Do you know where maple syrup comes from? You guessed it, maple trees. Have you ever wondered what type of maple tree maple syrup comes from? Maple syrup comes from any species of maple tree but, mostly the Sugar Maple. The best species of maple tree to get maple syrup from is the Sugar Maple. The syrup you extract from the actual maple tree is 98% water and 2% sugar, so you have to boil it so the water evaporates and you’re left with the sugar. As you can see maple syrup for your waffles and pancakes come from the Sugar Maple.
Do you know how they extract maple syrup from Maple trees? Extracting sap is called tapping. You tap a maple tree by drilling into the trunk and taking/collecting the sap. All in all, extracting sap from maple trees is called tapping. Finally, do you know how maples make the syrup/sap? The sugar is made in a process known as photosynthesis. A sugar is made, then converted to starch to be stored in the tree to store as food and energy for later. This is also the best for syrup/sugar/sap to be collected. As you can see there is a process for making maple syrup.
