🇬🇧 Here, cider isn’t just drunk… it’s lived

 In Asturias, cider is not just a drink: it’s an excuse to get together, a symbol of hospitality, and—if you ask me—almost a good kind of religion.

And at Chigre, we’ve decided that this experience shouldn’t stay trapped in the bottle, but should be lived from start to finish.

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🍏 The art of the culín
If you’ve never tried Asturian cider served the traditional way, the first thing you’ll notice is that we don’t fill your glass.
No, it’s not that we’re stingy… it’s that we’re giving you a culín.

That small sip (about 100 ml) is poured in a special way to oxygenate the cider and awaken all its aromas. That way, when you drink it in one go, it reaches you fresh, slightly tangy, bubbly, and bursting with apple flavor.

At Chigre, pouring cider isn’t just a step—it’s almost a performance.
Watching the server raise the bottle above their head, aiming with a steady hand, and letting the stream fall into the glass from about 30 centimeters high… that’s liquid magic.

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😏 A moment that tastes better shared
The beauty of cider is that it’s rarely drunk alone.
Here, the perfect plan is to order a bottle, sit at a long table, meet whoever sits next to you, and let the conversation flow from culín to culín.

At the bar, there’s always someone who knows a couple of jokes, or who will passionately explain why “the cider from home is the best in the world” (and hey, they might just be right).

And yes, that smell drifting from the kitchen is chorizo slowly bubbling away in cider… because a culín without a little bite to go with it feels lonely.

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📚 A bit of cider culture
So you don’t leave with just the taste in your mouth, here are three quick facts you can brag about at your next get-together:

• Pouring cider (escanciado) isn’t for show: it breaks the cider, releases carbon dioxide, and enhances its aroma.

• A culín is drunk in one go: if you leave it in the glass, it loses its charm.

• Natural Asturian cider has no added bubbles: everything comes from the fermentation of the apple.

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💚 Come and live it
At Chigre, we want you to feel Asturias, even if you’re miles away.
We want you to close your eyes as you drink, hear the background laughter, the stream of cider falling, and the murmur of the crowd… and think: “this isn’t something just any bar can give me.”

So now you know: here, cider isn’t just drunk… it’s lived.
📍 We’ll be waiting for you at Chigre. Cider doesn’t pour itself.