Tapping Birch Sap & Making Birch Syrup

How to tap birch sap from birch trees and then make a beautiful, delicious birch sap syrup with that that I use on my menu.
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Video Timestamps -
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Birch Syrup Flavour
1:32 How to tap Birch Sap
3:16 Re-sealing the tree after tapping
3:53 Making Birch Sap Syrup
6:24 Testing the syrup is ready
6:55 The finished syrup
7:28 Other wild food
7:52 Considerations and safety
8:48 Final thoughts

[@davidkolo]

you put into the action all of the stray thoughts i have about what the world tastes like

[@EddieShepherd]

What a nice compliment, thank you :)

[@RetroRecipesKitchen]

This is amazing - I had no idea!

[@kingcaid7]

First year tapping. Love drinking it, it’s a natural diuretic that helps flush toxins from the body, good amount of manganese and magnesium. At this very moment I’m making syrup. Wish me luck.🤞🏽 thanks Eddie

[@EddieShepherd]

Aw I hope it goes well, I’m sure it will and it will be delicious! The fresh sap is so refreshing isn’t it

[@user-js9ww1br4b]

Thanks, Eddie.

[@EddieShepherd]

Thank you

[@Jayden-ds9hm]

Massively underrated. Proud to say I found you now (14ksubs). Keep up the great content

[@EddieShepherd]

Aw thanks so much

[@jguil4d]

I know you said that you usually tap your trees in march, but that doesn’t feel like a hard-and-fast rule. Surely, the sap starts to flow in the trees only after the outside temperature has risen to a certain point. Is there a way to gauge this, or how do you know when the tree is ready for the season?

[@nikkid689]

Almost reduced down to syrup at this exact moment! Hoping it gets a little thicker!

[@owenpkillian]

Out of interest, what temperature do you set the control freak to in order to achieve that controlled slow evaporation?

[@EddieShepherd]

If I’m using the probe, I try to set it in the mid to high 90s, keeping it just under a boil but evaporating nicely. It’s a balance between having the evaporation, not be too aggressive, but also having such a large amount of liquid to reduce it needs to be practical

[@Annhollyshtman]

💚🇧🇷🦉