Monday, April 4, 2011

Sap's Running

Some time on or around Saturday, April 2, the sap in my maple tree started running.

Details on the harvest to follow, with much number-crunching. Some preliminary observations.

  • the sap runs during the day, not so much at night
  • right now I'm getting about 1.5L of sap per day
  • the sap looks pretty much like water
  • the specific gravity of the sap is 1.008 (small but detectable amounts of sugar)
  • the sap tastes every so slightly sweet, with some very pronounced flavours: woody, nutty, very "green"
  • I think I could drink a glass of the sap with breakfast every morning for the rest of my life
Once I have an appreciable amount, maybe 10L, I'll start boiling.

3 comments:

  1. Now tell everyone the ratio from sap to syrup...! Shocking!

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  2. Uncle Howard would be so proud of you!!

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  3. Remember how I said it tasted like it must be super healthy for you? It's a fact, as per this article about people in South Korea drinking it:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/world/asia/06maple.html

    Forget the syrup, we should just drink it.

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