Making our own maple syrup from 3 Sugar Maple Trees ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆsteemCreated with Sketch.

in CCS โ€ข 2 years ago (edited)

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 โ€ฆ yeah, lots of sap.

The weather is getting good for the Maple runโ€ฆ 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 fireโ€ฆ 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 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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ย 2 years agoย 

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

ย 2 years agoย 

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.

ย 2 years agoย 

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?

ย 2 years agoย (edited)

You drill a 1/2โ€ hole into the tree about 4โ€™ off the ground โ€ฆ.

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

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Buckets : https://amzn.to/3ZfX0kA

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ย 2 years agoย 

You drill a 1/2โ€ hole into the tree about 4โ€™ off the ground โ€ฆ.

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

ย 2 years agoย (edited)

Yeah. Same with anything we eatโ€ฆ apples, carrots, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, cows, pigs we kill them all. ๐Ÿ˜‚

ย 2 years agoย 

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

ย 2 years agoย 

I found this โ€ฆ

ย 2 years agoย 

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