Article Title: Collecting the Sap …

Edition: April 2001
Category: Dining Out
Author: Jake Brown
Article:

The sap that drips out of the tree, either into tubes strung from tree to tree or into the classic metal buckets, usually contains between 2 and 4 percent sugar content, and it tastes just slightly sweet. The remainder is water. The sap either flows downhill through the tubes to the sugarhouse, or it is gathered from the pails and transported to the sugarhouse by workers passing through the woods with tractors or sometimes, teams of horses.

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