With maple syrup, the real stuff that comes out of trees. It is the most amazing thing and the native person on the North American continent who discovered it a long time ago was demented. Had to be. Because who would think of tapping a tree?
Maple sugaring enterprises begin to operate near the beginning of the spring thaw and halted when the tree begins budding as off flavors are introduced into the tree's sap.
A hole is drilled directly into the tree trunk past the bark and a draining tap inserted with a small bucket to catch the sap as it drips from the tree. Essentially, the tree is bled of its life force just as the tree is preparing to grow new seasonal foliage.
Depending on its sugar concentration it can take 30 to 50 gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup and that accounts for its cost.
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