Grapes don’t grow well in these latitudes, but apples do. Unsurprisingly, Sweden doesn't share the continent's wine production traditions but it has a long tradition of making natural apple juice (“äppelmust”) and cider. By pressing the "must" out of the apples, as soon as they are picked from the trees, delicious apple juice was made throughout history. Even today there are many microfactories (called ”musteri” in Swedish) across the country, and the production process is as simple now as it was then: fresh apples are pressed and bottled or packed in boxes.
Äppelfabriken is one of such local microfactories. People come here with apples from their own gardens to get them pressed, filtered, lightly pasteurized and packed. There is also a lovely garden cafe and a small shop selling homemade marmalade, chutneys etc. During the harvest season, if you don’t have your own garden you can buy the juice produced here from apples brought in by others.
