The earliest record of fermentation of apple can be traced back to the Romans in 55 BC.

The earliest record can be traced back to the Romans in 55 BC when they reached Kent, England and noticed villagers drinking a drink made from apples.

The earliest record can be traced back to the Romans in 55 BC when they reached Kent, England and noticed villagers drinking a drink made from apples.The National Apple Museum states that when Romans first sailed to the British Isles in 55 B.C., they spotted locals were drinking a cider-like drink made from apples. The Romans fell in love with this drink and soon after, cider spread throughout the Roman Empire and across Europe, becoming popular with people from the Germanic tribes to the Normans, whose conquest of England in the 9th century brought apple orchards and the very word 'cider' into the English language.

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