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The pursuit of perfection is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Matthew Arnold

Spoonfuls of facts:

Sap can only be harvested while it's moving through the tree trunk. The sugar in sap is stored as starch throughout the year.

During the spring, the warm days and cold nights help change these starches to sugars and the flow of sweet sap begins.