The word Wassail refers to several related traditions; first and foremost wassailing is an ancient southern English tradition that is performed with the intention of ensuring a good crop of cider apples for the next year's harvest. It also refers to both the salute 'Waes Hail', the term itself is a contraction of the Middle English phrase wæs hæil, meaning literally 'good health' or 'be you healthy' and to the drink of wassail which is a hot mulled cider traditionally drunk as an integral part of the wassail ceremony.
From The NT cafe in Boscastle
A cup of Cornish Orchards Wassail to warm up your day and put some colour in your cheeks in the run up to Christmas..... we are also selling it by the bottle in the shop to take home or as a tasty gift.
