When I was a small kid my father would take us to nearby orchards and get fresh pressed cider. Of course, the orchards are gone now. And all the cider I've seen in stores in years is pasturuized.
That cider we used to get was like nectar of the gods.
I wonder why people think that good farmland can be neglected or covered with houses and shopping centers forever. Nothing is as valuable as good rich farmland.
I've got an orchard with a number of cider apple trees. The problem is that, even though I'm in the Manzano Mountains of NM (manzano means apple in espanol) the weather, water and altitude mean a good crop only every 5-8 years. Tough, but worth it.