STORAGE ROOM

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When the sap gets to the sugarhouse, it is stored in a 2,000 gallon tank. We make maple syrup as soon as there is enough sap to start the equipment. Maple sap ferments over time. Keeping the sap cold and processed quickly preserves quality.

Our sugarhouse is equipped with a Reverse Osmosis (RO) machine. This machine is kept in a small room that is heated. All the sap first goes through the RO machine where it is filtered and put through a membrane that only a water molecule can pass. It takes an average of 40 gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup. The RO machine eliminates 75% of the water. This procedure saves time, energy and wear on the evaporator. The concentrated sap is pumped upstairs into a 500 gallon storage tank where it gravity feeds into the evaporator.

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