the banks of the Huron River and uses an original oak rack press.
Selling wood-pressed fresh unpasteurized cider, warm cinnamon doughnuts, caramel apples, apple nut bread, and small-batch hard ciders. Cash or check only.
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“the cider tasted like Michigan too and I always remembered the cider mill.”
– Ernest Hemingway, True at First Light
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source credits: rural innovation exchange, dexter cider mill
https://dextercidermill.com/pages/about-us
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Sounds so delicious! You made me want one, Beth 😋🍏🍎
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<3
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Happy Friday! 💜
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There’s a farm stand here that sells their own cider–and slushies–but no cider mills that I know of. How delightful! I’m imagining the entire place smelling like apples.
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that’s great that it’s there in whatever form, i love farm stands
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Wow, 140 years and still churning? That’s impressive longevity. It’s nice when an industry like that can hold out for so long.
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i agree, and still doing the same thing it always has – people have come to rely on it being there. p.s. you were right about the tree with the red berries, it’s a crabapple tree –
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Lovely. I’ve heard that they’re very tart, so I should not be too eager to eat one.
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we used to eat them as kids of course, we ate everything we found outside and amazingly are all still standing
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Same here, lol.
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one of the best places on earth and it is right here in Michigan
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yes!
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Lovely Beth 🍏🍎
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What’s not to like? Cider, perfect!
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Thatls the kinda stuff deep memories are made of.
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yes – and this mill is the real deal, old school, telling that they only take cash and checks –
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I would love to wander around in it and smell the smells.
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it is exactly as you would imagine, the aroma of overripe apples, old wood, and cinammon
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Sounds like a bit of Nirvana.
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I used to work for a cider company as a sales representative. Bulmer’s Cider, one of the biggest in Britain. After touring the factory to see the production process, we saw so many wasps disappearing into the mixture, that we used to call cider ‘Wasp-Juice’. 😊
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yikes, and i get that, as soon as you sit down to drink a cup and have a donut, they appear -)
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There were so many wasps in the factory, I was amazed by how inured the staff were to their presence.
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wow, i guess you can get used to most anything over time
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I love this!
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I’m now craving a pint of cider and a doughnut – a cinnamon sugar one please!
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soooo good
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I’m homesick!
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i’ve save you some
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Dexter, eh? I hear they serve a killer latte…
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<3
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I’m almost ready to book a flight. Fresh cider and donuts, with the river and fall foliage right outside. Sounds like heaven!
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so simple, so wonderful
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That’s a nice shop.
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it smells like home
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Yum!
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Apple nut bread sounds fantastic. I’d love to try that. :)
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everything is so good and fresh and real
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I really miss my bottle of scrumpy. Hard to get here in Peru. Only one shop I know sells it, and it is Spanish cider. So, the first thing I do when arriving in England is……………. ahhhhhhhnhn!.
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fly me over; I’ll be in on that :) :)
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