Maple products production informations
It takes 40 liters of maple water to make a liter of syrup!
What are the two most important types of maple trees in Quebec?
Sugar Maple (Hard Maple)
Red Maple (Plain)
How does one produce the pronounced flavor of maple?
It is produced during the evaporation process due to heat: a chemical reaction occurs.
How do you make maple products?
The temperature of the liquid is monitored by means of a thermometer. For reference, the water boils at 100 Celcius. Maple sap is boiled at 104 Celsius to obtain maple syrup.
At what temperatures do we get other maple products?
The temperature of the liquid is raised to 110.5 Celcius to produce maple butter;
The temperature of the liquid is raised to 115 Celsius to produce maple taffy;
The temperature of the liquid is raised to 118 Celcius to produce hard sugar;
The temperature of the liquid is raised to 125 Celcius to produce granulated sugar.