Making our own maple syrup from 3 Sugar Maple Trees 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦steemCreated with Sketch.

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We tapped 3 of our Sugar Maple Trees and have enough Maple sap to make about 1 litre of Maple Syrup. It takes 40 litres of Maple sap to make 1 litre.

Sap boils until it reaches the density of maple syrup. About 40 liters (10.5 gallons) of sap boil down to one liter (about . 25 gallons or one quart) of pure maple syrup.

Source: https://www.puremaplefromcanada.com/about/how-its-made/

So … yeah, lots of sap.

The weather is getting good for the Maple run… warm days (around 5 Celsius) and colder nights .. (around - 5 Celsius)

Have you ever made your own Maple Syrup ?

Yuuuu- um

This video shows our 1st attempt over an open fire… boiled down about 4 cups sap to make approx. 1/10 cup of Maple Syrup

It also takes a lot of wood. No wonder Maple syrup is so expensive.

Liquid Gold.

Filmed with my iPhone XR in Eastern Ontario Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ 

I've never tasted real maple syrup. I wonder if it is possible to pull off such a process with birch sap? :)

I think so ... but you must have lots of Maple Trees where you are. Pretty easy to tap a tree and give it a try.

Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ 

In fact, we don't have many maples. It's mostly in the city. They were planted in parks. But in the city I don't take anything from the street, neither fruits, nor mushrooms, not the sap of trees. Ecology...
and how is maple sap extracted?
An incision is made, a groove and a collection container are placed?

Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ (edited)

You drill a 1/2” hole into the tree about 4’ off the ground ….

And insert one of these taps… and hang a bucket off the tap to catch the sap ..
It just drips slowly … need perfect weather though … + 5 Celsius during the day and -5 Celsius at night

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Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ 

You drill a 1/2” hole into the tree about 4’ off the ground ….

I understood... it's pretty cruel to the tree.

Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ (edited)

Yeah. Same with anything we eat… apples, carrots, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, cows, pigs we kill them all. πŸ˜‚

Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ 

Yes, this is how the food chain on earth works. Vegans also kill plants :-))

I found this …

Β  Β· Β 2 years agoΒ 

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