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Maple Syrup Making by René Kriek
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Can all maple trees be tapped?
• Sugar Maple – highest sugar content
• Black Maple – high sugar content
• Red Maple – good quality syrup
• Silver Maple – lowest sugar
content
There are many other trees that can
be tapped for syrup such as birch,
hickory and sycamore.
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Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
• Most preferred tree to make maple syrup
• Can be found from southeastern Canada all
the way down to Tennessee and as far west
as Minnesota. Does not tolerate extreme wet
or dry climates.
• Leaves are 3-5 deeply cut lobes, usually 5.
• Mature tree can reach up to 80 feet in height.
• Displays brilliant colors of yellow, red,
crimson in the fall.
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Sugar maple leaf with 5 lobes
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When do you tap maple trees?
• Depending on the region – mid February to
mid March
• Temperatures has to be around a high of
40/45 during the day and below freezing at
night.
This freeze/thaw cycle is what pushes the sap
from the roots up to the trunk as it gets
ready for budding in the spring.
Tap when tree is at least 10 inches in diameter.
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Which tools do you need for
tapping?
• Drill 5/16 or 7/16
• Clear plastic hose
• Adapter
• Food grade bucket/jugs/bottles with lid
• Hammer
• Order complete tapping kit off Amazon
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Basics of drilling
• Drill on the south side of tree – it’s warmer with better sap flow
• Drill about 1- 1.5 inches into the tree at a slight downward angle.
• Drill about 3-6 feet off the ground.
• Trees 10-18 inches diameter = 1 tap
• Trees 18-32 inches = up to 3 taps
• Trees 32 or more = up to 6 taps
• Don’t repeat same tap holes year after year
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Karen Ribble
drilling away.
She inspired
me to start
tapping maple
trees.
Thank you
Karen!
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Here you can
see 2 taps,
connected by
an adaptor
flowing into
one bucket.
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Anyone can tap a tree! Get the kids involved!
Notice the maple water flowing down the tube!
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Delicious,
nutritious maple
water!
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Pure maple sap aka maple water. I tapped
about 7 gallons from one tree.
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Once you start
boiling, you
wait…
…and wait…
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Everyone came to help!
Even though it
was a rainy
day…
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Hmmm… smells like bacon! I mean,
maple syrup!!
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As the
liquid boils
down, you
add more
and
more…
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You want to
cook outside
due to the
massive
amounts of
steam the sap
produces as it
cooks down.
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Once the sap is
boiled down to a
light brown gold,
it’s time to finish
cooking inside.
Most of the water
has been
evaporated so
steam isn’t an
issue at this point.
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Strain using
coffee
filter
Ash…
Wood…
Bugs…
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Continue boiling
strained liquid.
Bring to a hard boil
and use a candy
thermometer to
check temperature.
Water boils at 212
degrees F but the
syrup needs to
measure 220F.
Remove from heat
and store!
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Enjoy your hard
work!