10/08/2026
Maple leaves!
Maple and Black Raspberry creamees this week, right through Monday.
I took a trip north with a friend yesterday, ‘cause we like to do some foliage rides too, but sugarmakers have a twist on traveling anywhere.
“Selling syrup?”, you might wonder?
Yes, often, but this trip was even more fun. First we traveled up to April's Maple, for the best maple themed lunch I’ve had, talked a little about designing t-shirts for the boiler that say “If You Can See This Side of My Shirt, I Can’t Talk”, and watched the candymaking. You can see Canada!
We drove on through Westfield and stopped at Couture’s Maple, where they show a great video about sugar making. Years ago, Pauline told me all her secrets for making maple nuts.
Nearly every day sugar makers from across the northeast come to visit us to talk about the reverse osmosis and filtering and labeling and all manner of things pertaining to syrup production. It was fun to be one of those travelers for the day!