Hot Cider

Hot Cider

A woman holds a glass of steaming cider in Frankfurt, Jan.19. Frankfurt Cider, apple wine made from pressed apples from regional orchards, usually is served cold in the typical glass with a lozenge cut. In the cold season though it is quite popular here to drink it hot with spices and sugar. The taste takes some getting used to…

Sugar-to-be

Sugar-to-be

Tons of sugar beet wait for transport to the sugar factory on a field at Riedstadt, some 50 kms (30 mls) south of Frankfurt, Nov.7. Wikipedia says that Germany is the fourth biggest producer of sugar beet in the world. (Taken with my fisheye lens)