Eugh, don't buy into it

New Year, Perfect Old You. 

Greetings, Ciderling! 

Quick post-Christmas check-in… How are we all doing? 

💞 Don’t gooooooo changin’

There’s a tonne of pressure leading up to Christmas. “Mustn’t forget the blinis! Have we got enough cranberry sauce? I forgot to buy satsumas!”  

You make a last-minute Christmas Eve Morrisons dash to get gluten-free biscuits for Great Aunt Marge. Then she doesn’t even eat any, so you’re stuck with a packet of cardboard ‘til next time she comes round. Not to mention the nostalgia-shattering upset of unshiny Quality Street wrappers. Sob. 

And no sooner is it all over, and the pressure ramps up AGAIN. But this time it’s pressure to become the healthiest, happiest, live laugh loveliest version of yourself possible. Gahhhhhh.

We take our role as your enthusiastic cider makers / cheerleaders very seriously. So please let us remind you. YOU’RE PERFECTLY FINE AS YOU ARE. 

No need to drastically change your lifestyle just because the calendar says so. Time’s just a construct, innit?  But if you are giving Dry January a bash, or just cutting down a bit after hic overdoing things, get some of our apple juice in as a posh treat. 

Take it slow. Ease into 2025. It’s hygge time. Lots of candles, lazy walks on a frosty morning (disclaimer, blow the candles out first), squishy socks and your new slippers.

🥁 A break in your January hibernation

It’s almost like we planned our Wassail to happen at exactly the point you’ll start feeling like going out again… it’s on Saturday 18th January at the cidery in Framfield. It’s kid (but not dog) friendly, so bring the whole family along. It’s actually tradition to have a wassail on the Twelfth Night,  the REAL twelfth night, not this new-fangled January 5th or 6th upstart nonsense. Some folk, especially in South West England, (and South East) still celebrate Old Twelfth Night with a continuation of our even older Apple Wassail tradition, which was celebrated on the date that corresponded to January 6th on the Julian calendar, which is actually January 17th in our Gregorian calendar. But that’s a Friday, and Saturday works better for us. Anyhow, we’d like to give you (and us) a little longer to recover from the seasonal festivities. More on why we wassail next time. 

😏 One easy peasy lifestyle change to make you feel smug 

Having said don’t go changin’, if you want an easy low-effort healthkick, try downing some apple cider vinegar every morning. Mix it with some water first, so you don’t burn your tastebuds off. The health benefits of ACV are disputed; some say it helps boost your immune system, lower your cholesterol, science tells us it can help smooth out blood sugar spikes. At the very least it ticks the “it tastes a little bit yukky so it probably does me good” box (obviously ours tastes yum though.)

Cheers, and Happy 2025!
BN&B

📅 2025 dates for the diary are now live on our website

Come and Wassail with us on Saturday 18th January.