Meet the Makers

The inspiration behind Kent Cider Co.

As a young lad growing up in rural kent I developed a love of the countryside and the outdoors from an early age. Spending many happy years roaming and playing in the beautiful kent countryside. As a teen I spent many seasons working on orchards pruning and picking. I have always had a love of apples.

Having made a successful career which involved spending all my time indoors I decided I needed a new challenge. Something which would enable me to utilise some of the huge quantity of kentish apples on my doorstep which were getting wasted every year; mostly due too imported apples being cheaper at market than our home grown apples.

So I decided that I’d become a cider maker. I had some experience of making cider in small quantities, but no idea how I could turn this limited knowledge into a business.

Through a fortuitous chain of events I met a cider maker who was looking to retire from his orchard and give up his cider making equipment. After some negotiation we struck a deal, part of which was the benefit of his many years of cider making experience.

Soon after my wife got involved and together we set up the Kent Cider Co with a mission to create something exciting for the consumer and challenging to ourselves as a producer: ciders with depth, unique flavors and finishes.

To read more about how we met this challenge read our Artizan Cider Page

I hope you enjoy drinking them as much as we have making them. Enjoy!

Marcus & Serena Henderson