Can you make maple syrup from any maple tree?
Maple syrup is made from the sap of a maple tree, while only a few subspecies can produce sap for maple syrup. Sugar, black, red, silver, and boxelder maple trees all produce the kind of sap that can be turned into maple syrup. You should tap these trees during early spring for best results.
How long does it take to reduce maple sap to syrup?
Having no more sap than I did, it was easy to reduce the sap in a small pot on the stove top set at medium heat. The 1 and 2/3 cups of sap took a little over 40 minutes to reduce down to syrup.
What is the difference between black maple and sugar maple?
The sap of a black maple is actually fairly similar to that of the closely related sugar maple, but it does produce less sap overall. So, though the flavor is similar, if you are factoring in the amount of sap yielded overall, sugar maple is going to be the standout choice.
Does cooking down maple syrup give you a headache?
I can add, for the record, if you’re allergic to Red Maples, cooking down the syrup WILL give you a splitting headache, just like the fresh pollen or burning the wood. I would’ve rather done without that, but it spurred another thought.
Which 5 Maple Trees Are Best For Syrup?
While sugar maples are going to be the most obvious choice, there are also four other trees that fit into this category. In reality, syrup can come from many different types of trees, but maple syrup is a rare commodity when compared to all the varieties of trees out there that cannot produce it.
Can You Eat Maple Syrup Straight From The Tree?
People have been eating raw sap in many capacities for longer than we know of, and it can be okay.
4 Steps To Tapping For Maple Syrup
Maple syrup is delicious and amazing, but the sap has to be retrieved before this wonderful sweet treat can be enjoyed.
2021 season syrup is sold out
Sending out a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who came out and supported us this year.
our 2021 Season has concluded
We tapped our trees in the last week of January and boiled our last syrup of the season on March 10th. We tried something new this year by offering pre-season reservations for syrup by the case. We were blown away by the interest and response to this offering, and quickly sold out of syrup.
Maple Season
We are the southernmost commercial maple producer in the country (that we know of), and our southern season for syrup production runs from late January through mid March. That is the time of year when our sap runs.
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