Alfonso Umana loads the apple washer with apples to be washed and processed into apple cider at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Leo Guiterrez extracts the pressings from the grinder to be later used as fertilizer in the orchard.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Manuel Rivera loads a bin of apples into the washer to before being processed into apple cider.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Manuel Rivera brings in a bin of apples to be processed into apple cider.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Apples travel up the conveyor into the grinder where the juice is extracted from the apples.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
After undergoing a pasteurizing process, the cider is then bottled into gallon jugs.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Manuel Rivera fills a rack of freshly bottled apple cider to be sold in the store.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Manuel Rivera brings out another bin of apples to start the apple cider process all over again.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Manuel Rivera brings in a bin of apples into the cooler to be processed later into apple cider.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Apples come flying out of the washer and up a conveyor belt to the grinder where the juice is extracted from the apples.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com