Maple Tree Tapping

[wansbek1968]

Good video........quick question, out of all the "how to" books you got from amazon on making maple syrup, which one do you like the best or would recommend. I am in middle TN and really want try this this year.........Thank you. :)

[ObiWanGinobiliTopFan]

Now I feel like a jerk lol..who am I to talk? I haven't had a girlfriend in over 2 years because I've been too busy researching how to survive when the shit hits the fan (which it inevitably will) and watching videos like this..at least this guy is getting himself out there on youtube and wowwing all the maple syrup-groupie chicks :]

[ObiWanGinobiliTopFan]

Yep that kid would tap trees. About all he's gonna tap. HAHA just kidding :]

[1840218403]

lol 2:10 we'll just slip the hole right over our thing

[arnoldcustom]

gee no sap vids since 2009, mommy must have kicked you out for messing up her house with sticky sap on all the walls and ceilings..lol

[1840218403]

you weren't very popular as kid were you

[julieification]

Our homeschool family is watching you make and eat this. Our mouths' are watering!

[ButhThe]

dont forget to close the holes!!

[cruz2defpoint]

great video. love your enthusiasm. i sat with my 3 and 5 year-old this morning to watch a video on where maple syrup come from. they sat in enraptured attention.

[tetrakings]

Latinos don't normally tap trees. I pay a premium for pure Maple syrup but you make me want to tap my 3 maple trees....does it matter how big they are? My trees are about 2 years old.

Great job Randy....love your enthusiasm and desire to teach others what you have perfected.

[djyjyent5r]

he looks like a PEDO!

[panzuman]

i tap trees like a boss

[patricksp71]

How does the black walnut tree taste?

[thirsokewl]

Trees are the only things that he is ever going to tap

[Sweethaze100]

@thirsokewl awww, that's not nice, he's a cutie!

[mamaluke29]

@thirsokewl He probably has a good, wholesome wife and doesn't screw worthless sluts like most people.

[jak6733]

Randy,

This is wonderful. I'm a teacher up in Massachusetts, and am tapping trees at my school. I showed all my students this video and they learned a whole lot. So thanks for your enthusiastic tutorial. You might consider teaching.

[Coreman53]

Dang, I want to make some syrup now.

[ctokarek]

thank you alot i reall wanted to know about this and now i know thank you again

[kemptonjones]

As you evaporate, syrup temperature increases. Finished syrup boils at 7.1F above the boiling temperature of water. When you decide to finish your syrup, stop adding sap and continue the evaporation process until the liquid is boiling at a temperature 7.1F above that of boiling water. Monitor the heat very carefully as "finish point" is approached so not to scorch the syrup or go beyond desired density.

[randallleesteffens]

Thanks for the very informative comments!!

Randy

[kemptonjones]

Thank you too Randy, for your kindness in sharing your experience through this delightfully interesting FIVE STAR video. You have a uniquely fresh and wonderful ability to inspire so many others by your knowledge and obvious love of life.

[MultiShawn54]

@randallleesteffens Great work. What about the hickory and black walnut? Can you mix them with maple or other? I'm in the pacific northwest, can I use pine or cedar, sounds crazy doesn't it? Thanks, enjoy.

[kemptonjones]

As the sap boils the water evaporates becoming denser and sweeter. Filtering the syrup during evaporation removes sugar sand. Use a (Melitta) disposable paper coffee filter to avoid pillow case laundry.

[kemptonjones]

ps: taps/spiles can be made easily & cheaply by trimming off the pointy end of tapered plastic water vials used by florists for cut flowers.

[kemptonjones]

Taps (aka spile are also available in no-rust light weight white vinyl) need to be sterilized in bleach solution before each use. Tap holes are usually drilled waist high at a slightly upwards angle assisting sap to flow out with gravity. Sterile plastic jugs can be secured to your spile with twine or wire to resist wind. Birch trees are also tapped. Shagbark Hickory syrup has a slightly bitter smoky taste. Black Walnut sap is sweet. Boiling sap gives off sticky steam so it's best done outside.

[ischnura]

Great video! Thanks for sharing it!

[KimberlySue79]

Thanks for the very informative video!  My kids & I can't wait to make our own maple syrup!

[randallleesteffens]

Probably, but they are really cheap to buy, at about 25 cents each!

[roborexasaurus]

Is it possible to make your own tap?

[randallleesteffens]

We combined all the tree sap together in one container, so we'll never know exactly how each individual sap tastes.

Too bad!

Randy

[Uberhilarious]

How did the black walnut turn out?