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Now you have to find some birch trees to tap. Never done it myself but have purchased the finished syrup. Really different flavor. Enjoyed your posts here since I grew up in the East in sugar maple country. I think you are the first I have seen out here to tap trees in the West.
I found this on Amazon!https://www.amazon.com/Award-Winning-Escuminac-Canadian-Yellow/dp/B075CRRKF7/ref=asc_df_B075CRRKF7/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241985142715&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12405502743074327992&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033726&hvtargid=pla-450132933744&psc=1&th=116oz of birch syrup for almost $50!
FYI. I used this candy thermometer and it kinda sucked! It had some water beading inside the tube that made it hard to read the temperature of the syrup....which was important since when boiling, the temperature goes from 212 to 219 (when you pull the syrup from the heat) kinda fast. I’m gonna get a different one for next year.
You’re gonna get a lot of syrup! 👍