Sugar maple trees are arguably the best for making syrup because the sap contains a higher percentage of sugars. This means you’ll need less sap to make syrup, compared to other types of sap from other species of maples. For professional syrup producers, where the economics of syrup producti...
“Maple sap is slightly acidic owing to the presence of several organic acids: oxalic, succinic, fumaric, malic, tartaric, citric, and aconitic (1-propene-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid) acids. The total quantity of acid in sap starts low, around 8 ppm, then rises to over 45 ppm as the sea...
whenever spring begins fingering into winter. In most areas of the northwest, January and February are the months to begin tapping. The time to tap maples for sap is on clear, warm days after a snowy, icy or frosty