I've just learned that what americans refer to as "cider" is in fact, literally apple juice

What the hell USA?

This does explain how surprised americans are when they try a pint of scrumpy though

@troubleMoney Around here (in New England) we sometimes use "cider" to refer to apple juice that's, like, spiced, unpasteurized, and non-homogenized, and then "hard cider" to refer specifically to the beer-like stuff -- which I prefer to beer, personally, and which was essentially used to sterilize the drinking water among farming families back in the 1700s, so even the youth were chugging watered-down cider. That's why apples became such an important crop around here