Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut
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  • Home
  • About
  • Maple Sugaring Info
    • How Do You Make Maple Syrup?
    • Food Safety
    • Maple 101 Course - Beginners Course
    • Maple 102 - Advanced Course
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Maple Syrup Producers Manual
    • Maple Syrup Judging Contest
  • Maple Weekend
  • Connecticut Sugar Houses Map
  • Where to buy CT Maple Products - List By Town
  • Membership & Joining
  • Events & Meetings
    • MSPAC Annual Meeting - november
    • MSPAC Pre-Season Meeting - January
    • Plymouth Maple Festival
    • Bright Acres Farm Open House
    • Blue Slope Maple Festival
    • Hebron Maple Festival
    • Flanders Nature Center
    • Stamford Museum's Maple Sugar Festival
    • Sweet WInd Farm Maple Festival
    • Ag Day at Capitol in Hartford
  • Cookbook
  • Resources/Classifieds
    • Maple Affiliates
    • Regulations Regarding Maple
    • Research
    • Pests of Maple
  • Contact
  • Blog

​Maple Syrup Producers Association of CT

Maple 101 

Description: This course is designed for the backyard Hobby Producer who just wants to start out in maple syruping and wants to put out a few taps. This course will focus on bucket collection techniques and will get into some tubing lessons but will not go into much detail into commercial production. In this class, you will learn how to tap a tree, collect the sap, process the sap, and bottling.

Date: Nothing scheduled at this time.
Location: 

Time: 
No fee. Max attendees is 20   
Please pre-register here by sending an email with intent. 



 
                             COURSE OUTLINE 


                *Introduction, history of maple production
                * Planning your operation: time & cost consid-
                 erations, purchasing equipment  
                * Tree health and management: species to
                tap, tree health issues, managing forest
                trees vs. roadside trees
                *Why, when and how sap flows
                *The tapping process 
                * Collection & storage of sap
                * Types of collection systems
                * Tubing materials, layout, maintenance &
                cleaning
                * Filtering and handling to maintain quality
                * Syrup production
                * Evaporator function, design, operation
                * Finishing standard density syrup
                *Filtering, grading, packaging
                * Marketing your products 
             
                Field session: we will tour a sugarhouse..
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  • Home
  • About
  • Maple Sugaring Info
    • How Do You Make Maple Syrup?
    • Food Safety
    • Maple 101 Course - Beginners Course
    • Maple 102 - Advanced Course
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Maple Syrup Producers Manual
    • Maple Syrup Judging Contest
  • Maple Weekend
  • Connecticut Sugar Houses Map
  • Where to buy CT Maple Products - List By Town
  • Membership & Joining
  • Events & Meetings
    • MSPAC Annual Meeting - november
    • MSPAC Pre-Season Meeting - January
    • Plymouth Maple Festival
    • Bright Acres Farm Open House
    • Blue Slope Maple Festival
    • Hebron Maple Festival
    • Flanders Nature Center
    • Stamford Museum's Maple Sugar Festival
    • Sweet WInd Farm Maple Festival
    • Ag Day at Capitol in Hartford
  • Cookbook
  • Resources/Classifieds
    • Maple Affiliates
    • Regulations Regarding Maple
    • Research
    • Pests of Maple
  • Contact
  • Blog