CIDER MAKERS

TeePee Ciders

TeePee Cider is a boutique artisan cider producer. It grew out of a vision of making traditional West Country cider in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Not only making cider but re-creating the whole process from tree to bottle. Firstly only cider apple cultivars, mainly originating from the West Country such as Kingston Black, are used. These cider trees are then grown as standards with a grass swath below, tended by sheep. No herbicides or insecticides are used. This, our private orchard is called Beau Vista Orchards, and we only source apples from here. Secondly the cider making is just once a year at harvest time. A tradition rack and cloth press is used. The cider is madein a style invented by the English gentry, sparkling, the method that later came to be known as methode champenoise.