For my first attempt at brewing cider, I used two different varieties grown in my garden at home.
To keep things simple I decided not to add any sugar. Sticking to pure fermented apple juice seemed to me to provide a good reference for future years.
A total of 23Kg of apples were shredded and pressed to produce 7 litres of juice.
The result I thought was surprisingly good. It smelled like cider, looked like cider, and tasted like cider.